TRINIDAD:   Some basic figures
A. Socio-Economic indicators:	1990		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Population	1,400,000		1,297,275	1,301,307	1,305,236	1,308,770
GDP (US$ billions)	4.8		10.69	12.21	16.21	19.91
GDP per capita (US$)	6,604		8,007	9,640	11,000	9,925
Total external debt (US $ million)	51		1,711.4	1,530.6	1,309.8
Total debt service (as % of GDP)	8.9		4	5	2.6
Total debt service (as % of exports of goods & services)	19.3		3.6	3.3	5.4
Rate of unemployment (%): 1996-2005			8.0	8.0	8.0
Rate of inflation (%)	16.5	*	5	7	23	9
Life expectancy at birth (years)	71.6		69.9	69.8	69.2
% Adult Literary rate (age 15+)	96.8		98.5		98.4
% people living below $1 a day (1990-2004)	12.4		12.4	12.4
Prevalence of HIV (% of population aged 15-49)	7		3.2		2.6
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP)	3.7		4.3	4.3	4.2
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP)	1.4		1.5	1.4
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP)			2.4	2.1
Foreign Direct Investment (US$ million)			808.3	1,098.1	1,100.0
Workers' remittances & compensation of employees (US $ million)			87	87	87	87
B. Other Key Indicators/Indices & Rank
Human Development Index (rank among countries)**	31		57	57	59
Overall Economic Freedom Index (rank among countries)			29	21	17	26	23	29
Fiscal Freedom (scale 0 to 100)***			72.4	71.7	73.7	76.5	82
Investment Freedom (scale 0 to 100)***			70	70	70	70	70
Freedom from corruption (scale 0 to 100)***			53	49	46	42	38
Corruption Perception Index (rank among countries)****			43	51	59	79	79
Footnotes:
* refers to 1991
** Among 173 in 1990, and 177 countries for the years 2003-2005
*** 100 represents the maximum freedom
**** Ranking among 179 countries with 1 being the least corrupt and 179 the most corrupt
Sources:
http://stats.oecd.org/
http://www.heritage.org/
http://www.transparency.org/
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
http://www.worldbank.org