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Trinidad and Tobago — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Trinidad and Tobago, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
57.75%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -2.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Trinidad and Tobago was 57.75% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 66.54% in 2006. The lowest was 57.63% in 2021 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.06% per year.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 121 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Trinidad and Tobago sits below it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
57.75%
First (1990)
59.03%
Change
-2.2%
Highest
66.54%
in 2006
Lowest
57.63%
in 2021
Average
62.11%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.06%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.75% |
| 2024 | 58.15% |
| 2023 | 59.27% |
| 2022 | 58.35% |
| 2021 | 57.63% |
| 2020 | 58.64% |
| 2019 | 60.69% |
| 2018 | 61.15% |
| 2017 | 61.56% |
| 2016 | 62.04% |
| 2015 | 63.05% |
| 2014 | 63.9% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.