Trinidad and Tobago
Official name: REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Date of membership: 7 June 1976
Short name: Trinidad and Tobago
Capital: Port-of-Spain
Geography
Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Area: 5,128 sq km
Coastline: 362 km
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, asphalt
Environment - international agreements: Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands.
Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements.
Economic indicators
| Total at current prices (2013) | 21 393 | Millions USD | 2020 |
| Per capita at current prices | 15286 | USD | 2020 |
| Growth rate per capita at constant prices |
-7.7 | % | 2020 |
| Imports of goods and services (GDP at current prices) |
NA | % | NA |
| Exports of goods and services (GDP at current prices) | NA | % | NA |
Source: Trinidad and Tobago: Economic National Profile. CEPALSTAT.
Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry:
September 09, 2017. NA= No data available
Socio-demographic indicators
| Total population | 1 399.5 | (000) | 2020 |
| Life expectancy | 74 | Years | 2020-2025 |
| Women | 77 | Years | 2020-2025 |
| Men | 61 | Years | 2020-2025 |
| Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP |
6.9 | % | 2018 |
| Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24 |
99.6 | % | 2010 |
| Net rate of enrolment in primary education |
98.8 | % | 2010 |
| Net rate of enrolment in secondary education |
72.3 | % | 2004 |
| Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP |
3.6 | % | 2019 |
| Gini Coefficient | NA | NA | NA |
| Unemployment | 4.7 | % | 2020 |
| Migration | -0.6 | % | 2020-2025 |
Source: Trinidad and Tobago: National Socio-Demographic Profile.
CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. On line. February 24, 2022. NA= No data available
Languages: English (official)
Government
Administrative divisions: 9 regional corporations, 2 city corporations, 3 borough corporations, and 1 ward: regional corporations: Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Diego Martin, Mayaro/Rio Claro, Penal/Debe, Princes Town, Sangre Grande, San Juan/Laventille, Siparia, Tunapuna/Piarco; city corporations: Port-of.Spain, San Fernando; borough corporations: Arima, Point Fortin, Chaguanas; ward: Tobago.
Independence: 31 August 1962 (from UK)
Constitution: 1 August 1976
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: Chief of state: President Christine Carla Kangaloo (since 21 March 2023). Head of government: Prime Minister Keith Rowley (since 9 September 2015).
Legislative branch: Bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, 9 by the President, 6 by the opposition party for a maximum term of five years) and the House of Representatives (36 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms).
Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London.
Internet country code: .tt
Official Portal Web: http://www.opm.gov.tt