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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Trinidad and Tobago: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Trinidad and Tobago is placed 127th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 73.49 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 18.78 (2024).
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127th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 73.49Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 18.78Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- 6.9Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024Population in severe food insecurity (%)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Trinidad and Tobago on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
73.49
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Trinidad and Tobago: 73.49. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Caribbean
- 81.69 Puerto Rico
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
18.78
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Trinidad and Tobago: 18.78. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.653 Turks and Caicos Islands
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Trinidad and Tobago, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.485 Saint Lucia
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
6.9
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
Trinidad and Tobago: 6.9. Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.4 Grenada
02Over time
Which way Trinidad and Tobago is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
Trinidad and TobagoWorld median
Trinidad and Tobago rose from 68.63 in 2000 to 73.49 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Trinidad and Tobago World median 2023 73.49 74.630 2022 73.33 74.313 2021 71.11 72.433 2020 72.65 73.063 2019 72.84 74.196 2018 72.66 74.081 2017 72.98 74.029 2016 72.93 74.013 2015 72.88 73.783 2014 72.90 73.330 2013 72.79 73.386 2012 72.51 73.210 2011 72.23 73.003 2010 71.81 72.827 2009 71.40 72.426 2008 71.12 72.264 2007 70.80 72.113 2006 70.44 72.027 2005 70.18 71.876 2004 69.88 71.477 2003 69.45 71.409 2002 69.23 71.173 2001 68.87 70.926 2000 68.63 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
Trinidad and TobagoWorld median
Trinidad and Tobago fell from 28.85 in 2000 to 18.78 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Trinidad and Tobago World median 2024 18.8 14.5 2023 19.3 15.2 2022 19.9 14.7 2021 20.4 15.1 2020 20.8 15.3 2019 21.2 15.7 2018 21.6 16.3 2017 22.0 16.8 2016 22.3 17.5 2015 22.7 17.9 2014 23.1 18.3 2013 23.5 18.7 2012 23.9 18.8 2011 24.4 19.0 2010 24.8 19.2 2009 25.3 20.8 2008 25.7 20.7 2007 26.1 21.8 2006 26.5 22.8 2005 26.9 24.0 2004 27.3 25.9 2003 27.7 26.9 2002 28.1 28.0 2001 28.5 29.1 2000 28.8 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
Trinidad and TobagoWorld median
Trinidad and Tobago was at 6.9 in both 2022 and 2024; the world median went from 5.45 to 4.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Trinidad and Tobago World median 2024 7 4.9 2023 7 4.7 2022 7 5.4 2021 — 5.7 2020 — 5.6 2019 — 5.0 2018 — 4.2 2017 — 4.0 2016 — 3.4 2015 — 3.4
03In context
Trinidad and Tobago beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 39th | 78.01 | 4.653 | 4.61 | — |
 Anguilla | 48th | 79.31 | 5.608 | — | — |
 Cuba | 56th | 78.09 | 8.559 | 7.127 | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 66th | 77.6 | 9.051 | — | — |
 Montserrat | =67th | 76.19 | 6.354 | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | 77th | 77.28 | 12.38 | — | — |
 Barbados | 78th | 76.18 | 9.764 | 7.708 | — |
 Bahamas | 96th | 74.55 | 12.36 | — | — |
 Grenada | 103rd | 75.21 | 17.96 | — | 4.4 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109th | 71.23 | 11.28 | — | — |
 Dominican Republic | 114th | 73.72 | 30.63 | 6.717 | 16.4 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 117th | 72.14 | 15.85 | — | — |
 Jamaica | 120th | 71.48 | 17.79 | 4.641 | 27.4 |
 Saint Lucia | 121st | 72.7 | 17.24 | 2.485 | — |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 127th | 73.49 | 18.78 | 9.191 | 6.9 |
 Dominica | 144th | 71.13 | 35.66 | — | — |
 Haiti | 176th | 64.94 | 52.75 | 21.98 | 45.4 |
 Aruba | not placed | 76.35 | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | 80.36 | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | 76.8 | — | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | not placed | 81.69 | — | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | 80.22 | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | 76.37 | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | 75.47 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
- Turks and Caicos Islands39th
- Anguilla48th
- Cuba56th
- Antigua and Barbuda66th
- Montserrat=67th
- British Virgin Islands77th
- Barbados78th
- Bahamas96th
- Grenada103rd
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines109th
- Dominican Republic114th
- Saint Kitts and Nevis117th
- Jamaica120th
- Saint Lucia121st
- Trinidad and Tobago127th
- Dominica144th
- Haiti176th
- Arubanot placed
- Cayman Islandsnot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Puerto Riconot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Trinidad and Tobago in the topic’s list.
Bolivia124th
Fiji125th
Nauru126th- Trinidad and Tobago127th
Moldova128th
Vanuatu129th
Syria130th
04Context, no vote
Where Trinidad and Tobago is ahead of the world, and behind
51 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median20
Statistics on which Trinidad and Tobago does better than the middle country measured.
INFORM Severity IndexACAPS · 2025 · world median 3.11.33.1▲ Improved since 2020
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.3 · world median 3.1 · INFORM Severity (1–5, most severe crisis). ACAPS, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.3 to 4.7; lower is better.
Position 81st of 81 · derived, 1st = worst.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.310099.3▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 100 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 1st of 84 · derived.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0020.039▼ Worsened since 2018
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.002 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 98th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Trinidad and Tobago: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919791▲ Improved since 2015
Trinidad and Tobago: 97 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8193.881No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 93.8 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 30th of 153 · derived.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.996.382.9No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 96.3 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 23rd of 109 · derived.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.77467.7No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 74 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 43rd of 127 · derived.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.998.796.9No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 98.7 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.8070.762▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.807 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 72nd of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · 2025 · world median 75.867.275.8No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 67.2 · world median 75.8 · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 37.6 to 94; lower is better.
Position 57th of 90 · derived, 1st = worst.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.4511.914.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 11.9 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 136th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.6030.564▲ Improved since 2010
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.603 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 67th of 172 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909390▲ Improved since 2015
Trinidad and Tobago: 93 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 37.5745.4837.57No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 45.48 · world median 37.57 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.089 to 85.88; higher is better.
Position 46th of 115 · derived.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.2620.351No real change since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.262 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 69th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2614.6521.26No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 14.65 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 67th of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8582.3122.858▼ Worsened since 2014
Trinidad and Tobago: 2.312 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 113th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 414041▼ Worsened since 2012
Trinidad and Tobago: 40 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9822,9992,982▼ Worsened since 2014
Trinidad and Tobago: 2,999 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 77th of 155 · derived.
Behind the world median21
Statistics on which Trinidad and Tobago does worse than the middle country measured.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3916.3416.39No real change since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 16.34 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 114th of 222 · derived.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6554.0846.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 54.08 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 93rd of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 26.43226.4▼ Worsened since 2017
Trinidad and Tobago: 32 · world median 26.4 · Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 93.9; lower is better.
Position 67th of 145 · derived, 1st = worst.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.6995.29102.69▲ Improved since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 95.29 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7147.71133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 147.71 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 97th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.927.620.9▼ Worsened since 2022
Trinidad and Tobago: 27.6 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 59th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1639.138.163▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 9.13 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 86th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4635.9927.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 35.99 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 91st of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9548.3152.95No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 48.31 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 84th of 136 · derived.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8373.5384.83▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 73.53 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2617.0212.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Trinidad and Tobago: 17.02 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 75th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13412.648.134No real change since 2014
Trinidad and Tobago: 12.64 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 67th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.211.25.2▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 11.2 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 51st of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7430.4540.74No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 30.45 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 97th of 136 · derived.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5466.3963.546No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 6.396 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 47th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2552.571.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 52.5 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 151st of 196 · derived.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.320.25▼ Worsened since 2014
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.32 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.2116.2710.21No real change since 2010
Trinidad and Tobago: 16.27 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 25th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.522.141.5No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 22.1 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 112th of 127 · derived.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.51565.5No real change since 2018
Trinidad and Tobago: 15 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.514.985.5▼ Worsened since 2014
Trinidad and Tobago: 14.98 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 8th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end10
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.73221.73No real change since 2014
Trinidad and Tobago: 22 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 7th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.555.824.55Moved since 2017
Trinidad and Tobago: 5.82 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6529.620.65No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 29.6 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8365.7457.83Moved since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 65.74 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1717.9616.17Moved since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 17.96 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8938.2938.89No real change since 2015
Trinidad and Tobago: 38.29 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 96th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Children with Functional DifficultiesUNICEF · 2024 · world median 1311.113No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 11.1 · world median 13 · Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.9 to 35.2.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.883.8766.88No earlier reading
Trinidad and Tobago: 3.876 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.425.135.4Moved since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 25.1 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.253141.25Moved since 2013
Trinidad and Tobago: 31 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
No current reading for Trinidad and Tobago
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries (last 2006), Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Report on Food Crises, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax) and Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Trinidad and Tobago’s 15 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Trinidad and Tobago’s 11th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Security16th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties54th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience63rd of 1933/4 keys
- Work & Labour68th of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions77th of 1944/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 75th of 1834/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 77th of 1844/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 85th of 1963/3 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 80th of 1764/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge93rd of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing127th of 2003/4 keys
- Digital & Technology139th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade141st of 1774/4 keys
- Energyjoint 150th of 1653/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability175th of 1862/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Trinidad and Tobago can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Americas
United States=30th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Turks and Caicos Islands39th3/4 keysThis page
Trinidad and Tobago127th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Trinidad and Tobago and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Trinidad and Tobago on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Trinidad and Tobago rank on health & wellbeing?
Trinidad and Tobago is placed 127th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Trinidad and Tobago?
73.49 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Trinidad and Tobago?
18.78 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Trinidad and Tobago’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 68.63 in 2000 to 73.49 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 28.85 in 2000 to 18.78 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity was 6.9 in both 2022 and 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Trinidad and Tobago?
No current reading is published for Trinidad and Tobago on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Report on Food Crises, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax) and Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 51 statistics on this page come from 16 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Trinidad and Tobago’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Trinidad and Tobago (banner) — Wikifurn, CC0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Trinidad and Tobago: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/trinidad-and-tobago/health