International Rankings of Trinidad and Tobago 2024, 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	27.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	103	376771	2020
Internet users - percent of population	33	79.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	144	1.185 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	21.00	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	105	326483	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	131.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	149	1.999 million	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	104	7.528 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	112	4.939 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	94	8.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	40	2.900 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	123	8.238 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	103	6.76	N/A
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	45.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	74	16.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	41	78.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	105	48.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	138	8.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	0.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	146	0.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	13	47.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	137	51.70 % of GDP	2017
Imports	124	8.592 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	158	0.99 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	132	2.06 %	2021
Labor force	155	702900 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	93	20 %	2014
Public debt	124	41.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	132	35.147 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	179	1.03 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	78	23000 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	118	1	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	96	6.880 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	89	19.52 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	147	4.80 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	111	12.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	102	12.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	106	12.70 %	2021
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	66	39.652 million	2019
Coal - consumption	121	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	111	1000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	107	8.213 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	118	2.123 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	131	424.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.10 %	2020
Natural gas - consumption	42	16.247 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	15	14.662 billion cubic meters	2020
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 - production	65	134700 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	57	44 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	154	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	146	10 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	168	11	2018
Land use - arable land	122	5	2018
Land use - forest	58	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	114	53	2023
Geography
Area - land	174	5128 sq km	N/A
Area - total	176	5128 sq km	N/A
Coastline	123	362 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	138	940 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	143	83 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	139	70 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	168	11	2018
Land use - arable land	122	5	2018
Land use - forest	58	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	2018
Population Density	49	274.47 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	38	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	57	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	33	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	69	6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	127	10.60 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	46	7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	129	49 %	2023
Death rate	43	8.50 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	69	16.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	88	7.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	151	43.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	128	29.30 %	N/A
Education expenditures	45	4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	89	0.80 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	92	13.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	88	17.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	89	15.40 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	65	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	62	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	67	76 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	12	99 %	2015
Literacy - male	7	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	10	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	98	27.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	62	38 years	N/A
Median age - male	53	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	50	38 years	2023
Net migration rate	69	1.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	85	18.60 %	2016
Physicians density	16	4.48 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	157	1.407 million	2023
Population growth rate	142	0.12 %	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	122	1.63 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	156	0.23	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	114	53	2023
Transportation
Airports	122	3	2024
Merchant marine - total	83	102	2023
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	19.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020

*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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