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254 III. Country Profiles<br />

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO<br />

Key Scores and Trends<br />

Rank<br />

Score<br />

2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change<br />

Overall 60/140 56/140 -4 48/100 50/100 -2<br />

Depth 24/140 12/140 -12 34/50 36/50 -2<br />

Breadth 103/140 101/140 -2 14/50 13/50 1<br />

Trade Pillar 75/140 58/140 -17 48/100 54/100 -6<br />

TTO<br />

Capital Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

Information Pillar 43/102 42/102 -1 60/100 60/100 0<br />

People Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

55<br />

50<br />

45<br />

40<br />

35<br />

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />

Rooted Map<br />

Rooted Map:<br />

Trinidad Trinidad and & Tobago’s Tobago’s Merchandise Exports, Exports, 2013 2013<br />

Top Export Destinations<br />

1<br />

1. U.S.A. (32%)<br />

2. Argentina (9%)<br />

3. Brazil (8%)<br />

4. Netherlands (5%)<br />

5. Chile (5%)<br />

9<br />

8 7<br />

5<br />

TRINIDAD<br />

& TOBAGO 10<br />

3<br />

2<br />

6. Spain (4%)<br />

7. Barbados (4%)<br />

8. Jamaica (3%)<br />

9. Dom. Rep. (3%)<br />

10. Guyana (2%)<br />

Trinidad & Tobago’s Share of Partners’ Imports<br />

20% 10% 5% 0.5% 0.05% 0.01% unknown<br />

6<br />

4<br />

Major Export Products<br />

Petroleum and petroleum<br />

products, liquefied natural<br />

gas, methanol, ammonia,<br />

urea, steel products, beverages,<br />

cereal<br />

Depth<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 35/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 35/140 77/140 46% 32%<br />

Services Trade (% of GDP) 13/140 9/140 25% 23%<br />

Capital 20/94 –<br />

FDI Stock (% of GDP) 37/131 22/140 20% 85%<br />

FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 5/133 8/140 35% 59%<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) 51/84 86/86 11% 0%<br />

Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) · · · ·<br />

Information 42/140 –<br />

Internet Bandwidth<br />

87/140 17,156<br />

(Bits per Second per Internet User)<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

(Minutes per Capita)<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

(USD per Capita)<br />

27/140 17/140 294 402<br />

52/136 38/136 $4 $18<br />

People · –<br />

Migrants (% of Population) 7/139 88/140 28% 2%<br />

Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) · 64/131 · 0.3<br />

International Students (% of Tertiary<br />

Education Enrollment)<br />

· 32/112 · 6%<br />

Breadth<br />

Rank<br />

% Same Region<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 103/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade 104/139 96/140 47% 21%<br />

Capital · –<br />

TTO<br />

FDI Stock · · · ·<br />

FDI Flows · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock · – · –<br />

Information 54/102 –<br />

55<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

50<br />

Printed 45 Publications Trade<br />

66/100<br />

117/136<br />

17/91<br />

72/136<br />

32%<br />

94%<br />

5%<br />

4%<br />

40<br />

35<br />

People 2005 2006 2007 200888/126 2009 2010 2011 – 2012 2013<br />

Migrants 71/139 111/130 6% 77%<br />

Tourists – 67/99 – 24%<br />

International Students – · – ·<br />

Directionality<br />

Overall<br />

Depth<br />

Breadth<br />

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Balance Inward Outward<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

Structural Factors<br />

General Policies / Environment<br />

Rank Level<br />

Rank Level<br />

GDP per Capita (+) 42/140 $18,373 Operating Environment (+) · ·<br />

Linguistic Commonality (+) 15/140 40% Infrastructure (+) · ·<br />

Remoteness (-) 42/140 6.2 Press Freedom (+) 39/137 79<br />

Population (-) 127/140 1.3 Labor Freedom (+) 29/140 76<br />

Landlocked (-) – No Financial Freedom (+) 39/140 50<br />

<strong>Global</strong>ization Policies<br />

Rank Level<br />

Enabling Trade <strong>Index</strong> (+) · ·<br />

Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 18/138 10.0<br />

Capital Account Openness (+) 1/135 1.0<br />

Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 61/139 103<br />

Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) 32/140 101<br />

– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact

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