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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago's GDP growth is -0.79 %, ranked 120th of 127. And its corporate tax is 30.00 %, ranked 83rd of 96.
Of 15 fields published for Trinidad and Tobago, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
51 % of US prices
Money's value
30.90 %
100 saved in Trinidad and Tobago in 2000 buys what 31 buys today — 69 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$909 PPP/mo
The law in Trinidad and Tobago sets the floor at about $909 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.51 %
A bank account in Trinidad and Tobago currently gains about 0.5 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
1.50 %
Inflation rate
0.99 %
At 1.0 % a year, prices double in about 73 years if it holds.
Deposit rate
1.50 %
ranked 58th of 70
Minimum wage
$909 PPP/mo
ranked 26th of 85
Lending rate
7.50 %
ranked 22nd of 67
Debt per person
$3,021
ranked 45th of 123
Where Trinidad and Tobago sits, field by field
Each dot is Trinidad and Tobago’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- GDP growth-0.79 %120 of 127
- Corporate tax30.00 %83 of 96
- Deposit rate1.50 %58 of 70
- Government debt84.20 %98 of 124
- Unemployment rate3.33 %34 of 124
- Minimum wage$909 PPP/mo26 of 85
- Lending rate7.50 %22 of 67
- Debt per person$3,02145 of 123
- Bank spread6.00 %38 of 62
- Inflation rate0.99 %50 of 123
- Money's value30.90 %68 of 116
- Price level51 % of US prices72 of 125
- GDP per capita$18,96755 of 127
- Savings vs inflation0.51 %39 of 69
- Public holidays12 days49 of 104
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Mexico
avg gap 16.4 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 0.99 % (Trinidad and Tobago) vs 3.81 %
Portugal
avg gap 18.1 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 30.90 % (Trinidad and Tobago) vs 59.50 %
Bolivia
avg gap 18.7 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 0.99 % (Trinidad and Tobago) vs 19.52 %
Fiji
avg gap 19.8 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — -0.79 % (Trinidad and Tobago) vs 3.20 %
| Bank spread | 6.00 % | ranked 38th of 62 | |
| Inflation rate | 0.99 % | ranked 50th of 123 | |
| Money's value | 30.90 % | ranked 68th of 116 | |
| Price level | 51 % of US prices | ranked 72nd of 125 | |
| GDP per capita | $18,967 | ranked 55th of 127 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.51 % | ranked 39th of 69 | |
| Public holidays | 12 days | ranked 49th of 104 |
✓ 15 fields published for Trinidad and Tobago, every one dated and sourced · 20 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Trinidad and Tobago: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 15 figures
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2007
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 15.928004235045 → 84.2 |