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

UNCLOS Parties Celebrate 30th Anniversary of the Convention

Date: 13 Jun 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

12 June 2012: The 22nd Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) concluded its annual session, addressing various agenda items, including the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Convention. Sri Lanka expressed its intention to continue to play an active role in defining the breadth of the principles enshrined in the Convention, especially in the area of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction. Trinidad and Tobago called on States...

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Trinidad and Tobago Holds Workshop on Payment for Ecosystem Services

Date: 30 May 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

25 May 2012: Trinidad and Tobago held a three-day workshop of scientists, economists and policy makers as part of the Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ), which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The workshop, which took place from 23-24 May 2012, in Port of Spain, focused on how to value the goods and services that ecosystems provide to people, so that development policy and decision making can reflect the true...

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CDEMA Holds Central Sub-regional Consulations of Caribbean Disaster Management Officials

Date: 22 May 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

May 2012: Senior government officials from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) Central Sub-region have convened for a second annual round of consultations. Disaster management officials from Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines met on 8-9 May 2012 in Warrens, Barbados. Barbados serves as the CDEMA Sub-Regional Focal Point (SRFP) for the Central Sub-region. The meeting featured what officials from Barbados’ Department of Emergency...

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