International Rankings of Trinidad and Tobago 2023, 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	27	27	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	103	376771	2020
Internet users - percent of population	33	79 %	2021
Internet users - total	144	1.185 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	22	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	103	340000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	33	130	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	148	2.000 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	104	7.528 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	112	4.939 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	94	8.2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	39	2.900 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	121	8.238 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	100	11.467 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	115	24.031 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	71	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	105	48.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	138	8.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	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	137	51.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	122	8.592 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	157	0.99 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	131	2.06 %	2021
Labor force	155	702900 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	125	3.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	107	11.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	9	85.4 %	2016
Population below poverty line	93	20 %	2014
Public debt	119	41.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	133	35.147 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	179	1.03 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	78	23000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	96	6.880 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	89	19.52 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	147	4.8 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	111	12.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	102	12.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	106	12.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	124	10000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	43	35.011 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	121	4.631 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	121	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	111	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	107	8.213 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	118	2.123 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	131	424.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	196	N/A Btu/person	2023
Natural gas - consumption	42	16.247 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	15	14.662 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	88	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	47	22100 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	51	64700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	49	243.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	117	35500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	49	81000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	42	106100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	212	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	65	134700 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	57	43.87 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	154	1.35 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	83	22.04 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	168	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	58	44	2018
Land use - other	48	45.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1.4	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	93	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	151	3.840 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	128	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	82	130.000 million cubic meters	202
Total water withdrawal - municipal	91	240.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	156	0.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	114	53.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	175	5128 sq km	0
Area - total	175	5128 sq km	0
Area - water	204	0173 sq km	0
Coastline	123	362 km	0
Elevation - highest point	144	940 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	143	83 meters	0
Irrigated land	139	70 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	168	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	58	44	2018
Land use - other	48	45.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1.4	2018
Military
Military expenditures	43	1.1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	57	2.92 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	55	0.09 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	33	2.65 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	69	5.81 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	81	0.16 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	172	10.62 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	70	4.9 %	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	46	7.3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	129	48.6 %	2023
Death rate	69	8.48 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	69	16.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	88	7.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	151	43.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	128	29.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	45	4.1 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	89	0.8 %	2023
Hospital bed density	41	3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	98	13.28 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	94	17.51 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	95	15.44 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	106	78.18 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	91	74.29 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	97	76.19 years	0
Literacy - female	12	98.7 %	2015
Literacy - male	7	99.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	10	99 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	98	27 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	55	38.3 years	2020
Median age - male	46	37.3 years	0
Median age - total	48	37.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	116	0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	85	18.6 %	2016
Physicians density	16	4.48 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	158	1.407 million	2023
Population growth rate	137	0.12 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	120	0.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	118	1.63 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	156	0.23	2025
Urbanization - urban population	114	53.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	111	12.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	102	12.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	106	12.7	0
Transportation
Airports	119	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	96	21000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	86	102	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	69	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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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