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Trinidad and Tobago

11.0N 61.0W · 24 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 31 AUGUST 1962
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1976 – present · A modern energy nation
4 EVENTS
c. 1940 · Birth of the steelpan 1 REF
27 July 1990 · The Jamaat al-Muslimeen coup attempt 2 REFS
1937 – 1976 · Eric Williams, independence, and the republic
4 EVENTS
1956 · Eric Williams founds the PNM 2 REFS
31 August 1962 · Independence from Britain 3 REFS
1838 – 1937 · Indenture, oil, and one colony
5 EVENTS
30 May 1845 · Arrival of the Fatel Razack 2 REFS
June 1937 · The 1937 labour revolution 3 REFS
1797 – 1838 · British conquest and the much-contested Tobago
5 EVENTS
18 February 1797 · Britain captures Trinidad 2 REFS
1802 · Trinidad ceded to Britain by treaty 2 REFS
1498 – 1797 · Spanish neglect and the Cédula de Población
3 EVENTS
1592 · Spain founds San José de Oruña 2 REFS
24 November 1783 · The Cédula de Población 2 REFS
c. 5000 BCE – 1498 CE · The first peoples
3 EVENTS
c. 5000 BCE · The first settlers reach the islands 2 REFS
1498 · Columbus sights Trinidad and Tobago 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Port of Spain
Population
1.2 m
Area
5,130 km²
Region
Caribbean
Languages
English
Currency
Trinidad and Tobago dollar ($)
Demonym
Trinidadian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$26 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$18,967’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-0.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
1.0%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
1.4 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
73.6 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
54.0%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.5’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
64.0’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
72.0’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
53.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
51.6’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
50.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
41.0’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
7.5%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
4.16’21 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
18.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
69.4%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Education spending
3.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
98.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
95.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
23.8%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.1%’22 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
493’22 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
82.2%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
119’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.2%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
5,130 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
44.2%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
10.5%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
19.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
0.5%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
7.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
2.7%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
0.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$235 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
5,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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