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This table lists the international rankings of Taiwan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Taiwan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	18	6,272,000	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	26	88.00	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	33	20,601,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	8	59.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	17	13,916,334	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	18	14,040,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	127.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	44	29,681,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	40	$83,950,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	34	$80,800,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	30	-0.60	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	61	1.63	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	107	2.70	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	6	$77,900,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	39	$155,400,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	81	33.6	2014
Exports	16	$314,800,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	31	62.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	90	14.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	134	52.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	106	-49.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	83	20.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	42	0.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	133	1.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	37	36.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	92	62.10	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	27	$484,700,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	30	$47,800	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	22	$1,125,000,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	61	1.00	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	10	35.70	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	16	40.30	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	4	6.40	2010
Imports	18	$248,700,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	64	0.50	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	74	1.30	2016 est.
Labor force	51	11,680,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	106	5.00	2015 est.
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	7	36.00	2015 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	75	59.00	2015 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	15	$741,100,000,000	31 Dec 2015
Population below poverty line (%)	129	1.50	2012 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	121	32.70	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	6	$456,900,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	16	$1,246,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	21	$346,900,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	51	$74,640,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	19	$743,500,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	12	$477,800,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	141	15.6	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	121	3.90	2016 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	71	26,690,000	2014 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - imports	15	841,300	2015 est.
Crude Oil - production	91	196	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	69	10,060,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	15	249,500,000,000	2015 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	74	0	2015 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	54	75.6	2014 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	115	5.4	2014 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	17	10.6	2014 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	8.4	2014 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	84	0	2015 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	21	54,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	17	258,000,000,000	2015 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	40	17,790,000,000	2015 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2015 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	20	17,940,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	63	1,294,000,000	2015 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	84	6,229,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	24	818,700	2015 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	24	352,600	2015 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	22	363,100	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	17	1,299,000	2015 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	73	1,566	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	43	3952	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	35	0	NA
Land Area - sq km	138	32,260.00	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	137	22.70	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	59	16.90	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	22	77.30	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	43	5.80	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	22	1,150	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	16	727.36	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	139	35,980.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	80	67.00	2011
Water Area - sq km	77	3,720	NA
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	83	1,493,419	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	82	1,588,679	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	214	13.13	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	67	1,505,004	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	64	1,585,222	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	150	13.17	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	48	5,490,829	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	47	5,477,446	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	20	46.74	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	34	1,665,354	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	34	1,593,024	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	19	13.89	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	36	1,657,443	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	33	1,408,367	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	64	13.07	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	153	8.40	2016 est.
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	55	7.30	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	144	4.00	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	153	4.80	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	156	4.40	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	22	83.50	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	33	77.00	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	28	80.10	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	20	97.30	2014 est.
Literacy – male (%)	4	99.70	2014 est.
Literacy – total (%)	26	96.10	2003
Median age – female (years)	38	40.90	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	29	39.50	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	34	40.20	2016 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	48	0.90	2016 est.
Population	55	23,464,787	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	141	0.20	2016 est.
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	11	1.06	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	18	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	26	1.00	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	26	0.96	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	26	0.86	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	8	1.07	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	21	0.99	2016 est
Suffrage	2	20.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	156	1.12	2016 est.
Transportation
Airports	86	37	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	47	35	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	98	2	2013
Heliports	8	31.00	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	47	112	NA
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	23	221	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	20	8	2015
Pipelines (km)	86	1,068	2013
Railways (km)	79	1,597	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	49	42,078	2013
Roadways - total (km)	87	42,520	2013
Roadways - unpaved (km)	133	442	2013

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Taiwan on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Taiwan contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Taiwan should be addressed to the CIA.

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