Natural gas rents
Gas revenue above production cost, relative to the size of the economy.
Trinidad and Tobago, 2021, ranked 14 of 201
5.09%
% of GDP
Since 2011
−6.60
percentage points, down from 11.70%
Trinidad and Tobago, its region and the world
- Trinidad and Tobago
- World
- Latin America & Caribbean
0%
5%
10%
15%
Trinidad and TobagoWorldLatin America & Caribbean View data table
| Year | Trinidad and Tobago | World | Latin America & Caribbean |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.09% | 0.52% | 0.15% |
| 2020 | 4.38% | 0.21% | 0.11% |
| 2019 | 8.24% | 0.26% | 0.18% |
| 2018 | 7.50% | 0.29% | 0.17% |
| 2017 | 3.01% | 0.19% | 0.07% |
| 2016 | 2.24% | 0.16% | 0.06% |
| 2015 | 5.24% | 0.23% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 9.97% | 0.28% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 12.47% | 0.32% | 0.28% |
| 2012 | 11.39% | 0.32% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 11.70% | 0.32% | 0.25% |
| 2010 | 6.16% | 0.24% | 0.13% |
| 2009 | 9.64% | 0.28% | 0.22% |
| 2008 | 5.84% | 0.48% | 0.18% |
| 2007 | 6.69% | 0.34% | 0.19% |
| 2006 | 6.13% | 0.39% | 0.18% |
| 2005 | 4.25% | 0.48% | 0.14% |
| 2004 | 2.37% | 0.39% | 0.08% |
| 2003 | 2.66% | 0.43% | 0.09% |
| 2002 | 2.88% | 0.32% | 0.11% |
| 2001 | 3.31% | 0.43% | 0.12% |
| 2000 | 3.35% | 0.39% | 0.12% |
| 1999 | 1.85% | 0.17% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 1.14% | 0.15% | 0.04% |
| 1997 | 1.56% | 0.25% | 0.05% |
| 1996 | 1.44% | 0.23% | 0.05% |
| 1995 | 1.33% | 0.17% | 0.05% |
Source: The World Bank, updated 14 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.
World and regions
- Middle East & North Africa 2.95% 2021
- Europe & Central Asia 0.63% 2021
- World 0.52% 2021
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.49% 2021
- North America 0.40% 2021
- East Asia & Pacific 0.33% 2021
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.15% 2021
- South Asia 0.12% 2021
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
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Ranking of all 201 economies
| # | Economy | % of GDP | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 29.38% | 2021 |
| 2 | Brunei | 13.86% | 2021 |
| 3 | Qatar | 12.01% | 2021 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 11.04% | 2021 |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 9.14% | 2021 |
| 6 | Iran | 8.81% | 2021 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 8.59% | 2021 |
| 8 | Algeria | 8.00% | 2021 |
| 9 | Turkmenistan | 7.65% | 2019 |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.63% | 2021 |
| 11 | Russia | 5.86% | 2021 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 5.70% | 2021 |
| 13 | Oman | 5.67% | 2021 |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.09% | 2021 |
| 15 | Libya | 4.58% | 2021 |
| 16 | Myanmar | 4.40% | 2021 |
| 17 | Norway | 3.94% | 2021 |
| 18 | Mozambique | 3.57% | 2021 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 3.35% | 2021 |
| 20 | Syria | 2.33% | 2020 |
| 21 | Egypt | 2.05% | 2021 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 2.04% | 2021 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 1.96% | 2021 |
| 24 | Bolivia | 1.85% | 2021 |
| 25 | Australia | 1.72% | 2021 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 1.72% | 2021 |
| 27 | Kuwait | 1.70% | 2020 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 1.36% | 2021 |
| 29 | Nigeria | 1.16% | 2021 |
| 30 | Angola | 1.01% | 2021 |
| 31 | Thailand | 0.94% | 2021 |
| 32 | Indonesia | 0.84% | 2021 |
| 33 | Canada | 0.79% | 2021 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 0.74% | 2021 |
| 35 | Iraq | 0.66% | 2021 |
| 36 | Cameroon | 0.58% | 2021 |
| 37 | Romania | 0.53% | 2021 |
| 38 | Tunisia | 0.49% | 2021 |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 0.49% | 2021 |
| 40 | Israel | 0.43% | 2021 |
| 41 | Argentina | 0.39% | 2021 |
| 42 | Venezuela | 0.38% | 2014 |
| 43 | Ghana | 0.37% | 2021 |
| 44 | United States | 0.36% | 2021 |
| 45 | Congo | 0.36% | 2021 |
| 46 | Vietnam | 0.33% | 2021 |
| 47 | Netherlands | 0.31% | 2021 |
| 48 | Ivory Coast | 0.31% | 2021 |
| 49 | New Zealand | 0.29% | 2021 |
| 50 | Gabon | 0.27% | 2021 |
| 51 | Peru | 0.26% | 2021 |
| 52 | Tanzania | 0.22% | 2021 |
| 53 | China | 0.21% | 2021 |
| 54 | Croatia | 0.18% | 2021 |
| 55 | Colombia | 0.18% | 2021 |
| 56 | United Kingdom | 0.17% | 2021 |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 0.17% | 2021 |
| 58 | Philippines | 0.16% | 2021 |
| 59 | Hungary | 0.13% | 2021 |
| 60 | Poland | 0.10% | 2021 |
| 61 | Serbia | 0.10% | 2021 |
| 62 | Mexico | 0.09% | 2021 |
| 63 | India | 0.08% | 2021 |
| 64 | Brazil | 0.07% | 2021 |
| 65 | Denmark | 0.06% | 2021 |
| 66 | Ireland | 0.05% | 2021 |
| 67 | Rwanda | 0.05% | 2021 |
| 68 | Albania | 0.05% | 2021 |
| 69 | Jordan | 0.04% | 2021 |
| 70 | Belarus | 0.04% | 2021 |
| 71 | Niger | 0.03% | 2021 |
| 72 | South Africa | 0.03% | 2021 |
| 73 | Italy | 0.03% | 2021 |
| 74 | Cuba | 0.02% | 2020 |
| 75 | Austria | 0.02% | 2021 |
| 76 | Chile | 0.02% | 2021 |
| 77 | Germany | 0.02% | 2021 |
| 78 | Ecuador | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 79 | Chad | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 80 | Czechia | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 81 | Suriname | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 82 | Georgia | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 84 | Japan | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 85 | Slovakia | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 86 | Türkiye | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 87 | Barbados | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 89 | South Korea | 0.01% | 2021 |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 93 | Belize | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 94 | Slovenia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 95 | Spain | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 96 | Greece | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 97 | Yemen | 0.00% | 2016 |
| 98 | Belgium | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 99 | France | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 100 | Guatemala | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 101 | Moldova | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 102 | American Samoa | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 104 | Armenia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 105 | Aruba | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 106 | Bahamas | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 107 | Benin | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 108 | Bermuda | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 109 | Bhutan | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 111 | Botswana | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 113 | Burundi | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 114 | Cape Verde | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 115 | Cambodia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 116 | Cayman Islands | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 118 | Comoros | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 119 | DR Congo | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 121 | Cyprus | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 122 | Djibouti | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 123 | Dominica | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 125 | El Salvador | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 126 | Eritrea | 0.00% | 2011 |
| 127 | Estonia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 128 | Eswatini | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 130 | Faroe Islands | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 131 | Fiji | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 132 | Finland | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 134 | Gambia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 135 | Greenland | 0.00% | 2020 |
| 136 | Grenada | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 137 | Guam | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 138 | Guinea | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 140 | Guyana | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 141 | Haiti | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 142 | Honduras | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 143 | Hong Kong | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 144 | Iceland | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 145 | Jamaica | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 146 | Kenya | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 147 | Kiribati | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 148 | Kosovo | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 149 | Laos | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 150 | Latvia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 151 | Lebanon | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 152 | Lesotho | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 153 | Liberia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 154 | Lithuania | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 156 | Macau | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 158 | Malawi | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 159 | Maldives | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 160 | Mali | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 161 | Malta | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 162 | Mauritania | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 163 | Mauritius | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 164 | Micronesia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 165 | Mongolia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 166 | Montenegro | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 167 | Namibia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 168 | Nauru | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 169 | Nepal | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 170 | New Caledonia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 171 | Nicaragua | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 172 | North Macedonia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 173 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.00% | 2019 |
| 174 | Panama | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 175 | Paraguay | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 176 | Portugal | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 178 | Samoa | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 179 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 180 | Seychelles | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 181 | Singapore | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 183 | Somalia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 184 | South Sudan | 0.00% | 2015 |
| 185 | Sri Lanka | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 187 | Saint Lucia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 189 | Sudan | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 190 | Sweden | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 191 | Switzerland | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 192 | Togo | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 193 | Tonga | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 196 | Uganda | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 197 | Uruguay | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 198 | Vanuatu | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 199 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.00% | 2020 |
| 200 | Zambia | 0.00% | 2021 |
| 201 | Zimbabwe | 0.00% | 2021 |