Trinidad and Tobago
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 1.4M (2025). World rank 156 of 216; in Americas, 25 of 46. Area: 5,130 km². World rank 175 of 249; in Americas, 32 of 56. GDP per person: $18,967 (2025). World rank 79 of 210 (1 = best); in Americas, 21 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 1.3M → 1.4M, GDP $26.8B → $25.9B, and GDP per person $19,887 → $18,967.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- Local name
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Capital
- Port of Spain
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Christine Kangaloo
- Head of government
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar
- Independence
- August 31, 1962
- Women in parliament
- 23.8% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 1,367,764 2025
- Area
- 5,130 km²
- GDP
- $25.9B 2025
- GDP per person
- $18,967 2025
- Life expectancy
- 73.6 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Trinidad & Tobago Dollar (TTD)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +1868
- Emergency numbers
- 811, 911, 990, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 115 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 362
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 11.6% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- El Cerro del Aripo, 940 m
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 83
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,200 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 266.6 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- 0% 2025
- Living in cities
- 54% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +691 2025
- Born in another country
- 7.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 17.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 12.9% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 76.8 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 70.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 32.1%, Catholic 21.6%, Hindu 18.2%, other 8.4%, and Muslim 5% (2011)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 52.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 41.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 57.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 52.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 67.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $37,121 2025
- GDP growth per year
- -0.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $18,550 2025
- Inflation
- +1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 51 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.8% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 34.6% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 59.2% 2024
- Unemployment
- 3.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 8.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 47.8% 2025
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +5% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- -3.1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.8% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 16.8% 2019
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 40.2 1992
- Living on under $3 a day
- 3.2% 1992
Education
- Adult literacy
- 96.9% 1990
- Primary school enrolment
- 98.3% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 95.7% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 23.9% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.2% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,276 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 45.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.2 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.1 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.4 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 96% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 17 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 18.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 54 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 12.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 57.7% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 94.2% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 40.4 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 9.3 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 13.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 73.8 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 13.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 19.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 24.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 44.2% 2024
- Protected areas
- 2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,812 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 20.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 82.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 119 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 27 2024
- Internet domain
- .tt
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 6,816 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 0.5% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 0.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 99.9% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 2,028,649 2023
- Airports
- 3 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2022
- Researchers per million people
- 493 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 246 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 3 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.2% 2024