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Trinidad and Tobago
0.4% annual new-conflict probability
How to read these probabilities: Scores estimate the probability of a new armed conflict starting within the next 12 months. Ongoing conflicts can have a saturation effect, reducing the modelled probability of an additional conflict onset. A low or falling score does not imply less severe ongoing fighting or a safer country.
Population
1.37M
GDP
$25.94B
Currency
TTD
Capital
Port of Spain
Land area
5.13K km²
Official languages
English
Risk assessment
Risk profile
The 12-month probability of a new armed-conflict onset in Trinidad and Tobago is 0.4%, representing a minimal risk. The country has stable state institutions, a functioning security sector, and no recent history of civil war, insurgency, coup, or interstate warfare on its territory. Its main security challenge is persistent criminal and gang violence, which does not by itself constitute a new armed conflict under this assessment.
Recent reporting indicates that the government plans to provide $5 million for a Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard unmanned-aerial-vehicle unit. This points to continued investment in surveillance and national security, rather than evidence of organised armed mobilisation by domestic or foreign actors. No prediction market is available for this country.
The largest uncertainty is whether severe criminal violence could become sustained, organised fighting involving state forces or rival armed groups. Risk would rise if gangs developed durable territorial control or if political or security institutions fractured; it would remain lower if surveillance, policing, and institutional control continue to contain violence.
Strategic reasoning
- Trinidad and Tobago’s institutional continuity and absence of a recent armed-conflict tradition support a minimal onset risk, despite persistent gang-related killings and trafficking.
- The planned UAV capability should improve monitoring and response capacity. Current reporting does not identify an insurgent, rebel, or foreign force preparing to fight on the country’s territory.
Critical indicators
- In recent reporting, the government was expected to allocate $5 million to establish an Air Guard UAV unit. The investment strengthens aerial surveillance and national-security coverage.
- Trinidad and Tobago’s established pattern of criminal and gang violence remains distinct from a new civil conflict: available reporting does not indicate sustained battles, territorial seizure, or an organised challenge to state authority.
Probability trend
How the Trinidad and Tobago estimate has moved
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Current conflicts
Source: UCDP
No active conflicts in Trinidad and Tobago.
Regional context
Trinidad and Tobago compared with its neighbours and region
Trinidad and Tobago ranks number 142 of 196 in new conflict outbreak risk.
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