Trinidad and Tobago — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Trinidad and Tobago was 0.99% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 22.02% in 1974. The lowest was 0.53% in 2024 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.13% per year.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 152 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 81%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Trinidad and Tobago sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 95% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 79%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 26 of 33 economies; Barbados (0.85%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 285% in 1968. That is 58% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1974.
World ranking. Slipped: 31st of 63 in 1960 → 71st of 92 in 1970 → 39th of 106 in 1980 → 52nd of 131 in 1990 → 81st of 163 in 2000 → 13th of 186 in 2010 → 127th of 178 in 2020 → 135th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.99% | +0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 0.53% | -4.1 pp |
| 2023 | 4.63% | -1.2 pp |
| 2022 | 5.83% | +3.8 pp |
| 2021 | 2.06% | +1.5 pp |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 1% | -0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 1.02% | -0.9 pp |
| 2017 | 1.88% | -1.2 pp |
| 2016 | 3.07% | -1.6 pp |
| 2015 | 4.66% | -1.0 pp |
| 2014 | 5.68% | +0.5 pp |
| 2013 | 5.2% | -4.1 pp |
| 2012 | 9.26% | +4.2 pp |
| 2011 | 5.11% | -5.4 pp |
| 2010 | 10.55% | +3.6 pp |
| 2009 | 6.98% | -5.1 pp |
| 2008 | 12.03% | +4.1 pp |
| 2007 | 7.89% | -0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 8.33% | +1.5 pp |
| 2005 | 6.87% | +3.2 pp |
| 2004 | 3.72% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 3.81% | -0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 4.15% | -1.4 pp |
| 2001 | 5.54% | +2.0 pp |
| 2000 | 3.56% | +0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 3.44% | -2.2 pp |
| 1998 | 5.61% | +2.0 pp |
| 1997 | 3.63% | +0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 3.4% | -1.8 pp |
| 1995 | 5.18% | -3.6 pp |
| 1994 | 8.81% | -2.0 pp |
| 1993 | 10.84% | +4.4 pp |
| 1992 | 6.44% | +2.7 pp |
| 1991 | 3.78% | -7.3 pp |
| 1990 | 11.06% | -0.4 pp |
| 1989 | 11.43% | +3.7 pp |
| 1988 | 7.76% | -3.0 pp |
| 1987 | 10.75% | +3.1 pp |
| 1986 | 7.69% | +0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 7.62% | -5.7 pp |
| 1984 | 13.33% | -1.8 pp |
| 1983 | 15.17% | +3.5 pp |
| 1982 | 11.63% | -2.7 pp |
| 1981 | 14.33% | -3.1 pp |
| 1980 | 17.47% | +2.7 pp |
| 1979 | 14.72% | +4.5 pp |
| 1978 | 10.26% | -1.5 pp |
| 1977 | 11.74% | +1.1 pp |
| 1976 | 10.69% | -6.3 pp |
| 1975 | 16.98% | -5.0 pp |
| 1974 | 22.02% | +7.2 pp |
| 1973 | 14.81% | +5.5 pp |
| 1972 | 9.3% | +5.8 pp |
| 1971 | 3.53% | +1.0 pp |
| 1970 | 2.52% | +0.1 pp |
| 1969 | 2.44% | -5.8 pp |
| 1968 | 8.23% | +6.1 pp |
| 1967 | 2.14% | -2.0 pp |
| 1966 | 4.09% | +2.3 pp |
| 1965 | 1.78% | +0.9 pp |
| 1964 | 0.86% | -2.9 pp |
| 1963 | 3.76% | +0.8 pp |
| 1962 | 2.98% | +1.5 pp |
| 1961 | 1.52% | -0.6 pp |
| 1960 | 2.08% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Trinidad and Tobago’s Inflation in 1961?
1.52% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Trinidad and Tobago’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -52.2% in total — about 1.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. 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: 0.99%; 2024: 0.53%; 2023: 4.63%; 2022: 5.83%; 2021: 2.06%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.