AGUACYCLE
Latin America & Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago

Capital: Port-of-Spain · High income · Pop. 1.4 million

69.37%
Safely managed drinking water
38.02%
Safely managed sanitation
2,812
m³ freshwater / person / yr
9%
Water stress · Low

Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024

In Trinidad and Tobago, 69.37% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 419,120 people without safely managed drinking water at home.

Sanitation tracks closely: 38.02% use safely managed sanitation services and 94.18% have at least a basic service (2024).

Trinidad and Tobago has about 2,812 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 9% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).

Agriculture accounts for about 4% of Trinidad and Tobago's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.

Common questions

How many people in Trinidad and Tobago have safe drinking water?

69.37% of Trinidad and Tobago's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 419,120 people do not.

Does Trinidad and Tobago have enough freshwater?

Trinidad and Tobago has roughly 2,812 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 9% of it annually (low stress).

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