Trinidad and Tobago, year by year

Every index this site holds for Trinidad and Tobago, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.661 in 1990 to 0.807 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 73.6 years2024at birthUp 3.4 years from 70.2 years in 2005
Internet users: 82%2024of people onlineUp 52 points from 30% in 2006
Urban population: 54%2025of people in towns and citiesDown 1 point from 55% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.542024births per womanDown 0.09 from 1.63 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 1%2021of energy usedLevel with 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 5 points from 95% in 2005
Infant mortality: 172024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 8 from 25 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 19.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 7.5 t from 27.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 44%2023of land under forestDown 2 points from 46% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.661	67.6	—	—	2.39	1.2	—	29	10.1	47.2	—	—
1991	0.665	67.8	—	55.2	2.29	1.3	—	29	10.3	47.1	—	—
1992	0.665	67.8	—	55.3	2.21	1.3	—	29	10.4	47.0	—	—
1993	0.667	67.8	—	55.5	2.13	1.3	—	28	10.1	46.9	—	—
1994	0.672	67.8	—	55.6	2.06	1.3	—	28	11.1	46.8	—	—
1995	0.677	68.0	0.2	55.7	1.97	1.2	—	28	10.7	46.7	—	—
1996	0.684	68.0	0.4	55.8	1.89	1.0	—	27	11.4	46.5	—	—
1997	0.692	68.1	1.2	55.9	1.83	0.9	—	27	11.4	46.5	—	—
1998	0.700	68.3	2.7	55.9	1.78	0.9	—	27	13.7	46.3	—	—
1999	0.708	68.5	5.8	55.9	1.76	0.9	—	27	14.0	46.2	—	—
2000	0.714	68.6	7.7	55.9	1.73	0.8	91	26	14.5	46.1	—	—
2001	0.721	68.9	15.4	55.9	1.71	0.7	96	26	16.4	46.0	—	—
2002	0.730	69.2	22.0	55.8	1.67	0.7	97	26	17.6	46.0	—	—
2003	0.740	69.5	26.0	55.7	1.65	0.6	97	25	20.3	45.9	—	—
2004	0.750	69.9	27.0	55.6	1.63	0.6	97	25	21.5	45.8	—	—
2005	0.756	70.2	29.0	55.4	1.63	0.5	95	25	27.1	45.7	—	—
2006	0.766	70.4	30.0	55.2	1.62	0.6	100	24	29.7	45.6	14153	27393
2007	0.774	70.8	32.3	54.9	1.62	0.4	100	24	30.3	45.5	16607	29355
2008	0.782	71.1	34.8	54.7	1.62	0.5	100	23	29.5	45.5	21299	30807
2009	0.782	71.4	44.3	54.4	1.62	0.5	99	23	28.6	45.4	14634	29602
2010	0.789	71.8	48.5	54.1	1.61	0.4	100	23	31.1	45.3	16815	30778
2011	0.792	72.2	55.2	53.9	1.61	0.4	98	22	31.1	45.2	19151	31078
2012	0.796	72.5	57.5	53.9	1.61	0.4	100	22	28.5	45.1	20332	31883
2013	0.802	72.8	59.9	53.9	1.60	0.4	100	21	27.9	45.1	21305	31746
2014	0.805	72.9	62.4	53.9	1.60	0.3	100	21	27.6	45.0	21908	32027
2015	0.808	72.9	65.1	53.9	1.60	0.4	100	21	27.2	44.9	19887	29825
2016	0.806	72.9	67.8	53.9	1.60	0.4	100	20	24.9	44.8	17449	28232
2017	0.806	73.0	70.6	53.9	1.59	0.4	100	20	24.0	44.7	17566	28484
2018	0.803	72.7	72.8	53.9	1.59	0.5	100	20	24.0	44.6	17571	28673
2019	0.805	72.8	75.0	53.9	1.58	0.4	100	19	24.4	44.6	17213	29316
2020	0.800	72.7	77.3	53.9	1.57	0.5	100	19	21.8	44.5	15284	26731
2021	0.796	71.1	84.4	53.9	1.56	0.5	100	18	21.0	44.4	17713	30482
2022	0.805	73.3	81.7	54.0	1.54	—	100	18	20.9	44.3	20751	32974
2023	0.807	73.5	82.0	54.0	1.53	—	99	18	19.7	44.2	18308	34652
2024	—	73.6	82.2	54.0	1.54	—	100	17	19.6	—	18733	36381
2025	—	—	—	54.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	18967	37121
On the profile	0.807	73.6	82.2	54.0	1.54	0.5	—	—	19.6	44.2	18967	37121

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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