International Rankings of Taiwan 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	24.76	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	31	5.831 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	22	92.78 %	2018
Internet users - total	35	21.846 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	12	55.07	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	17	12.972 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	76	123.21	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	48	29.050 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	36	92.030 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	36	91.620 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	10	75.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	12	80.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	16	94.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	41	84.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	22	611.391 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	34	65.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	92	14.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	138	53 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	115	52.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	83	20.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	57	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	133	1.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	38	36 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	85	62.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	16	40.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	8	6.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Industrial production growth rate	51	3.9 %	2017
Labor force	48	11.498 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	113	4.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	9	35.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	78	59.2 %	2016
Population below poverty line	151	1.5	2012
Public debt	46	35.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	22	1.143 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	60	24502 US Dollars	2018
Taxes and other revenues	140	16 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	22	348.800 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	14	846400	2015
Crude oil - production	84	196	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	86	2.380 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	17	237.400 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	20	79	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	65	4	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	11	11	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	35	6	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	23	49.520 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	19	246.100 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	35	22.450 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	16	22.140 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	74	237.900 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	79	6.229 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	23	962400	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	27	349600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	21	418300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	22	924000 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	134	22.7	2018
Land use - arable land	59	16.9	2018
Land use - forest	183	N/A	2021
Land use - other	20	77.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	161	N/A	2021
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	178	67	2011
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	131	0.65	2025
Urbanization - urban population	47	79.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	137	32260 sq km	0
Area - total	137	35980 sq km	0
Area - water	144	3720 sq km	0
Coastline	67	1566.3 km	0
Elevation - highest point	34	3952 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	22	1150 meters	0
Irrigated land	60	3820 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	134	22.7	2018
Land use - arable land	59	16.9	2018
Land use - forest	183	N/A	2021
Land use - other	20	77.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	161	N/A	2021
Total renewable water resources	177	67	2011
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	158	11.62 %	9535
Age structure - 25-54 years	23	45.51 %	9112
Age structure - 55-64 years	12	14.73 %	8529
Birth rate	203	7.43 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	82	7.8 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	42	22.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	101	4.5 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	142	40 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	166	17.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	68	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	73	N/A % of population	2021
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	174	3.7 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	180	4.35 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	180	4.03 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	27	84.14 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	39	77.93 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	38	80.95 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	34	43.1 years	2020
Median age - male	19	41.5 years	0
Median age - total	24	42.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	61	0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	156	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2021
Population	56	23.572 million	2021
Population growth rate	142	0.04 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	106	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	108	N/A % of population	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	146	1.07 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	131	0.65	2025
Urbanization - urban population	47	79.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	88	37	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	34	10	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	32	7	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	36	8	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	19	8	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	46	35	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	9	31	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	29	216	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	21	7	2020
Railways - total	80	1613 km	2018
Roadways - paved	46	42793 km	8737
Roadways - total	73	43206 km	2017
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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 Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.