Trinidad and Tobago
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- Capital
- Port of Spain
- Region
- Caribbean
- Population, 2025
- 1.4 million
- Currency
- TTD
- Area
- 5,130 km²
Across Trinidad and Tobago's 23 priced cities, one person needs about $1,292 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $792.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
50out of 100
- Purchasing power25%45
- Safety20%29
- Health care15%54
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%82
- Connectivity10%68
- Cost10%54
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #97
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
53.3
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
11.5
New York = 100
Purchasing power
71.1
New York = 100
One person
$1,292
A month, rent included
Net salary
$792
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$516
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$18,967
2025
Growth
−0.8%
2025
Unemployment
3.3%
2025
Inflation
1.0%
2025
Life expectancy
73.6 years
2024
Internet users
82%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 12.5%
- SourcePwC
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 28.9
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 71.1
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2022
- 40.4
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #49 worldwide
- 170
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- —
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +26%
Cities in Trinidad and Tobago
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Diego Martin | 53 | 51.1 | $664 | $1,770 | 141.4 | 25.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 2Arima | 50 | 54.2 | $516 | $1,205 | 103.5 | 35K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 3San Fernando | 50 | 47.0 | $516 | $1,033 | 96.6 | 55.4K | High confidence, 24 contributors |
| 4Cunupia | 48 | 53.3 | $265 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 5Tunapuna | 48 | 52.6 | $280 | — | — | 17.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 6Couva | 48 | 51.6 | $413 | — | — | 5.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 7Sangre Grande | 47 | 47.7 | — | — | — | 16K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 8Marabella | 47 | 51.6 | — | — | — | 26.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 9Arouca | 47 | 51.6 | — | — | — | 12.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 10Princes Town | 47 | 51.6 | — | — | — | 10K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 11San Juan | 47 | 51.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 12Carenage | 47 | 51.6 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 13Tacarigua | 47 | 51.6 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 14Barataria | 47 | 53.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 15Siparia | 47 | 53.9 | — | — | — | 8.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 16Rio Claro | 47 | 56.0 | — | — | — | 35.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 17Point Fortin | 47 | 56.6 | — | — | — | 19.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 18St.James | 47 | 57.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 19Chaguanas | 46 | 53.3 | $472 | $792 | 71.1 | 67.4K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 20Tobago | 46 | 54.1 | $406 | $737 | 69.2 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 21Trinidad | 46 | 55.0 | $634 | — | — | — | Medium confidence, 31 contributors |
| 22Scarborough | 45 | — | — | — | — | 17K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 23Saint Joseph | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 24Port of Spain | 44 | 59.2 | $1,016 | $765 | 45.9 | 49K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 25Curepe | 40 | 57.5 | $738 | $516 | 36.8 | — | Low confidence, 3 contributors |