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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2021)		1 403^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		273.6^a
Capital city		Port of Spain
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		544.3^d,b
UN membership date		18-Sep-62
Surface area (km2)		5 127^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.4^a
National currency		TT Dollar (TTD)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		6.7^e

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	22 182	24 960	23 209^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.3	1.5	-1.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	16 701.8	18 214.4	16 637.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	0.7	1.1	1^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	52.3	40.1	40.8^b
Economy: Services and other activityⁱ (% of GVA)	47	58.8	58.1^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	3.8^j	3.4	2.9^j,e
Employment in industry (% of employed)	29.8^j	27.9	26.6^j,e
Employment in services (% employed)	66.5^j	68.6	70.5^j,e
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	3.8	2.2	2.8^e
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	51.1 / 73.9	50.8 / 73.2	49.8 / 69.6^e
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	100	134	144^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	110	89	104^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	10 982	10 756	14 561^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	6 480	9 298	1 076^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	4 502	1 458	13 485^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	4 172	2 057	1 056^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^l (average annual %)	0.5	0.6	0.4^e
Urban population (% of total population)	54	53.3	53.2^b
Urban population growth rate^l (average annual %)	0.1	0.2	...
Fertility rate, total^l (live births per woman)	1.8	1.8	1.7^e
Life expectancy at birth^l (females/males, years)	74.2 / 68.6	75.2 / 69.8	76.0 / 70.7^e
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.7 / 12.4	20.7 / 14.5	19.8 / 17.5^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	48.2 / 3.6	50.0 / 3.7	78.8 / 5.6^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.1ⁿ	0.2	26.9^e
Infant mortality rate^l (per 1 000 live births)	28.5	26.1	22^e
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	5.1	6	6.9^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.8	2.6	4.5^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.4 / 108.0	... / ...	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	35.6	30.6	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	26.8	28.6	26.2^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	48.5	69.2	77.3^q
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	~0.0	0.1	0.1^o
Threatened species (number)	48	65	139
Forested area (% of land area)	45.3	44.9	44.6^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	21.0 / 15.8	20.6 / 15.0	17.2 / 12.4^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1 786	1 557	1 435^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	627	582	515^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	388	440	389^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	32	32	32^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.02	...	...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Trinidad and Tobago Dollar.
d		Data refers to the urban agglomeration.
e		2020
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Includes irrigation canals.
i		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refer to the Retail Price Index.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data as at the end of December.
o		2018
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		2017
r		Arrivals by air.