The duel
World median is the middle country on each statistic: half of all countries with data are above it, half below. It is not an average, so it is never pulled up or down by giants or microstates.
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Trinidad and Tobago fits inside the median country 22 times
Trinidad and Tobago: 5,128 km² (2024) · World median: 111,370 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
The median country’s coastline is 22% longer than Trinidad and Tobago’s
Trinidad and Tobago: 362 km (2026 edition) · World median: 440 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
The median country’s highest peak towers 1,395 m above Trinidad and Tobago’s
Trinidad and Tobago: 940 m (2026 edition) · World median: 2,335 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 38% of the median country, versus 12% of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6% (2024) · World median: 37.8% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The median country has 5.4 times as many people as Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.37 million (2025) · World median: 7.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Trinidad and Tobago is 2.7 times as densely populated as the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 267 per km² (2025) · World median: 98 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Trinidad and Tobago are 2.5 cm taller than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 176 cm (2019) · World median: 173.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Trinidad and Tobago are 2.8 cm taller than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 163.4 cm (2019) · World median: 160.6 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Trinidad and Tobago is 5.6 years older than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 36.7 years (2023) · World median: 31.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in the median country have 0.4 more children on average than in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · World median: 1.9 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
13% of people in Trinidad and Tobago are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 12.9% (2025) · World median: 8.6% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Trinidad and Tobago hosts 67% more refugees per resident than the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · World median: 0.8 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Trinidad and Tobago has produced 7.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the median country none
Trinidad and Tobago: 7.3 (2026) · World median: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Trinidad and Tobago and the median country are practically level
Trinidad and Tobago: 1 (2026) · World median: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The median country’s economy is 75% larger than Trinidad and Tobago’s
Trinidad and Tobago: $25.9 billion (2025) · World median: $45.5 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Trinidad and Tobago produces 76% more per person than the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: Int$37,121 (2025) · World median: Int$21,072 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Trinidad and Tobago: no data · World median: 34.4 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Trinidad and Tobago: no data · World median: 1.6% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.1% in the median country, versus 3.3% in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 3.3% (2025) · World median: 5.1% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The median country spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Trinidad and Tobago 0.9%
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.9% (2025) · World median: 1.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
The median country and Trinidad and Tobago are practically level
Trinidad and Tobago: 16.8% (2019) · World median: 17% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Trinidad and Tobago’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× the median country’s
Trinidad and Tobago: 51% (2025) · World median: 45% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Trinidad and Tobago spends 2.7 times as much on health per person as the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: $1,276 (2023) · World median: $470 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in the median country live 1 year longer than in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 73.6 years (2024) · World median: 74.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Trinidad and Tobago is 34% more likely to die before turning one than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 17 per 1,000 (2024) · World median: 12.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Trinidad and Tobago has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 4.2 per 1,000 (2021) · World median: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
The median country has 2% more hospital beds per person than Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · World median: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Trinidad and Tobago is 27% higher than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · World median: 10 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Trinidad and Tobago are obese, versus 24% in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 32% (2024) · World median: 24% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Trinidad and Tobago: no data · World median: 19% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Trinidad and Tobago rate their lives 0.07 points higher than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 5.91 (2025) · World median: 5.83 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Trinidad and Tobago drink 15% more alcohol than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 5 litres (2023) · World median: 4.3 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Trinidad and Tobago has 17% more meat per person than the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 65.7 kg (2023) · World median: 56.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Trinidad and Tobago and the median country are practically level
Trinidad and Tobago: 2,946 kcal (2023) · World median: 2,938 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in the median country put in 365 more hours a year than in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 1,610 hours (2023) · World median: 1,974 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Trinidad and Tobago went to school 0.86 years longer than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 10.8 years (2023) · World median: 9.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
The median country welcomed 41% more tourists per resident than Trinidad and Tobago (2019)
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.24 (2024) · World median: 0.34 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
The median country has 3 more World Heritage sites than Trinidad and Tobago (3 against 0)
Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (2026) · World median: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Trinidad and Tobago has won 19 Olympic medals, the median country 4
Trinidad and Tobago: 19 (2026 edition) · World median: 4 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
82% of people in Trinidad and Tobago are online, versus 82% in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 82% (2024) · World median: 82% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Trinidad and Tobago is 39% faster than in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 224 Mbps (2026) · World median: 161 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Trinidad and Tobago and the median country are practically level
Trinidad and Tobago: 100% (2024) · World median: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
64% of people in the median country live in cities, versus 54% in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 54% (2025) · World median: 64% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Trinidad and Tobago has 119 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the median country 115
Trinidad and Tobago: 119 (2024) · World median: 115 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Trinidad and Tobago: no data · World median: 2,141 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Trinidad and Tobago fly 6.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 1.48 (2023) · World median: 0.24 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 44% of Trinidad and Tobago, but only 33% of the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 44.2% (2024) · World median: 32.8% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Trinidad and Tobago emits 7.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 22.9 t (2024) · World median: 3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
31% of the median country’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.1% in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 0.1% (2024) · World median: 30.8% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in the median country carries 23% more fine dust than in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 13.5 µg/m³ (2024) · World median: 16.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 18 times as likely to be murdered in Trinidad and Tobago as in the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 40.4 per 100k (2022) · World median: 2.3 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in the median country are 2.9 times as deadly as in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: 6.4 per 100k (2023) · World median: 18.6 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Trinidad and Tobago is on average 3.5 °C warmer than the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 26.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · World median: 23°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Trinidad and Tobago gets 43% more rain than the median country
Trinidad and Tobago: 1,453 mm (2016–2025 avg) · World median: 1,014 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Trinidad and Tobago bigger than the median country?
The median country is larger. Trinidad and Tobago fits inside the median country 22 times.
Which has more people, Trinidad and Tobago or the median country?
The median country has 5.4 times as many people as Trinidad and Tobago (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Trinidad and Tobago or the median country?
People in the median country live 1 year longer than in Trinidad and Tobago. Life expectancy at birth is 73.6 years in Trinidad and Tobago and 74.6 in the median country.
Are people taller in Trinidad and Tobago or the median country?
Men in Trinidad and Tobago are 2.5 cm taller than in the median country (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).