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USD 0.29 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 2.1% | 5% | -1.5% | 0.3% | 4.1% | -0.3% | -2% |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 0% | 0.3% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 1% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.002% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -1% | -3.1% | 0.1% | 2% | 2.1% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 66.1% | 66.2% | 65.5% | 64.3% | 65.9% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -2.5% | -1.5% | -2.2% | -1.4% | -2.2% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
3.0 % (2018 estimate)
36.3% (2016)
0.0005% (2018)
0.02% (2018)
Bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, avocados, mangoes, coconut oil (2010 est.)
Food, manufactured goods, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, fuels
US 67.6%, UK 5.9%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.5% (2017)
US 53.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 10.8% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 129 million | USD 131 million | USD 135 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 5.4 million | USD 5.6 million | USD 13.2 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
N/A
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
93 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 69 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 38 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 56 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 107 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 165 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 79 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 84 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 93 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 79 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 131 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 38 / Score: 68.7 (Moderately free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Roman Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 10.4%, Pentecostal 8.9%, Baptist 2.2%, Anglican 1.6%, Church of God 1.5%, other Protestant 0.9%), other Christian 3.4% (includes Evangelical 2.3% and Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), Rastafari
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
| 0.13 million | 0.16 million | 0.17 million | 0.17 million | 0.18 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 21.5% | 26.5% | 27.8% | 18.7% |
10.6% (last available estimate, 2016)
51.2 (last available estimate, 2016)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 20.1% Mobile: 101.7% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)