🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago TT / TTO #164

Nomad Score 53.0

Cities 5

Region Caribbean Community, Digital Nomad Islands, Islands, North America, Americas, Caribbean, Developing Countries

Currency TTD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 41/100

Press Freedom (2025) 79.7/100 #19

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.786

HDI 0.807

Regional Blocs CARICOM

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Trinidad and Tobago	Christine Kangaloo
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago	Kamla Persad-Bissessar

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 41 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 79.7 / 100

Global Rank #19 / 180

Rank Change +6 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #28 71.5

Economic #12 70.0

Legal #32 78.6

Social #11 84.1

Safety #9 94.3

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.786

Liberal 0.668

Participatory 0.505

Deliberative 0.602

Egalitarian 0.661

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	79.7	19	71.5	70.0	78.6	84.1	94.3
2024	76.7	25	67.0	66.8	71.3	86.4	92.1
2023	76.5	30	71.3	60.8	64.2	92.1	94.4
2022	78.7	25	73.9	67.9	74.6	84.5	92.5
2021	78.5	31	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	76.8	36	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	75.3	39	-	-	-	-	62.2
2018	77.2	39	-	-	-	-	89.0
2017	79.4	34	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	76.7	44	-	-	-	-	40.2
2015	77.6	41	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	76.7	43	-	-	-	-	-
2013	76.9	44	-	-	-	-	-
2012	15.0	51	-	-	-	-	-
2010	8.5	30	-	-	-	-	-
2009	7.0	28	-	-	-	-	-
2008	6.1	27	-	-	-	-	-
2007	5.0	19	-	-	-	-	-
2006	5.0	22	-	-	-	-	-
2005	2.0	12	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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