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International Rankings of Taiwan - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 29 25.00 2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 33 5.831 million 2019
Internet users - percent of population 15 90.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 42 21.600 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 17 43.00 2023
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 20 10.000 million 2023
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 35 128.00 2023
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 49 30.000 million 2023
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 38 2.30 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 73 14.70 % 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 0.10 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 11 65.173 billion US Dollars 2019
Debt - external 44 189.684 billion US Dollars 2019
Exchange rates 75 28.21 N/A
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 65.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 92 14.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 140 53.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 117 52.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 84 20.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 58 0.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 133 1.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 38 36.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 92 62.10 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 86 34 % 2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 16 40.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 8 6.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2010
Imports 25 308.744 billion US Dollars 2019
Industrial production growth rate 101 3.90 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 172 0.50 % 2019
Labor force 53 11.498 million US Dollars 2020
Population below poverty line 155 2 % 2012
Public debt 142 35.70 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 25 1.143 trillion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 136 2.71 % 2019
Real GDP per capita 30 47800 US Dollars 2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 11 456.700 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 126 16.00 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 167 3.73 % 2019
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 24 279.206 million 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 - installed generating capacity 23 57.738 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 36 9.484 billion kWh 2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 45 1.30 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 55 82.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 122 2.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 20 11.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 49 2.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 64 0.90 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 32 160.669 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 35 22.002 billion cubic meters 2019
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 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
Land use - agricultural land 138 23 2018
Land use - arable land 60 17 2018
Land use - permanent crops 44 6 2018
Total renewable water resources 178 67 cubic meters 2011
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 132 0.65 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 45 80 2023
Geography
Area - land 138 32260 sq km N/A
Area - total 141 35980 sq km N/A
Area - water 77 3720 sq km N/A
Coastline 69 1566 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 37 3952 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 22 1150 meters N/A
Irrigated land 63 3820 sq km 2012
Land use - agricultural land 138 23 2018
Land use - arable land 60 17 2018
Land use - permanent crops 44 6 2018
Population Density 16 731.20 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 25 2 % of GDP 2023
Population
Birth rate 153 7.30 births/1,000 population 2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate 14 75.20 % 2016
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 118 51 % 2023
Death rate 48 8.00 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 54 22.40 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 110 4.50 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 162 40.20 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 185 17.80 % N/A
Gross reproduction rate 113 0.53 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 152 3.60 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - male 150 4.20 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 151 3.90 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 20 85 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male 33 78 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 25 81 years 2023
Literacy - definition 2 15 N/A
Literacy - female 22 97 % 2014
Literacy - male 4 100 % N/A
Literacy - total population 14 99 % N/A
Median age - female 26 45 years N/A
Median age - male 18 43 years N/A
Median age - total 22 44 years 2023
Net migration rate 49 1.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Population 57 23.589 million 2023
Population growth rate 146 0.03 % 2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 10 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 23 1.00 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 31 0.82 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 22 0.97 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 151 1.09 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 132 0.65 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 45 80 2023
Transportation
Airports 80 53 2024
Heliports 41 39 2024
Merchant marine - total 42 465 2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 29 216.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 21 7 2020
Railways - narrow gauge 26 1118 2018
Railways - total 52 1613 km 2018
Roadways - paved 29 42793 km 2017
Roadways - total 56 43206 km 2017

*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.

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