Dengue in Trinidad and Tobago
Country profile for Trinidad and Tobago (Americas): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Trinidad and Tobago reported 102 dengue cases from January to August 2026, +117.0% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to August: 0 (0 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2025, the last full year, Trinidad and Tobago recorded 73 cases, an incidence of 5.3 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for August 2026: Watch, because the latest month is above the 3rd quartile of the previous five years; the last three months are +43.9% above the three months before.
- Ensemble forecast: September 2026 about 9 cases (80% range 0 to 170); October 2026 about 13 cases (80% range 0 to 177); November 2026 about 2 cases (80% range 0 to 43). Backtest MAPE 129.7%, MASE 0.5.
- Cases usually peak in August (based on 9 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 8 months; the most recent was March 2026 with 27 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Trinidad and Tobago since 1978.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Cambodia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize.
Related pages
- Dengue in Cambodia
- Dengue in Guatemala
- Dengue in El Salvador
- Dengue in Costa Rica
- Dengue in Belize
- Dengue in Ecuador
- Dengue in Peru
- Dengue in Grenada
- Dengue in United States
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.