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Trinidad and Tobago — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Trinidad and Tobago, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.33%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -82.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Trinidad and Tobago was 3.33% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.81% in 1993. The lowest was 2.43% in 2015 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.92% per year.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 134 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Trinidad and Tobago sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 37%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.33%
First (1991)
18.52%
Change
-82.0%
Highest
19.81%
in 1993
Lowest
2.43%
in 2015
Average
8.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.92%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.33% |
| 2024 | 3.32% |
| 2023 | 3.36% |
| 2022 | 4.38% |
| 2021 | 4.45% |
| 2020 | 4.21% |
| 2019 | 3.52% |
| 2018 | 3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.39% |
| 2016 | 3.21% |
| 2015 | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 2.48% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.