Country information

Trinidad and Tobago

Area

5.128 km²

Capital

Port-of-Spain

Government

Keith Rowley

Population

1,36 million

Contact

Ulrike Göldner

Deputy Managing Director / Regional Manager Brazil, Cuba and the Dominican Republic

u.goeldner@lateinamerikaverein.de

+49 (0) 40 413 43 145

Economic data

Basic data 2022 2023 2024
GDP growth in % 1,5 2,7 3,2
Export in billion US$ 13,9 11,4 -
Import in billion US$ 8,4 (P) 7,12 -
Key interest rate in % 7,5 7,5 -
Exchange course US$/TTD 6,66 6,79 -
Inflation rate in % 5,05 4,0 -
HDI (Human Development Index) 0,805 0,807 -

Foreign Trade

Import products: Machinery, Refined Petroleum, Vehicles, Iron Ore
Import partner: USA, Guyana, China

Export products: Petroleum Gas, Acyclic Alcohols, Ammonia, Crude Petroleum
Export partner: USA, Guyana, Spain, China

Notes

P=Prediction
Update: 27.05.2025
Sources: UNDP, Worldbank, CEPAL, OANDA, OEC, worlddata, statista, Trading Economics