Businesses in Debe

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Debe

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Restaurants	40
Shopping	22
Bars, pubs and taverns	22
Car repair	20
Electronics stores	20
Clothing stores	17
Grocery stores and supermarkets	14
Car parts	14
Fast food restaurants	13
Beauty salons	12
Hardware store	9
Furniture stores	9
Barbers	9
Car wash and detail	8
Shopping other	8
Churches	7
Hindu temple	7

Debe Facts

Area	200.2 km²
Population	102,532
Male Population	52,216 (50.9%)
Female Population	50,316 (49.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+61.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+20.0%
Median Age	32.9 years (Male: 32.9, Female: 32.8)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$23,891 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Quarry, Coromandel Settlement
Local Time
Timezone	Atlantic Standard Time
Lat & Lng	10.20846, -61.45273

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Debe Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	63,514	80,457	85,417	93,129	102,532	103,500	102,162
Population Density	317.3 / km²	401.9 / km²	426.7 / km²	465.2 / km²	512.2 / km²	517 / km²	510.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Debe Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 20% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Debe	+61.4%	+27.4%	+20%
Penal-Debe Regional Corporation	—	—	—
Trinidad and Tobago	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Debe Median Age

Median Age: 32.9 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Debe	32.9 yrs	32.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Penal-Debe Regional Corporation	32.8 yrs	32.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Trinidad and Tobago	32.1 yrs	32.2 yrs	31.9 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Debe Population Density

Population Density: 512 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Debe	102,532	200.2 km²	512 / km²
Penal-Debe Regional Corporation	86,046	239 km²	360 / km²
Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	5,180.2 km²	260 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Debe Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1810 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Debe

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Debe Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$9,278	$11,344	$16,185	$23,208	$25,720	$31,713	$23,286	$23,891
Total GDP	$665.4M	$818.9M	$1.1B	$1.7B	$1.9B	$2.5B	$1.8B	$1.8B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Debe CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Debe	1,232,846 tn	12.02 tn	6,158.5 tons/km²
Penal-Debe Regional Corporation	1,038,911 tn	12.07 tn	4,346.4 tons/km²
Trinidad and Tobago	15,264,163 tn	11.34 tn	2,946.6 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Debe CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	1,232,846 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	12.02 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	6,158.5 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	Medium (7)
Earthquake	Medium (6.7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
9/10/18	3:34 AM	3.6	27 km	10,000 m	13km W of Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
5/28/17	11:06 PM	3.5	51.5 km	41,190 m	27km WSW of Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
9/20/14	11:03 AM	4.5	44.7 km	58,910 m	20km WNW of Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
11/3/13	3:24 PM	4.1	53.7 km	47,000 m	29km WNW of Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
5/16/10	1:28 AM	4	42.2 km	51,700 m	Columbus Channel, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
11/22/09	11:34 PM	5.2	47.8 km	50,600 m	Columbus Channel, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
11/22/09	10:51 PM	5.2	50 km	41,400 m	Columbus Channel, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
4/4/09	9:24 AM	4.9	24.1 km	45,000 m	Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
4/1/09	2:03 AM	4.6	51.2 km	28,000 m	Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov
8/13/08	11:36 AM	3	54.1 km	36,000 m	Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Debe

Debe (or Débé) is a town in south Trinidad located north of Penal and south of San Fernando. Debe has grown from a small settlement into a key transit point which as has merged to some extent with Penal. Two denomination high schools were established..

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