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GDP growth in Trinidad and Tobago

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Trinidad and Tobago's gdp growth is -0.79 % #120 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

-0.79%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Trinidad and Tobago over time

14.44 %2.83 %-8.79 %14.44 % · 2003-8.79 % · 20202000: 6.90 %2001: 4.17 %2002: 7.94 %2003: 14.44 %2004: 7.95 %2005: 6.21 %2006: 13.21 %2007: 4.75 %2008: 3.39 %2009: -4.39 %2010: 3.32 %2011: -0.29 %2012: 6.71 %2013: 3.37 %2014: 3.67 %2015: -0.41 %2016: -7.54 %2017: -4.87 %2018: -0.95 %2019: 0.47 %2020: -8.79 %2021: -0.72 %2022: 0.86 %2023: 1.47 %2024: 2.51 %2025: -0.79 %200020122025-0.79 %
26 official observations, 20002025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#120 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
6 %
7 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 3.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
15.23 pp
peak 14.44 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 7.69 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #24 of 27vs median 2.90 %: −3.69 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Trinidad and Tobago: ahead of 6 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthTrinidad and Tobago -0.79 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Trinidad and Tobago is ahead of 6 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Trinidad and Tobago
118 Mozambique-0.52 %+0.26 pp
119 Botswana-0.73 %+0.05 pp
120 Trinidad and Tobago-0.79 %
121 Cuba-1.06 %−0.27 pp
122 Bolivia-1.58 %−0.79 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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