International Rankings of Taiwan 2023, 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	29	25	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	33	5.831 million	2019
Internet users - percent of population	15	90 %	2021
Internet users - total	41	21.600 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	8	53	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	17	13.000 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	48	30.000 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	38	2.3 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	73	14.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	36	105.833 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	39	94.943 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	31	0.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	11	65.173 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	43	189.684 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	24	388.490 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	23	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	140	53 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	117	52.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	84	20.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	58	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	92	62.1 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	86	33.6 %	2014
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
Imports	24	308.744 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	101	3.9 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	171	0.5 %	2019
Labor force	53	11.498 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	114	4.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	10	35.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	82	59.2 %	2016
Population below poverty line	155	1.5 %	2012
Public debt	137	35.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	25	1.143 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	137	2.71 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	31	47800 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	11	456.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	126	16 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	167	3.73 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	16	141.445 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	37	45.554 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	29	92.207 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	15	67.985 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	39	118000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	5	63.523 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	34	5.955 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	74	1.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	15	269.570 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	23	57.738 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	36	9.484 billion kWh	2020
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	45	1.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	55	82.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	122	2.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	20	11.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	49	2.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	64	0.9 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	32	160.669 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	35	22.002 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	16	22.173 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	77	150.589 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	78	6.230 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	14	886200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	84	2.400 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	21	998100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	99	800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	28	349600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	22	418300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	23	924000 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	138	22.7	2018
Land use - arable land	60	16.9	2018
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	21	77.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	163	N/A	2023
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	99	N/A % of GDP	2023
Total renewable water resources	178	67 cubic meters	2011
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.65	2025
Urbanization - urban population	45	80.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	139	32260 sq km	0
Area - total	140	35980 sq km	0
Area - water	148	3720 sq km	0
Coastline	69	1566.3 km	0
Elevation - highest point	41	3952 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	22	1150 meters	0
Irrigated land	63	3820 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	138	22.7	2018
Land use - arable land	60	16.9	2018
Land use - forest	185	N/A	2023
Land use - other	21	77.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	44	5.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	163	N/A	2023
Military
Military expenditures	32	2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	211	7.33 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	14	75.2 %	2016
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	118	51 %	2023
Death rate	81	7.98 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	54	22.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	110	4.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	162	40.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	185	17.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	103	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	111	0.53 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	185	3.56 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	184	4.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	185	3.9 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	28	84.54 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	39	78.4 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	36	81.38 years	0
Literacy - female	22	97.3 %	2014
Literacy - male	4	99.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	14	98.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	35	43.1 years	2020
Median age - male	22	41.5 years	0
Median age - total	25	42.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	65	0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	57	23.589 million	2023
Population growth rate	140	0.03 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	23	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.82 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	148	1.09 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.65	2025
Urbanization - urban population	45	80.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	89	37	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	96	21000	3280
Heliports	9	31	2021
Merchant marine - total	44	450	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	46	42793 km	2017
Roadways - total	80	43206 km	2017
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.