Health in Trinidad and Tobago

1,225 indicators covering health for Trinidad and Tobago.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Health spending per person by source 1,086 current international $ 2023 up 45.7% 69th
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 48.4% 2023 down 6.1% 115th
Private health spending per person 1,157 current international $ 2023 up 65.2% 35th
Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP 3.6% 2023 up 47.2% 81st
Poliomyelitis - number of reported cases 0 2010 8th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against rubella 96.0% 2024 unchanged 47th
Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years 1.31 2020 down 20.2% 112th
Daily cost of a healthy diet 5.56 international-$ in 2021 prices per person per day 2024 up 49.5% 20th
Terrorism deaths by region 0 deaths 2021 58th
Medical doctors 6,184 2021 up 154.4% 110th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 84.1% 2024 up 0.0% 50th
Number of stillbirths 148 2023 down 24.9% 141st
Maternal mortality ratio 54.08 2023 up 8.1% 84th
Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 75 2023 down 1.3% 75th
Stillbirths 148 2023 down 24.9% 142nd
Stillbirth rate 9.13 2023 down 10.5% 86th
Mean systolic blood pressure 123.2 2015 up 2.4% 107th
UHC Service Coverage sub-index on infectious diseases 94 2023 unchanged 88th
UHC Service Coverage sub-index on service capacity and access 87 2023 up 2.4% 60th
UHC Service Coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and 62 2023 down 3.1% 145th
UHC Service Coverage Index 75 2023 down 1.3% 78th
UHC Service Coverage sub-index on noncommunicable diseases 64 2023 down 1.5% 91st
Stillbirth rate 9.13 2023 down 10.5% 85th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against hepatitis B 658.36 one-year-olds 2023 down 56.6% 155th
Rotavirus vaccines completed dose (RotaC) immunization coverage among 0.0% 2025 138th
Tuberculosis-related deaths among people living with HIV 18 deaths 2023 up 50.0% 105th
Smoking bans in public places 8 smoke-free public places 2022 unchanged 1st
Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic 7.5% 2023 up 56.7% 72nd
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health 0.1% 2023 down 10.6% 131st
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 48.4% 2023 down 6.1% 115th
Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure 45.3% 2023 up 4.9% 41st
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 3.6% 2023 up 47.2% 83rd
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 11.1% 2023 up 40.2% 83rd
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current 51.5% 2023 up 6.5% 46th
Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$ 1,276 2023 up 31.5% 57th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 657.87 2023 up 40.0% 39th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 617.51 2023 up 23.5% 69th
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 7.5% 2023 up 56.7% 72nd
Health spending as a share of total government spending 11.1% 2023 up 40.2% 84th
Mumps - number of reported cases 0 2025 110th
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 2.23 2010 unchanged 87th
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 4.3 2023 down 6.5% 64th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 92.0% 2024 unchanged 85th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2025 16th
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 0.9547 2023 up 17.6% 127th
Dentists 444 2019 up 42.3% 111th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 82.6% 2024 unchanged 37th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 6,174 2023 up 41.0% 139th
Nursing personnel 6,174 2023 up 41.0% 135th
People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 65.1% 2024 up 0.1% 25th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 21.4% 2019 up 32.9% 73rd
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 48.0% 2019 up 11.4% 75th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 46.7% 2019 up 7.9% 78th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 61.2% 2019 up 9.7% 70th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 43.8 2019 up 7.6% 42nd
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 33.55 2019 down 1.0% 76th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 34.45 2019 up 0.9% 52nd
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 60.0% 2019 up 7.5% 73rd
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 42.4 2019 up 5.0% 52nd
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 20.9% 2019 up 29.8% 78th