International Rankings of Trinidad and Tobago 2022, 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	26	27	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	100	376771	2020
Internet users - percent of population	30	77 %	2019
Internet users - total	140	1.074 million	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	23	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	102	323905	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	15	155.11	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	144	2.164 million	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	101	7.446 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	104	5.581 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	90	8.2 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	112	24.031 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	65	45.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	69	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	40	78.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	99	48.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	131	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	139	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	11	47.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	126	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	102	4.3 %	2017
Labor force	148	629400 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	116	3.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	99	11.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	8	85.4 %	2016
Population below poverty line	88	20	2014
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	128	33.210 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	52	23700 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	94	24.5 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	116	8.4	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	105	8.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	106	8.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	119	10000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	42	35.011 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	119	4.631 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	116	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	107	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	105	8.213 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	116	2.123 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	127	424.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	188	N/A Btu/person	2022
Natural gas - consumption	42	16.247 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	15	14.662 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	24	30.887 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	36	298.063 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	45	22100 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	50	64700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	48	243.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	115	35500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	47	81000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	39	106100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	194	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	62	134700 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	55	43.87 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	148	1.35 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	80	22.04 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	159	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	113	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	51	44	2018
Land use - other	44	45.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	1.4	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	89	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	144	3.840 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	150	16.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	97	128.900 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	107	237.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	146	0.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	107	53.3	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	163	5128 sq km	0
Area - total	163	5128 sq km	0
Area - water	183	0173 sq km	0
Coastline	108	362 km	0
Elevation - highest point	128	940 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	139	83 meters	0
Irrigated land	133	70 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	159	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	113	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	51	44	2018
Land use - other	44	45.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	1.4	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	154	11.28	5389
Age structure - 25-54 years	37	43.77	2108
Age structure - 55-64 years	27	13.83	3585
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	56	2.92 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	54	0.09 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	31	2.65 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	67	5.81 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	78	0.16 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	157	10.79 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	66	4.9 %	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	42	7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	65	8.38 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	65	16.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	87	7.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	141	43.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	118	29.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	63	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	43	4.1 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	40	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	91	13.61 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	87	17.97 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	89	15.83 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	96	77.93 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	82	74.02 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	84	75.94 years	0
Literacy - female	12	98.7 %	2015
Literacy - male	8	99.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	10	99 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	74	67 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	50	38.3 years	2020
Median age - male	41	37.3 years	0
Median age - total	43	37.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	108	1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	80	18.6 %	2016
Physicians density	16	4.48 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	150	1.406 million	2022
Population growth rate	128	0.14 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	17	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.69 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	111	1.63 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	147	0.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	107	53.3	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	116	8.4	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	105	8.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	106	8.7	0
Transportation
Airports	116	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	2	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	79	105	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	67	41.140 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	75	2.525 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	81	19	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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