| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $10.52 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $9,500 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 2.6%
industry: 49%
services: 48.4% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
21% (1992 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3.8% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
590,000 (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 9.5%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, construction and utilities 12.4%, services 64.1% (1997 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.663 billion
expenditures: $2.51 billion, including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (2003) |
| Industries : |
petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing, cement, beverage, cotton textiles |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
5.7% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
5.315 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 99.8%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.2% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
4.943 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cocoa, sugarcane, rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry |
| Exports : |
$4.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 63.4%, Jamaica 5.6%, France 3.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$3.917 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 31.8%, Venezuela 13.7%, Germany 6.6%, Brazil 5.5%, UK 5.1%, Japan 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$2.608 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$24 million (1999 est.) |
| Currency : |
Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD) |
| Currency Code : |
TTD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Trinidad and Tobago dollars per US dollar - 6.2929 (2003), 6.2487 (2002), 6.2332 (2001), 6.2998 (2000), 6.2989 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 October - 30 September |
