Country profile · Edition 1

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Score

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Rank

Insufficient data

Overview

Trinidad and Tobago has insufficient verified data for a score in Edition 1 (5 of 10 dimensions).

Strongest: Public awareness (100); Financial inclusion (75). Weakest: Youth education (0); Innovation (33).

Dimension scores

Credit literacyNo score

Trinidad and Tobago was not included in the S&P Global FinLit Survey (2014), the only adult financial literacy test with comparable results across countries.

Credit accessNo score

The most recent World Bank Global Findex borrowing figure for Trinidad and Tobago is from 2017. The index only uses data from 2020 or later.

Financial inclusion74.6

Digital bankingNo score

The most recent World Bank Global Findex digital payment figure for Trinidad and Tobago is from 2017. The index only uses data from 2020 or later.

Innovation33.3

Consumer protectionNo score

This dimension needs at least 2 of its 3 policy items verified from a public source. For Trinidad and Tobago, no public source could be found for: Free access to own credit report; Legal right to dispute credit report errors.

Government support66.7

Financial educationNo score

This dimension needs both of its policy items verified from a public source. For Trinidad and Tobago, no public source could be found for: National financial literacy strategy.

Youth education0.0

Public awareness100.0

Dimensions with no score are left out of the overall score, never counted as zero.

Not scored in Edition 1: 5 of 10 dimensions could be scored; an overall score needs 8.

Not yet measured: Reporting transparency, Alternative infrastructure.

Survey indicators

74.6%75% of adults have an account (Findex, 2024)

Youth education policy: none

Financial education is not part of the mandatory school curriculum. There is no standalone course or graduation requirement.

Policy dimensions record whether a policy exists, not how well it works.