Social Development in Trinidad and Tobago

145 indicators covering social development for Trinidad and Tobago.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 9 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 704 2025 up 261.0% 117th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0005 units per person 2025 up 256.3% 89th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 273.5% 117th
Political Rights Score 34 2025 up 3.0% 60th
Freedom Score 83 2025 up 2.5% 58th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 23,369 2025 up 26,760.9% 36th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0171 units per person 2025 up 26,405.7% 2nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 27,691.1% 13th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -36.58 % change on previous year 2025 down 387.6% 131st
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 19 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 12.32 % change on previous year 2025 up 40.8% 45th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.785 2025 down 6.7% 43rd
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.897 2025 down 6.9% 52nd
Political Corruption Index 0.1 2025 down 27.0% 147th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.1 2025 down 27.0% 147th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.23 2024 up 17.8% 76th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.1596 units per square kilometre 2023 up 544.9% 48th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 5.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 75,207.9% 1st
LGBT+ Rights Index -1.5 2019 unchanged 176th
Forcibly displaced people 29,102 2025 up 15,057.3% 109th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 64 years 2025 up 18.5% 25th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 41 2024 up 7.9% 81st
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.98 2024 down 7.9% 97th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.48 2024 down 9.0% 76th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.5186 2024 down 4.7% 110th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0208 2024 up 65.3% 129th
Self-reported life satisfaction 5.91 2025 down 4.3% 75th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 5.91 2025 down 4.3% 75th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 48.5% 2024 up 25.5% 62nd
Homicide rate 40.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 up 49.4% 9th
Homicides 605 homicides 2022 up 59.2% 52nd
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 40.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 up 49.4% 9th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 40.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 up 49.4% 9th
Age of electoral democracy 64 years 2025 up 18.5% 23rd
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy 0.2138 2020 up 111.6% 46th
Homicides 392 deaths 2020 down 19.2% 28th
Child homicide rate 7.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 44.3% 6th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.0553 2020 up 120.5% 62nd
Homicide rate 28.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 23.3% 6th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 28.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 23.3% 6th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 569.54 deaths 2021 up 12.9% 78th
Homicide rate 37.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.1% 8th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 37.66 2021 up 5.4% 8th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.68 2030 up 10.0% 74th
Age of full democracy 64 years 2025 up 18.5% 21st