Health in Trinidad and Tobago

1,240 indicators covering health for Trinidad and Tobago.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 4.69 2030 down 14.4% 50th
Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 182 2030 down 7.1% 131st
Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 159 2030 down 17.2% 131st
Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 159 2030 down 17.2% 131st
Under-five deaths - Remains constant 272 2030 down 8.1% 137th
Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 240 2030 down 17.0% 136th
Under-five deaths - SDG target met 240 2030 down 17.0% 136th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 107 2030 down 1.8% 145th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 104 2030 down 2.8% 144th
Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 2,073 2019 up 3.0% 136th
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.1% 2024 down 50.0% 101st
Mortality caused by road traffic injury 9.3 per 100,000 population 2019 down 57.9% 128th
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 3.7 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 58.4% 136th
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 15.1 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 57.6% 123rd
Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 1 2024 unchanged 2nd
Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine 90.0% 2024 up 1,400.0% 116th
Tuberculosis patients living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy 12 patients 2021 down 25.0% 106th
HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 51.0% 2024 down 8.9% 139th
Hospital beds 23.66 2023 down 8.3% 82nd
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 33.0% 2020 down 53.5% 151st
New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 11.94 2024 down 27.1% 41st
Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 71 2023 up 108.8% 85th
Bladder cancer death rate 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 11.1% 54th
Cancer death rates by type 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 11.1% 54th
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 11.94 2024 down 70.8% 44th
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 18 2024 down 67.3% 76th
Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 99.0% 2025 1st
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 0 2024 down 100.0% 69th
New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 0 2024 down 100.0% 69th
Number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine 164.59 one-year-olds 2023 down 99.1% 169th
Contraceptive prevalence, any method 36.5% 2022 down 9.4% 85th
Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 3rd
Liver cancer death rate 2.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 14.9% 100th
Number of female leprosy new cases 5 2024 down 58.3% 73rd
Estimated number of children needing antiretroviral therapy based on 200 2025 down 60.0% 77th
National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 8 2022 unchanged 1st
Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 30.5% 2022 down 18.9% 82nd
Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases 320 2014 up 45.5% 157th
Number of new G2D leprosy cases 2 2024 unchanged 71st
Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 1.33 2024 down 10.2% 39th
3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women 36 2009 down 2.3% 89th
Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 0.6 per 100,000 population 2024 66th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health 8.2% 2019 up 13.4% 81st
3.1.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 100 2017 up 3.2% 1st
Pancreatic cancer death rate 3.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 26.5% 75th
Brain and nervous system cancer death rate 1.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 up 45.4% 89th
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Prices 6.8 2022 up 12.0% 83rd
Taxes as a % of price: total tax 27.6% 2022 down 15.4% 161st
Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise 0.0% 2022 106th
Taxes as a % of price: specific excise 16.4% 2022 down 15.9% 109th
Taxes as a % of price: import duties 0.0% 2022 38th
Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 0.0% 2022 57th
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax 11.1% 2022 down 14.8% 116th
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 32 2022 up 21.1% 96th
Physical activity policies for activie societies 10 2023 unchanged 113th
Physical activity policies focused on active systems 20 2023 unchanged 5th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae 91.0% 2024 down 4.2% 52nd
Pneumococcal vaccine vs. diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine coverage 91.0% 2024 down 4.2% 52nd
Child population under age 5 80.84 2025 down 13.8% 23rd
Percentage of children as a proportion of total population 21.28 2025 down 9.4% 29th