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Government debt in Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago's government debt is 84.20 % — #98 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

84.20%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.8 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Trinidad and Tobago over time

84.20 %54.40 %24.60 %24.60 % · 20081988: 65.30 %1989: 51.90 %1990: 49.50 %1991: 50.00 %1992: 49.50 %1993: 59.60 %1994: 64.80 %1995: 57.30 %1996: 51.90 %1997: 51.30 %1998: 47.40 %1999: 55.20 %2000: 52.30 %2001: 54.20 %2002: 58.20 %2003: 52.40 %2004: 43.30 %2005: 36.60 %2006: 32.70 %2007: 29.40 %2008: 24.60 %2009: 34.20 %2010: 28.90 %2011: 39.20 %2012: 32.90 %2013: 32.90 %2014: 37.10 %2015: 43.20 %2016: 53.30 %2017: 57.20 %2018: 58.10 %2019: 62.90 %2020: 81.60 %2021: 80.20 %2022: 69.90 %2023: 78.20 %2024: 81.80 %2025: 84.20 %19882007202584.20 %
38 official observations, 1988 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#98 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
21 %
26 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.40 pp
since 2024
Full series
▲ 18.90 pp
since 1988

In Americas: #19 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +29.65 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Trinidad and Tobago: ahead of 21 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtTrinidad and Tobago 84.20 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Trinidad and Tobago is ahead of 21 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Trinidad and Tobago
96 Jordan82.80 %−1.40 pp
97 India84.10 %−0.10 pp
98 Trinidad and Tobago84.20 %—
99 Bolivia84.80 %+0.60 pp
100 Zambia86.00 %+1.80 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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