Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Economic Position

Trinidad and Tobago's gross domestic product was approximately $25.63 billion in 2024, per World Bank WDI, with GDP per capita of about $18,733 the same year. Population was 1,368,333 in 2024, per World Bank WDI. The IMF WEO puts government debt at 84.1% of GDP for 2026. Reserves stood at roughly $5.60 billion in 2024, per World Bank WDI.

Military and Power Indicators

SIPRI Milex data puts military expenditure at about $229.9 million in 2025, equivalent to 0.939% of GDP for the same year — a share calculated against SIPRI's own GDP series rather than the World Bank figure cited above. The Correlates of War National Material Capabilities dataset records 5,000 active military personnel in 2022, with a composite index of national capability (CINC) of 0.0003169963 for the same year.

Governance

V-Dem v15's 2025 data gives Trinidad and Tobago an electoral democracy index of 0.786 and a liberal democracy index of 0.668, both comparatively high within this index's scale. State capacity is scored higher still, at 0.886, for the same year.

Energy

Trinidad and Tobago's energy profile is dominated by hydrocarbons. Primary energy consumption was 0.5753 exajoules in 2024, per Our World in Data. Electricity generation was 9.55 terawatt-hours the same year. Oil production reached 39.361 terawatt-hours in 2024, and gas production reached 244.126 terawatt-hours in 2024 — both figures current with the rest of the energy series in this bundle, per Our World in Data.

Data Gaps

The personnel and CINC figures are from 2022, roughly two to three years older than the economic, governance and energy data presented alongside them. No other gaps are evident in this bundle: economic, governance, military and energy indicators are all present.

Sources: World Bank WDI, IMF WEO, SIPRI Milex, Correlates of War National Material Capabilities, V-Dem v15, Our World in Data (Energy).