Trinidad and Tobago
Bilateral relations
Australia and Trinidad and Tobago formally established diplomatic relations in 1974.
Australia opened its first office – a trade commission – in Port of Spain in 1951. The Australian High Commission in the Caribbean was located in Jamaica from 1974 to 1994, then in Barbados, before moving to Port of Spain in 2004.
Trinidad and Tobago has no formal diplomatic representation in Australia.
Australia and Trinidad and Tobago are members of the UN, Commonwealth and World Trade Organization (WTO).
Trinidad and Tobago is a member of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is also a member of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS), and the UN Small Island Developing States (SIDS) grouping, among others.
Further economic and trade information can be found in our Trinidad and Tobago trade/economic fact sheet [PDF 197 KB].
Fast facts
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian visitors to Australia (2022-23 Dept of Home Affairs) #
- 41
- Australian visitors to Trinidad and Tobago (primary destination 2022-23 Dept of Home Affairs) #*
- <5
- Resident Australian population born in Trinidad and Tobago (2021Census)
- 1,616
- Australian residents of Trinidad and Tobago descent (2021 Census)
- 1,830
- Trinidad and Tobago students in Australia (2023 Dept of Education)**
- 15
# This financial year data is owned by Home Affairs. It provides quarterly updates to this data on its website
* Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Planning and Development reported 823 Australians arrived in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023
** This Jan-Sep 2023 data is owned by the Department of Education. It provides updates to these numbers on its website
High level engagement
- 2022 June – Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy met Trinidad and Tobago Minister for Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Dr Amery Browne at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali
- 2018 September – President Paula-Mae Weekes attended the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges' Conference in Brisbane
- 2018 May – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dennis Moses and National Security Minister Stuart Young visited Australia and met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Foreign affairs Julie Bishop, Minister for Trade Steven Ciobo and then Minister for Defence Industry Marise Payne
- 2018 April – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London
- 2017 July – Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop met Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at the 38th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Grenada and during the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York
Agreements with Trinidad and Tobago
There are no bilateral agreements between Australia and Trinidad and Tobago
Travel
See Australian Government travel advice for Australians overseas on Smartraveller
Austrade
See international Austrade offices
Australian High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago
18 Herbert Street, St Clair, Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: +1 (868) 822 5450
General: ahc.portofspain@dfat.gov.au