Trinidad & Tobago

  • Area: 5,128 square kilometres
  • Currency: Trinidad & Tobago dollar made up of 100 cents, $1 = TT$6.2869
  • Official language: English
  • Population: 1.310 million
  • Head of State or Government: Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Prime Minister), 2004
  • GDP: $14,487.8 million
  • GDP per capita: $11,058
  • GDP growth: -3.0%
  • Inflation: 7.2%

About Trinidad & Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago comprises the two southernmost Caribbean islands and the capital is Port of Spain in Trinidad. The petroleum industry is central to the economy and the country also possesses the world’s largest deposits of natural asphalt.

The agriculture, forestry and fishing sector employs approximately 7 per cent of the workforce and contributes 2 per cent of GDP. Industry employs 28 per cent of the workforce and contributes 43 per cent of GDP, while the services sector employs 65 per cent of the workforce and contributes 55 per cent of GDP