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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	27 027	20 808	30 053^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-0.8	-9.1	1.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	18 509.2	13 706.0	19 629.4^b
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	1.7	1.9	1.1^b
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	37.4	32.4	50^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h,j (% of GVA)	60.9	65.7	48.9^b
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	3.4	3.1	3^b
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	27.9	26	26.7^b
Employment in services^k (% employed)	68.6	71	70.3^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	2.4	4.2	3.3^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	49.5 / 70.9	46.7 / 63.8	46.0 / 63.8^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	134	144	163^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	89	90	93^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	10 748	5 519	7 293^k,f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	9 239	4 876	4 623^k,f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	1 509	643	2 671^k,f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	2 057	- 1 356	5 382^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6	0.4	0.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	53.3	53.2^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.2^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	75.9 / 69.9	76.0 / 69.4	76.8 / 70.5^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.6 / 13.2	18.7 / 16.1	17.8 / 18.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	50.0 / 3.7^o	78.8 / 5.6^o	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.2	26.9	39.5^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	19.2	16.9	15.8^a
Health: Current expenditure^k,q (% of GDP)	5.7^p	7.5	7^r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.5	4.2	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.4	4.2	3^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.3 / 98.9^s	... / ...	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	91.0 / 81.2	89.8 / 80.0^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	28.8	26.3	39.5^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	28.6	31^t	28.6^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	65.1	77.3	80^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1	0.1^u	0.1^u,r
Threatened species (number)	65	126	169^f
Forested area (% of land area)	44.9	44.5	44.4^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	22.9 / 15.7	15.5 / 10.2	14.9 / 9.8^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1 557	1 226	1 079^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	546	405	421^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^v (000)	440	95	226^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	32	32	32^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.02^s	...	...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Trinidad and Tobago Dollar.
d		Data refers to the urban agglomeration.
e		2019
f		2023
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
j		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Data refer to the Retail Price Index.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		Data are based on SHA2011.
q		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 October.
r		2021
s		2010
t		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
u		Excluding business enterprise.
v		Arrivals by air.