Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.1082 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1082
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
100th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.2311
in 1950
All-time low
0.1082
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Trinidad and Tobago, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Trinidad and Tobago is 0.1082, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 0.2311 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1082, in 2023.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 100th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.2311 | — |
| 1951 | 0.2278 | -1.4% |
| 1952 | 0.2245 | -1.4% |
| 1953 | 0.2181 | -2.9% |
| 1954 | 0.2098 | -3.8% |
| 1955 | 0.2025 | -3.5% |
| 1956 | 0.1963 | -3.0% |
| 1957 | 0.1899 | -3.3% |
| 1958 | 0.1834 | -3.4% |
| 1959 | 0.1787 | -2.5% |
| 1960 | 0.1755 | -1.8% |
| 1961 | 0.1716 | -2.2% |
| 1962 | 0.169 | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.1685 | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.1664 | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.1648 | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1639 | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 0.1631 | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.1623 | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 0.161 | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 0.16 | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 0.1587 | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1565 | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1546 | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1531 | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1517 | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1491 | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1474 | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1459 | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1443 | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1427 | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1415 | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1406 | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1389 | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1375 | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1362 | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.1358 | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1347 | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.134 | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.1337 | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.1327 | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.1319 | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1322 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.1329 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1326 | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1332 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.1339 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.1338 | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1331 | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1331 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1323 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1308 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1294 | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1279 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.1256 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.1241 | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1222 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1203 | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1187 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1175 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1157 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.1141 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.1129 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1118 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.1111 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1107 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1103 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.11 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1112 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1106 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.1103 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1147 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1088 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1082 | -0.5% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 0.1082 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0826, 1.3× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 0.1082 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1035, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2062 | 0.1787 | 0.2311 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1666 | 0.161 | 0.1755 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1521 | 0.1443 | 0.16 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1376 | 0.1337 | 0.1427 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.133 | 0.1319 | 0.1339 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1249 | 0.1175 | 0.1323 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1118 | 0.11 | 0.1157 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1105 | 0.1082 | 0.1147 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 97 Mauritius 0.1097 compare
- 98 Republic of Moldova 0.1087 compare
- 99 El Salvador 0.1087 compare
- 101 Tonga 0.1077 compare
- 102 American Samoa 0.1074 compare
- 103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1072 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.53 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,600 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.85 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.1082 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2311 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1082 in 2023.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 100th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.