Trinidad and Tobago's food production index (2014-2016 = 100) was 86.86 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 19.83% from 108.35 in 2014 (2.19% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 86.86 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 93.89 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 108.35 | 2014 |
| Highest | 145.76 | 1972 |
| Lowest | 86.86 | 2024 |
| Average since 2015 | 95.7 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 123.2 | 1961 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Trinidad and Tobago's food production index (2014-2016 = 100) fell 4.69 on 2023 (from 91.55 to 86.86).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.48 and a typical year strayed about 9.85 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 24.17 in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.52 in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Trinidad and Tobago had the 177th highest value of the 192 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Trinidad and Tobago | 86.86 | 2024 |
| World | 100 | 2020 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 100 | 2020 |
| High income | 100 | 2020 |
Closest to Trinidad and Tobago in the 2024 ranking
- Hungary — 174th of 192: 87.97
- Gambia, The — 175th of 192: 87.26
- Macao SAR, China — 176th of 192: 87.04
- Mauritius — 178th of 192: 85.95
- Myanmar — 179th of 192: 83.84
- Moldova — 180th of 192: 82.67
What this measures
Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.
Limitations: Agricultural data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from official national sources through the questionnaire and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Data on agricultural employment, in particular, should be used with caution.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 64 values
| Year | Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 86.86 |
| 2023 | 91.55 |
| 2022 | 93.88 |
| 2021 | 92.66 |
| 2020 | 90.11 |
| 2019 | 93.89 |
| 2018 | 109.29 |
| 2017 | 107.15 |
| 2016 | 103.02 |
| 2015 | 88.63 |
| 2014 |
Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 94.41 (2024)
- Argentina — 108.87 (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 99.09 (2024)
- Barbados — 88.49 (2024)
- Belize — 95.53 (2024)
- Bolivia — 126.35 (2024)
- Brazil — 126.09 (2024)
- Chile — 111.26 (2024)
- Colombia — 116.64 (2024)
- Costa Rica — 105.07 (2024)
- Cuba
More environment data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Population in largest city — 546,564 (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 74.04% (2025)
- Rural population — 629,587 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 46.03% (2025)
- Urban population — 738,177 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 53.97% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 4.5 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 12,938 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 12,943 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Trinidad and Tobago's food production index (2014-2016 = 100)?
- 86.86 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1961?
- It is down 29.5% from 123.2 in 1961 (0.55% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 145.76 in 1972 and the lowest 86.86 in 2024.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank?
- 177th highest of 192 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in food production index (2014-2016 = 100) unusual for Trinidad and Tobago?
- In 2024, Trinidad and Tobago's food production index (2014-2016 = 100) fell 4.69 on 2023 (from 91.55 to 86.86). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.48 and a typical year strayed about 9.85 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.PRD.FOOD.XD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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