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Trinidad and Tobago

Location

  • Geographical region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas
  • SDG region: SDG Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Small Island Developing States

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 5,130 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 11% agriculture, 44% forest and 45% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 1,531,044 people (2022)
  • Population density: 273 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 49% lives in urban areas and 43% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 33,199,395,209 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 21,684 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 1% from agriculture, 56% from services and 42% from industry (2019 - 2021)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Trinidad And Tobago

  • Drinking water

    --- % of the population in Trinidad And Tobago uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    --- % of the population in Trinidad And Tobago uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    90 % of the population in Trinidad And Tobago has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2015)
  • Wastewater

    --- % of domestic wastewater in Trinidad And Tobago is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    88 % of monitored water bodies in Trinidad And Tobago has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
  • Efficiency

    54 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Trinidad And Tobago (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    20 % of the renewable water resources in Trinidad And Tobago is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    41 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Trinidad And Tobago (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 
  • Transboundary

    --- % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
  • Ecosystems

    0 % of the water basins in Trinidad And Tobago is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    n/a is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Trinidad And Tobago in 2010 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Trinidad And Tobago (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Trinidad And Tobago, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Trinidad And Tobago, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Trinidad And Tobago, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Trinidad And Tobago, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Trinidad And Tobago, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Trinidad And Tobago (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Trinidad And Tobago, by source (2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Trinidad And Tobago (2023), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Trinidad And Tobago, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 2,200 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 2,805 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 286 m3 per capita (2011)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Trinidad And Tobago, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Trinidad And Tobago, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Trinidad And Tobago, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Trinidad And Tobago, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Trinidad And Tobago, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Trinidad And Tobago, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Trinidad And Tobago (2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Trinidad And Tobago, progress over time, by sub-sector