International tourism, expenditures in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: International tourism, expenditures was 0.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Trinidad and Tobago, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 62.9% on the previous year and down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 5.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2020.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 182nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.3% | — |
| 1996 | 4.5% | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 3.0% | -32.9% |
| 1998 | 2.8% | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 3.5% | +24.7% |
| 2000 | 5.1% | +45.9% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | -15.3% |
| 2002 | 5.1% | +18.0% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | -34.9% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | -19.7% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | +39.3% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | -43.1% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -46.4% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +79.3% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -23.7% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | +20.6% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -48.5% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +61.8% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | +54.3% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | -34.2% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -62.9% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.7%, 17% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 0.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.4%, 18% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6% | 2.8% | 4.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 1.0% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
More private sector data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Merchandise trade 48.6% (2025)
- Food imports 16.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 61.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 59.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,983 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2627 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -13.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Trinidad and Tobago?
- International tourism, expenditures in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.6% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2020.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 182nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.