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Republic of China (Taiwan)
TWN TW $ New Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Every statistic we track for Taiwan — 96 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$98,051
79.3 yrs
6.71
0.70
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 95.6% | #29/139 | 2024 |
| Big Mac Price | 2.5 | #53/53 | 2026 |
| Currency Valuation vs USD (Big Mac) | -59.6% | #53/53 | 2026 |
| Current Account Balance | 18.1% | #4/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 88.3% | #25/140 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #213/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -2.1% | #70/189 | 2026 |
| Forbes Global 2000 Companies | 45 | #10/55 | 2023 |
| GDP (current US$) | 976.7 | #22/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2,274.6 | #20/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 42,103 | #32/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 53,143 | #11/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 98,051 | #9/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 4.2% | #36/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 27.6% | #160/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 41,170 | #9/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 41,170 | #9/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 1.5% | #179/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 60.8 | #22/130 | 2023 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 69.3% | #39/144 | 2017 |
| Real GDP Growth | 5.2% | #24/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 1% | #20/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 1,247,874,288,934 | #22/165 | 2022 |
| Unemployment Rate | 3.4% | #82/103 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Median Age | 45.4 | #21/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 23.2 | #52/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 23.2 | #57/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 649.9 | #18/235 | 2026 |
🫀 Health
| Life Expectancy | 79.3 | #34/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 80.4 | #29/186 | 2020 |
| Undernourishment | 3.8% | #95/166 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 12.8 | #15/146 | 2020 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 547 | #3/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 515 | #5/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 537 | #4/79 | 2022 |
🌱 Environment
| Renewable Electricity | 10.9% | #147/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #18/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #23/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | 1.2 | #30/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 67 | #27/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 67 | #25/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #28/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #22/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #28/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 1 | #126/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 94 | #23/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #49/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #27/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | 1.5 | #19/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #59/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #29/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 2.1% | #53/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #4/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #133/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 76.1 | #26/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #32/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | 1 | #32/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| News Avoidance (Digital News Report) | 19% | #47/48 | 2026 |
| Paying for Online News (Digital News Report) | 10% | #31/42 | 2026 |
| Press Freedom Index | 75.4 | #29/177 | 2026 |
| Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report) | 42% | #41/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in News (Digital News Report) | 25% | #41/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in the News Media (ISSP) | 17.1% | #28/28 | 2020 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 0.8 | #177/204 | 2023 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 92.2% | #30/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 54.7% | #38/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 35.2% | #38/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 2.7% | #106/139 | 2023 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 63.8 | #23/141 | 2023 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 65.2% | #81/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 6.7 | #26/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.9 | #83/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 2 | #12/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #73/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.9 | #23/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.2 | #40/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.4 | #47/147 | 2025 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 6.1% | #121/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 75.9% | #111/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 56.6% | #125/143 | 2018 |
| Individualism | 17 | #55/65 | 2010 |
| Interpersonal Trust (ISSP) | 22.3% | #20/27 | 2020 |
| Long-term Orientation | 87 | #3/26 | 2010 |
| Masculinity | 45 | #40/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 58 | #36/65 | 2010 |
| Secular Values | 0.4 | #11/64 | 2022 |
| Self-Expression Values | 0.5 | #23/64 | 2022 |
| Signed a Petition | 12.9% | #74/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 18.1% | #31/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.3 | #79/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 3.7 | #126/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.6 | #56/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 72.2% | #80/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 62.1% | #86/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.5 | #105/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 69 | #34/65 | 2010 |
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