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General profile: Trinidad and Tobago

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
1.503 Millions
..
25 489 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 5 130 km²
4.63 %
1.43 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-40.8 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
9 942
10 982
10 748
7 863
Merchandise imports
5 694
6 480
9 233
9 156
Merchandise trade balance
4 248
4 502
1 515
-1 293
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
2 %2 %55 %55 %38 %38 %5 %5 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
3 1544504324233823 154450432423382
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
897
874
1 125
1 166
Services imports
545
389
2 915
2 146
Services trade balance
352
485
-1 790
-980
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
24.0
25.5
34.2
37.5
Travel
50.5
51.4
47.2
36.8
Other services
25.5
23.0
18.5
25.7
TRADE INDICES
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689667496188787310010713291103888214712314213116212787951039893100105103101104101102129116117
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.4 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
16 877
23 370
26 841
25 489
GDP per capita, current US$
12 483
16 854
18 781
16 960
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
6.22
3.33
-0.56
1.43
Current account balance, % of GDP
22.93
17.75
7.61
12.00
Exchange rate (/US$)
6.300
6.376
6.377
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
58.514.34.358.535.658.514.34.358.535.6
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+3.6 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
939.70
549.40
(k) 176.83
-1 105.00
FDI outflows
341.00
..
(k) 128.34
1 007.84
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
..
0.57
0.71
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
200.4204.4234.0194.4144.0138.7135.1145.2155.2144.8145.1138.8-1 105-913-9351 056184-700-471-24177661-1 130-1 904415497092 801830883940998808791835680FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
27.40
22.35
8.97
10.92
Balance, % of imports
73.94
76.02
23.07
31.77
Normalized balance
0.270
0.275
0.103
0.137
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
80998363748785828793109110110818510097112102
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 53%Urban 53%Rural 47%Rural 47%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.001 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
9
18
32
28
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
576 517
520 825
545 177
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.15
0.05
0.09
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
4.03
3.06
4.34
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
k
Asset/liability basis.
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 15 April 2025