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Trinidad and Tobago - R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications 0.05

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 156 economies tracked

Latest value

0.05 (2022)

Global rank

#n/a of 156 economies

Share of global total

0.1%

Growth since 1996

0.5×

Ranking Race — R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#17#33#49#65#81#971996200120062011201620212024#50#812020 overtook Paraguay2022 overtook Turkmenistan
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Real annual global ranks, 1996 - 2024. Trinidad and Tobago climbed from #50 to #81 (overtook Paraguay). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Trinidad and Tobago

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
Overtook Paraguay in global rank auto
2022
Overtook Turkmenistan in global rank auto

R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications, 1996-2022

World Bank WDI · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19962006201620220.030.060.10.13

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