Trinidad and Tobago

Official Name:

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)

Area:

5.128 km ²

Population (2007):

1.056.608 inhabitants

Coastline:

362 km

Capital:

Port-of-Spain

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Fortin, Point Lisas,Puerto España, Scarborough, Tembladora

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin

Political divisions:

9 regional corporations, 2 city corporations, 3 borough corporations, 1 ward regional corporations: Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Diego Martin, Mayaro/Rio Claro, Penal/Debe, Princes Town, Sangre Grande, San Juan/Laventille, Siparia, Tunapuna/Piarco

Language(s):

English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese

National holiday:

Independence Day, 31 August (1962)

Nationality:

Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)

Official time:

UTC-4.

Member of:

ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.tt

Economic Profile

Currency:

Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD19.800 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 14.900.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

11,9% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 0,7%
• Industry: 57,7%
• Services: 41,5%

Labor force:

618.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1997):

• Agriculture 9,5%
• Manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%
• Construction and utilities 12,4%,
• services 64,1%

Unemployment rate:

7% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

8% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

19,1% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD6.591.000.000
• Expenditures: USD5.649.000.000

Public debt:

36,6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD 3.259.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 12.500.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers

Exports - Partners:

US 68,6%, Jamaica 5,4%, Barbados 2,9% (2005)

Imports:

USD 8.798.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals

Imports - partners:

US 27,2%, Venezuela 13,1%, Brazil 13,1%, Japan 5,4%, Canada 4,1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 6.888.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 2.838.000.000 (2006 est.)