Trinidad and Tobago

Capital City:

Port of Spain

Languages:

English

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education	92.5	92.7	89.8	91.2	92	89.40000000000001		97.099999999999994				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	11.1		16.7	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.4	26.8	26.8	26.8	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)					98.40000000000001				98.7			World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	67	60	60	60	55	54	54	54	54	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	2,280	2,276	2,272	2,268	2,264	2,260	2,256	2,252		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	44.44	44.37	44.29	44.21	44.13	44.049999999999997	43.98	43.9		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	371	361	402	437	568	593						Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	1,295,100	1,300,000	1,304,620	1,309,110	1,313,630	1,318,300	1,323,170	1,328,220	1,333,390	1,338,580	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.399686	0.377558	0.355138	0.34357	0.344677	0.354569	0.368583	0.380783	0.388638	0.389001	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	59					55			55		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index	0.685					0.713	0.721	0.727	0.731	0.732	0.736	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	11,350	12,240	13,500	15,610	17,800	19,060	22,180	25,010	23,520	24,970	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	0.02	0.02	0.1	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.08	0.1	0.05		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)	38,000,000	41,000,000	79,000,000	87,000,000	86,900,000	92,400,000	91,200,000	109,400,000	109,400,000		UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)	34	25	28	23	24	25	32	12	World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)	99.66	99.76000000000001	99.73999999999999	99.78	99.81	99.81	99.78	99.93000000000001	World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	24,514	25,024	26,890	27,697	31,555	30,949	34,481	37,037				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	91		77		91	93			94			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Trinidad and Tobago	Initial national communication of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.	Strategy Description	2001
NBSAP - Trinidad and Tobago	Fourth National Report of Trinidad and Tobago to the Convention on Biological Diversity	Strategy Description	2010
NSDS - Trinidad and Tobago		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

New UNEP Deputy Executive Director Appointed

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

13 May 2011: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Amina Mohamed (Kenya) as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Mohamed, who will succeed Angela Cropper (Trinidad and Tobago), will be responsible for further advancing the UNEP Medium Term Strategy and related reform agenda, as well as strengthen UNEP’s input to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) and beyond. [UNEP Press...

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UNGA Debates Green Economy

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

2 June 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) held an informal thematic debate on the topic “Green Economy: A Pathway to Sustainable Development,” including a morning panel on opportunities and challenges of a green economy, and an afternoon panel on transitioning toward green economy, as well as extensive discussion. In the opening segment of the debate, held on 2 June 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, UNGA President Joseph Deiss said the major characteristic of the green economy is the...

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ECLAC Meeting Considers Climate Change Costs and Benefits in Caribbean Countries

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

30 June 2011: The third Expert Group Meeting on Understanding the Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), considered climate change costs and benefits in Caribbean countries. During the meeting, which was held on 30 June 2011, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, participants heard presentations of case studies on the economic costs and benefits of climate...

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