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Trinidad and Tobago

A nation of 1.4 million with oil and gas rents of 7.8% of GDP, which sold $1.8 billion of bonds in the United States market in 2026.

Perfect Nations values what Trinidad and Tobago owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Trinidad and Tobago at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to Trinidad and Tobago

What we do for Trinidad and Tobago

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Oil and Gas to The Land.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels2 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Shelter is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Trinidad and Tobago toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 7.8%Of GDP from oil and gas rents, 2021

    The Oil and Gas

    Oil and gas already earn; the task is to turn the rent into assets that outlast it.

  • 1.4mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    17.5% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

  • 44.2%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

  • 10.5%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 5,130 km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Territory to farm, power and protect.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

The gas of today, and the sanitation of tomorrow.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Trinidad and Tobago owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • GovernmentIssuedSovereign bond due 2038$800M

    Ministry of Finance · 9 July 2026

    A 12-year bond at 6.20%, oversubscribed about four times.

    Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

    Source
  • GovernmentIssuedSovereign bond due 2036$1bn

    Ministry of Finance · 22 January 2026

    Refinanced the August 2026 external maturity; subscriptions about 2.5 times the issue.

    Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

    Source

The Trinidad and Tobago Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Aaliyah Mohammed, Nation Steward of Trinidad and Tobago

Aaliyah MohammedNation Steward of Trinidad and Tobago · SI Researcher

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Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Trinidad and Tobago, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

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03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Trinidad and Tobago, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Trinidad and Tobago in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Trinidad and Tobago: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Trinidad and Tobago.WATER69.4%SHELTER38%ENERGY100%FOOD72.4%EDUCATION79.4HEALTH75LIVELIHOOD69.5%
38%
Shelter · furthest from reachSafely managed sanitation; 8.6% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Trinidad and Tobago

To be set with Trinidad and Tobago, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Trinidad and Tobago, each year.

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  • Food72.4%Not food insecure; 27.6% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water69.4%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter38%Safely managed sanitation; 8.6% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy100%100% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education79.479.4% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2016, datedWorld Bank, 2016
  • Health75WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood69.5%Above US$8.30 a day; 30.5% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 1992

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Trinidad and Tobago. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Trinidad and Tobago

All Solutions

  • The Solution for Trinidad and TobagoShelter

    Ring-fence bond money for homes and sanitation.

    • 01The challenge62% Of people in Trinidad and Tobago lack safely managed sanitation. WHO/UNICEF, 2024
    • 02The dealSocial bond, proved in Ecuador, 2020: $400M for affordable homes. Inter-American Development Bank, 2020
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where shelter is furthest from reach should issue a social bond whose proceeds can be spent only on eligible homes, toilets and sewers. With super intelligence, each unit can be planned, priced and verified, and reported to investors every year, until every family has a safe home.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsTrinidad and Tobago

Dear Trinidad and Tobago,

Your oil and gas built a modern economy: power and clean fuel reach every home, and investors oversubscribed your bonds about four times in July 2026.

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Yet by the strict international measure, 62% of you lack safely managed sanitation, and 27.6% are moderately or severely food insecure. Let the gas of today build the sanitation of tomorrow.

“Let the gas of today build the sanitation of tomorrow.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Trinidad and Tobago ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Trinidad and Tobago, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Shelter, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Trinidadians and Tobagonians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Trinidad and Tobago into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Trinidad and Tobago, published with your name.

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  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Trinidad and Tobago.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Trinidad and Tobago already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

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  • Co-designers

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    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Trinidad and Tobago.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. Ministry of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago: media releases on the US$1.0 billion (January 2026) and US$800 million (July 2026) sovereign bonds.
  5. IMF: Trinidad and Tobago, 2024 Article IV consultation (country report of 5 June 2024).
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