# Trinidad and Tobago Government Budget Balance

Trinidad and Tobago Government Budget Balance was −4.6% in 2025, up 0.6 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2023.
Among the 23 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 7th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.5% (2020) to 0.7% (2022), averaging −4.7%.

- Source agency: Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
- Makrognosis code: `TT.BUDGET.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 1999-09-01 to 2025-09-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/trinidad-and-tobago/government-budget-balance

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | −4.6% |
| 2024 | −5.2% |
| 2023 | −1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7% |
| 2021 | −8.0% |
| 2020 | −11.5% |
| 2019 | −2.5% |
| 2018 | −3.5% |
| 2017 | −8.4% |
| 2016 | −5.0% |
| 2015 | −1.5% |
| 2014 | −2.4% |
| 2013 | −2.7% |
| 2012 | −1.3% |
| 2011 | −0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1% |
| 2009 | −4.5% |
| 2008 | 7.3% |
| 2007 | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 6.9% |
| 2005 | 5.2% |
| 2004 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.4% |
| 2002 | −0.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TT.BUDGET.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TT.BUDGET.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```