Trinidad and Tobago Government Debt Over Time (1988–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 34 / 184

Data table

1988	65.3%	1998	47.4%	2008	24.6%	2018	58.1%
1989	51.9%	1999	55.2%	2009	34.2%	2019	62.9%
1990	49.5%	2000	52.3%	2010	28.9%	2020	81.6%
1991	50%	2001	54.2%	2011	39.2%	2021	80.2%
1992	49.5%	2002	58.2%	2012	32.9%	2022	69.9%
1993	59.6%	2003	52.4%	2013	32.9%	2023	78.2%
1994	64.8%	2004	43.3%	2014	37.1%	2024	81.8%
1995	57.3%	2005	36.6%	2015	43.2%	2025	84.2%
1996	51.9%	2006	32.7%	2016	53.3%	2026	84.1%
1997	51.3%	2007	29.4%	2017	57.2%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - TTD)

Data table

1988	8.61B	1998	18.07B	2008	41.21B	2018	93.99B
1989	9.56B	1999	23.39B	2009	46.78B	2019	100.2B
1990	10.45B	2000	26.22B	2010	40.05B	2020	118.6B
1991	11.35B	2001	29.78B	2011	62.72B	2021	126.8B
1992	11.56B	2002	33.07B	2012	56.67B	2022	129B
1993	14.65B	2003	35.87B	2013	59.73B	2023	136.5B
1994	18.53B	2004	35.33B	2014	69.67B	2024	140.7B
1995	18.13B	2005	35.74B	2015	75.81B	2025	146.9B
1996	17.87B	2006	37.1B	2016	85.84B	2026	151.2B
1997	18.57B	2007	39.2B	2017	91.89B

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 25 / 86

Data table

1996	48.5%	2007	13.1%	2017	31.5%
1997	47.2%	2008	4.6%	2018	31.7%
1998	46.4%	2009	16.7%	2019	34.9%
1999	53.1%	2010	9.6%	2020	53.3%
2000	44.6%	2011	19.6%	2021	55.5%
2001	43.6%	2012	14.3%	2022	50.4%
2002	47.7%	2013	13.7%	2023	55.7%
2003	41%	2014	17.5%	2024	56.6%
2004	30.3%	2015	21.6%	2025	58.9%
2005	13.3%	2016	28.6%	2026	58.5%
2006	14.9%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - TTD)

Data table

1996	16.71B	2007	17.52B	2017	50.59B
1997	17.05B	2008	7.73B	2018	51.26B
1998	17.71B	2009	22.81B	2019	55.56B
1999	22.52B	2010	13.35B	2020	77.54B
2000	22.32B	2011	31.39B	2021	87.79B
2001	23.95B	2012	24.66B	2022	92.95B
2002	27.08B	2013	24.95B	2023	97.21B
2003	28.05B	2014	32.86B	2024	97.37B
2004	24.73B	2015	37.98B	2025	102.8B
2005	12.96B	2016	46.08B	2026	105.2B
2006	16.89B