Poverty & Inequality in Trinidad and Tobago 23 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Trinidad and Tobago. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys 2025 — 147th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 — 146th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 — 147th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.53 live births per woman 2023 down 4.4% 162nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,600 kg per hectare 2023 down 0.6% 139th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 13.4% 70th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.38 % change on previous year 2023 down 125.2% 132nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.85 2023 up 13.6% 93rd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.9% 2023 up 13.6% 93rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 8.3% 69th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 5.56 % change on previous year 2023 — 56th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year 2002 down 200.0% 144th Gender Inequality Index 0.262 2023 down 16.3% 102nd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.2% 2023 up 22.1% 136th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1082 2023 down 3.2% 100th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1082 2023 down 3.2% 100th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1406 2023 up 1.8% 84th Population living in slums 8.6% 2022 up 8.7% 100th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 577.85 2023 up 37.9% 34th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0003 2010 up 1,357.1% 156th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2010 — 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 28,557 2017 up 7.1% 33rd Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 27.0% 2019 up 90.2% 53rd