International Rankings of Trinidad and Tobago 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Trinidad and Tobago, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Trinidad and Tobago, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	27.66	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	101	339340	0
Internet users - percent of population	71	77.33 %	2018
Internet users - total	141	939967	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	27.99	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	106	343385	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	12	176.36	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	146	2.164 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	103	7.446 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	106	5.581 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	94	8.2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	135	35.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	83	61.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	48	88.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	107	62.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	114	24.031 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	69	45.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	74	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	41	78.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	103	48.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	135	8.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	0.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	146	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	13	47.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	130	51.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	103	4.3 %	2017
Labor force	151	629400 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	123	3.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	103	11.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	9	85.4 %	2016
Population below poverty line	91	20	2014
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	128	36.514 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	59	26176 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	99	24.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	62	48.920 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	45	31030	2015
Crude oil - imports	47	80860	2015
Crude oil - production	47	63000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	49	243.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	98	9.867 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	105	2.608 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	102	10.070 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	38	21.240 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	15	15.490 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	24	36.730 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	33	447.400 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	101	51000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	40	106100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	204	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	63	134700 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	57	43.87 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	152	1.35 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	82	22.04 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	164	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	120	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	57	44	2018
Land use - other	46	45.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	1.4	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	90	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	148	3.840 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	154	16.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	99	128.900 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	109	237.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	153	0.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	117	53.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	171	5128 sq km	0
Area - total	170	5128 sq km	0
Area - water	192	0173 sq km	0
Coastline	116	362 km	0
Elevation - highest point	132	940 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	141	83 meters	0
Irrigated land	132	70 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	164	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	120	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	57	44	2018
Land use - other	46	45.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	1.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	147	3.840 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	162	11.28 %	5389
Age structure - 25-54 years	39	43.77 %	2108
Age structure - 55-64 years	30	13.83 %	3585
Birth rate	158	11.12 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	85	40.3 %	2011
Current Health Expenditure	42	6.9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	58	8.68 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	57	16.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	85	7.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	124	46.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	120	29.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	6	99.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	31	0.7	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	73	10000	2020
Hospital bed density	39	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	67	22.85 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	71	26.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	69	24.55 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	98	78.1 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	112	71.83 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	112	74.92 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	75	67	2017
Median age - female	52	38.3 years	2020
Median age - male	42	37.3 years	0
Median age - total	46	37.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	160	5.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	18.6 %	2016
Physicians density	17	4.17 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	155	1.221 million	2021
Population growth rate	154	0.28 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	8	99.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	100	0.7 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.09	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	15	1.1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	1	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	113	1.7 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	110	8.4	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	99	8.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	110	8.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	154	0.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	117	53.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	118	4	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	48	41.140 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	76	2.525 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	83	19	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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