Economic Trivia

Trinidad and Tobago has one of the highest economic growth rates as well as per capita incomes in Latin America.

Trade Source: United Nations Comtrade
Note: Top 3 trade partners are calculated by imports + exports.

Top 3 Trade Partners (2021): United States, China, and Mexico
Top 3 Exported Goods (2021): Oil & Mineral Fuels, Inorganic Chemicals , and Organic Chemicals

Top Industries Source: CIA World Factbook

Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Liquefied Natural Gas (Lng); Methanol; Ammonia

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [1]

GDP, PPP (current international) $42,529,616,743 (2022)
GDP Growth Rate (annual %) 2.481% (2022)
GDP Per Capita, PPP (current international) $27,778 (2022)
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GDP Country Rank 127/197 (2022)

GDP Composition %

Note: GDP composition percentage may exceed 100. Manufacturing is included in the Industry figures and is also reported separately because it plays a critical role in many economies.

Economic Indicators [1]

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 2.059% (2021)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) Data unavailable
Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) 40.5% (2019)
Real Interest Rate (5 year average %) -3.359% (2022)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) 19.48% (2021)
Current Account Balance (BoP, current US$) $2,900,216,991 (2021)
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Labor and Employment [1]

Labor Force, Total 678,100 (2022)
Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment) 3.025% (2021)
Employment in Industry (% of total employment) 26.385% (2021)
Employment in Services (% of total employment) 70.59% (2021)
Unemployment Rate 3.982% (2022)
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Trade [1]

Imports of goods and services (current US$) $10,635,518,535 (2016)
Exports of goods and services (current US$) $10,105,159,677 (2016)
Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 66.361% (2022)
FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$) ($913,501,690) (2022)
Commercial Service Exports (current US$) $370,197,963 (2021)
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Economic Snapshot [1]

Note: Percentile ranks are calculated using the latest available data for all countries within the last 5 years.

How to interpret the graph: The purpose of this graph is to take a snapshot of a country’s economy in comparison to other economies. For example, Trinidad and Tobago’s Exports rank is higher than (please wait...) of the countries in the dataset. For Exports, FDI and GDP measures, a higher rank (closer to 100%) indicates a stronger economy. Conversely, for Unemployment and Inflation, a lower rank (closer to 0%) indicates a stronger economy.

Due to unavailable data the following indicators have been omitted:
  • Exports
  • FDI, net inflows
  • GDP Growth Rate
  • GDP Per Capita
  • Inflation
  • Unemployment

Sources

  1. The World Bank