Trinidad and Tobago — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Trinidad and Tobago was 18,967 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21,908 in 2014. The lowest was 634 in 1960 (about 29.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.37% per year.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 79 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 37%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Trinidad and Tobago sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 16 of 40 economies; Chile (17,995) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 54% in 1974. That is 5% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1982. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 27th of 111 in 1960 → 51st of 146 in 1970 → 44th of 163 in 1980 → 63rd of 192 in 1990 → 63rd of 204 in 2000 → 62nd of 212 in 2010 → 71st of 210 in 2020 → 60th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18,967.27 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 18,733.41 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 18,308.45 | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 20,750.52 | +17.2% |
| 2021 | 17,712.57 | +15.9% |
| 2020 | 15,283.63 | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 17,212.61 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 17,571.5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17,566.1 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 17,449.15 | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 19,887.23 | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 21,908.3 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 21,304.98 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 20,332.14 | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 19,151.09 | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 16,815.42 | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 14,634.06 | -31.3% |
| 2008 | 21,298.99 | +28.3% |
| 2007 | 16,606.68 | +17.3% |
| 2006 | 14,152.66 | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 12,346.44 | +25.1% |
| 2004 | 9,871.03 | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 8,445.05 | +24.9% |
| 2002 | 6,762.93 | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 6,657.41 | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 6,178.59 | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 5,179.08 | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 4,612.71 | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 4,393.94 | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 4,427.28 | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 4,114.69 | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 3,839.96 | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 3,646.71 | -14.7% |
| 1992 | 4,277.47 | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 4,205.38 | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 4,047.25 | +16.2% |
| 1989 | 3,481.85 | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 3,655.82 | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 3,941.12 | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 3,985 | -35.9% |
| 1985 | 6,212 | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 6,613.12 | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 6,689.81 | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 7,091.41 | +15.1% |
| 1981 | 6,159.71 | +10.8% |
| 1980 | 5,559.05 | +33.8% |
| 1979 | 4,155.16 | +27.5% |
| 1978 | 3,258.09 | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 2,907.37 | +24.0% |
| 1976 | 2,344.93 | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,318.69 | +18.2% |
| 1974 | 1,962.03 | +54.1% |
| 1973 | 1,273.32 | +19.3% |
| 1972 | 1,067.46 | +19.3% |
| 1971 | 894.45 | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 828.92 | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 794.53 | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 783.17 | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 796.7 | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 767.54 | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 793.36 | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 779.77 | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 756.28 | +7.5% |
| 1962 | 703.62 | +3.8% |
| 1961 | 677.71 | +6.9% |
| 1960 | 633.98 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Trinidad and Tobago’s GDP per capita in 1961?
677.71 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Trinidad and Tobago’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Trinidad and Tobago’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2891.8% in total — about 5.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 18,967.27; 2024: 18,733.41; 2023: 18,308.45; 2022: 20,750.52; 2021: 17,712.57. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.