{"id":1038,"date":"2023-08-30T18:41:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americastradinghub.com\/?page_id=1038"},"modified":"2023-08-31T22:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:29:25","slug":"trinidad-and-tobago","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/americastradinghub\/trinidad-and-tobago\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinidad and Tobago"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1038\" class=\"elementor elementor-1038\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-393fd60 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"393fd60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Flag of Trinidad and Tobago\"><img alt=\"Flag of Trinidad and Tobago\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/64\/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg\/125px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"75\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/64\/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg\/188px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/64\/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg\/250px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"800\" data-file-height=\"480\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n            <div><a href=\"\/wiki\/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Flag of Trinidad and Tobago\">Flag<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;\">\n            <div style=\"padding-bottom:3px;\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><a 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<\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-full-data\"><b>Motto:&nbsp;<\/b>&#8220;Together We Aspire, Together We Achieve&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-full-data anthem\"><b>Anthem:<\/b>&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"\/wiki\/Forged_from_the_Love_of_Liberty\" title=\"Forged from the Love of Liberty\">Forged from the Love of Liberty<\/a>&#8220;<div style=\"padding-top:0.5em;\" class=\"center\"><span class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\"><span><span class=\"mw-tmh-player audio mw-file-element\" style=\"width:220px;\"><audio id=\"mwe_player_0_placeholder\" preload=\"none\" class=\"\" width=\"220\" style=\"width:220px;\" data-durationhint=\"75\" data-mwtitle=\"Forged_from_the_Love_of_Liberty_(instrumental).ogg\" data-mwprovider=\"wikimediacommons\" disabled=\"disabled\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/audio><a class=\"mw-tmh-play\" href=\"\/wiki\/File:Forged_from_the_Love_of_Liberty_(instrumental).ogg\" title=\"Play media\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"mw-tmh-play-icon\"><\/span><\/a><span class=\"mw-tmh-duration mw-tmh-label\" aria-label=\"1 minute and 15 seconds\">1:15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-full-data\"><span class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Frameless\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_(orthographic_projection).svg\" class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Location of Trinidad and Tobago\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Location of Trinidad and Tobago\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Trinidad_and_Tobago_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/250px-Trinidad_and_Tobago_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Trinidad_and_Tobago_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/375px-Trinidad_and_Tobago_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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.longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}<\/style><span class=\"plainlinks nourlexpansion\"><span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/55\/WMA_button2b.png\/17px-WMA_button2b.png\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/55\/WMA_button2b.png\/17px-WMA_button2b.png 1x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/55\/WMA_button2b.png\/34px-WMA_button2b.png 2x\" class=\"wmamapbutton noprint\" title=\"Show location on an interactive map\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer;\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/geohack.toolforge.org\/geohack.php?pagename=Trinidad_and_Tobago&amp;params=10_40_0_N_61_30_27_W_type:city_region:TT-POS\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"><span class=\"geo-default\"><span class=\"geo-dms\" title=\"Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location\"><span class=\"latitude\">10\u00b040\u20320\u2033N<\/span> <span class=\"longitude\">61\u00b030\u203227\u2033W<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"geo-multi-punct\">&#xFEFF; \/ &#xFEFF;<\/span><span class=\"geo-nondefault\"><span class=\"geo-dec\" title=\"Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location\">10.66667\u00b0N 61.50750\u00b0W<\/span><span style=\"display:none\">&#xFEFF; \/ <span class=\"geo\">10.66667; -61.50750<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedbottomrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Largest city<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Chaguanas\" title=\"Chaguanas\">Chaguanas<\/a><br> <span class=\"geo-inline\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818\"><span class=\"plainlinks nourlexpansion\"><span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/55\/WMA_button2b.png\/17px-WMA_button2b.png\" 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style=\"display:none\">&#xFEFF; \/ <span class=\"geo\">10.217; -61.400<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedtoprow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Official&nbsp;languages<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Trinidadian_and_Tobagonian_English\" title=\"Trinidadian and Tobagonian English\">English<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Other languages<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><i>See <a href=\"\/wiki\/Demographics_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago#Language\" title=\"Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago\">Languages in Trinidad and Tobago<\/a><\/i><sup id=\"cite_ref-Census2011_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Census2011-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Ethnic_group\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Ethnic group\">Ethnic&nbsp;groups<\/a> <div class=\"ib-country-ethnic\"> (2011)<sup id=\"cite_ref-2011Census_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-2011Census-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r1116488514\">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url(\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f2\/Treeview-grey-line.png\")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}<\/style><div class=\"treeview\">\n<ul><li>35.43% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Indo-Trinidadian_and_Tobagonian\" title=\"Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian\">Indian<\/a><\/li>\n<li>34.22% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Afro-Trinidadians_and_Tobagonians\" title=\"Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians\">African<\/a><\/li>\n<li>22.82% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Demographics_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago#Mixed_ethnicity\" title=\"Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago\">Mixed<\/a>\n<ul><li>7.66% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Dougla_people\" title=\"Dougla people\">Dougla<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Religion <div class=\"ib-country-religion\"> (2011)<sup id=\"cite_ref-2011Census_3-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-2011Census-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r1126788409\">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}<\/style><div class=\"plainlist\"><ul><li>63.2% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Christianity\" title=\"Christianity\">Christianity<\/a><\/li><li>20.4% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Hinduism_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Hinduism in Trinidad and Tobago\">Hinduism<\/a><\/li><li>5.6% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Islam_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Islam in Trinidad and Tobago\">Islam<\/a><\/li><li>2.5% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Irreligion\" title=\"Irreligion\">No religion<\/a><\/li><li>8.3% <a href=\"\/wiki\/Religion_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Religion in Trinidad and Tobago\">Other<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Demonym\" title=\"Demonym\">Demonym(s)<\/a><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409\"><div class=\"plainlist\"><ul><li><a href=\"\/wiki\/Trinidadians_and_Tobagonians\" title=\"Trinidadians and Tobagonians\">Trinidadian and Tobagonian<\/a><\/li><li>Trini or Trinbagonian (colloquial)<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Politics_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Politics of Trinidad and Tobago\">Government<\/a><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Unitary_parliamentary_republic\" title=\"Unitary parliamentary republic\">Unitary parliamentary republic<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/President_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"President of Trinidad and Tobago\">President<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Christine_Kangaloo\" title=\"Christine Kangaloo\">Christine Kangaloo<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago\">Prime Minister<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Keith_Rowley\" title=\"Keith Rowley\">Keith Rowley<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_speakers_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago\">House Speaker<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Bridgid_Annisette-George\" title=\"Bridgid Annisette-George\">Bridgid Annisette-George<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/President_of_the_Senate_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago\">Senate President<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">Nigel de Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/Chief_Justice_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago\">Chief Justice<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Ivor_Archie\" title=\"Ivor Archie\">Ivor Archie<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)\" title=\"Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago)\">Opposition Leader<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Kamla_Persad-Bissessar\" title=\"Kamla Persad-Bissessar\">Kamla Persad-Bissessar<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"display:none\"><td colspan=\"2\">\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Legislature<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Parliament_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago\">Parliament<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/Upper_house\" title=\"Upper house\">Upper house<\/a><\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Senate_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)\" title=\"Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)\">Senate<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedbottomrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/Lower_house\" title=\"Lower house\">Lower house<\/a><\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/House_of_Representatives_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)\" title=\"House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago)\">House of Representatives<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedtoprow\"><th colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-header\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Independence\" title=\"Independence\">Independence<\/a>&nbsp;<div class=\"ib-country-sovereignty\">from the <a href=\"\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" title=\"United Kingdom\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/div><\/th><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;Part of the <a href=\"\/wiki\/West_Indies_Federation\" title=\"West Indies Federation\">West Indies Federation<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">3 January 1958 \u2013 14 January 1962<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Independence_Act_1962\" title=\"Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962\">Independence<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">31 August 1962<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;Joined the <a href=\"\/wiki\/Caribbean_Community\" title=\"Caribbean Community\">Caribbean Community<\/a> at the <a href=\"\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Chaguaramas\" title=\"Treaty of Chaguaramas\">Treaty of Chaguaramas<\/a> <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">1 August 1973<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div style=\"text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;\">\u2022&nbsp;Republic <\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">1 August 1976<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-6\">[a]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"display:none\"><td colspan=\"2\">\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedtoprow\"><th colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-header\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Geography_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Geography of Trinidad and Tobago\">Area <\/a><\/th><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;Total<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">5,131&nbsp;km<sup>2<\/sup> (1,981&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi) (<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area\" title=\"List of countries and dependencies by area\">164th<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedbottomrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;Water&nbsp;(%)<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">negligible<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedtoprow\"><th colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-header\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Demographics_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" title=\"Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago\">Population<\/a><\/th><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;2022 estimate<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">1,405,646<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-7\">[6]<\/a><\/sup> (<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population\" title=\"List of countries and dependencies by population\">151st<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedbottomrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;Density<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">264\/km<sup>2<\/sup> (683.8\/sq&nbsp;mi) (<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density\" title=\"List of countries and dependencies by population density\">34th<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedtoprow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Gross_domestic_product\" title=\"Gross domestic product\">GDP<\/a>&nbsp;<style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r886047488\">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}<\/style><span class=\"nobold\">(<a href=\"\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" title=\"Purchasing power parity\">PPP<\/a>)<\/span><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">2022&nbsp;estimate<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;Total<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><span title=\"Increase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Increase\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/11px-Increase2.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"300\" data-file-height=\"300\"><\/span><\/span> $42.1 billion<sup id=\"cite_ref-imf.org_8-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-imf.org-8\">[7]<\/a><\/sup> (<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)\" title=\"List of countries by GDP (PPP)\">126th<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedbottomrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;Per capita<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><span title=\"Increase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Increase\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/11px-Increase2.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Increase2.svg\/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"300\" data-file-height=\"300\"><\/span><\/span>$29,793<sup id=\"cite_ref-imf.org_8-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-imf.org-8\">[7]<\/a><\/sup> (<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita\" title=\"List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita\">58th<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedtoprow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Gross_domestic_product\" title=\"Gross domestic product\">GDP<\/a>&nbsp;<link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488\"><span class=\"nobold\">(nominal)<\/span><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">2022&nbsp;estimate<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;Total<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><span title=\"Decrease\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Decrease\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/11px-Decrease2.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"300\" data-file-height=\"300\"><\/span><\/span>$29.3 billion<sup id=\"cite_ref-imf.org_8-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-imf.org-8\">[7]<\/a><\/sup> (<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)\" title=\"List of countries by GDP (nominal)\">107th<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"mergedbottomrow\"><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><div class=\"ib-country-fake-li\">\u2022&nbsp;Per capita<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><span title=\"Decrease\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Decrease\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/11px-Decrease2.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"300\" data-file-height=\"300\"><\/span><\/span>$20,746<sup id=\"cite_ref-imf.org_8-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-imf.org-8\">[7]<\/a><\/sup> (<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita\" title=\"List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita\">47th<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Gini_coefficient\" title=\"Gini coefficient\">Gini<\/a>&nbsp;<link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488\"><span class=\"nobold\">(2012)<\/span><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">39.0<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-9\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><br><span class=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color:orange\">medium<\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Human_Development_Index\" title=\"Human Development Index\">HDI<\/a>&nbsp;<link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488\"><span class=\"nobold\">(2021)<\/span><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><span title=\"Decrease\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Decrease\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/11px-Decrease2.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"300\" data-file-height=\"300\"><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;0.810<sup id=\"cite_ref-UNHDR_10-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-UNHDR-10\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><br><span class=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color:darkgreen\">very high<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index\" title=\"List of countries by Human Development Index\">57th<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Currency<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Trinidad_and_Tobago_dollar\" title=\"Trinidad and Tobago dollar\">Trinidad and Tobago dollar<\/a> (<a href=\"\/wiki\/ISO_4217\" title=\"ISO 4217\">TTD<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Time zone<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Coordinated_Universal_Time\" title=\"Coordinated Universal Time\">UTC<\/a>-4<\/span> (<a href=\"\/wiki\/Atlantic_Time_Zone\" title=\"Atlantic Time Zone\">AST<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\">Date format<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">dd\/mm\/yyyy<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic\" title=\"Left- and right-hand traffic\">Driving side<\/a><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">left<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Telephone_numbers_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Telephone numbers in Trinidad and Tobago\">Calling code<\/a><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/North_American_Numbering_Plan\" title=\"North American Numbering Plan\">+1<\/a> <a href=\"\/wiki\/Area_code_868\" title=\"Area code 868\">(868)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/ISO_3166\" title=\"ISO 3166\">ISO 3166 code<\/a><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/ISO_3166-2:TT\" title=\"ISO 3166-2:TT\">TT<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/Country_code_top-level_domain\" title=\"Country code top-level domain\">Internet TLD<\/a><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/wiki\/.tt\" title=\".tt\">.tt<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-full-data\"><div class=\"ib-country-fn\"><style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r1011085734\">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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24 September because this is the date when the first Parliament met under the new Republican Constitution.<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9297579\" data-id=\"9297579\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Flag Coat of arms Motto:&nbsp;&#8220;Together We Aspire, Together We Achieve&#8221; Anthem:&nbsp;&#8220;Forged from the Love of Liberty&#8220;1:15 Capital Port of Spain 10\u00b040\u20320\u2033N 61\u00b030\u203227\u2033W&#xFEFF; \/ &#xFEFF;10.66667\u00b0N 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