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Taiwan

East Asia & Pacific · IMF WEO April 2026 · World Bank WDI

GDP▲ 14.8%
Current prices2025
920USD bn
GDP per capita▲ 15.3%
Current prices2025
39,489USD
Real GDP growth▲ 3.4 pp
Annual change2025
8.7%
Inflation▼ 0.5 pp
Average consumer prices2025
1.7%
Unemployment■ 0.0 pp
Rate2025
3.4%
Government debt▼ 4.4 pp
General government, gross2025
22.4% of GDP
Current account▲ 3.4 pp
Balance2025
17.4% of GDP
Population▼ 0.4%
Total2025
23.30million

Real GDP growth, %

Since 1995 · lighter bars = IMF projection
-1.60.010.21995: 6.5%1996: 6.2%1997: 6.1%1998: 4.2%1999: 6.7%2000: 6.3%2001: -1.4%2002: 5.5%2003: 4.2%2004: 7.0%2005: 5.4%2006: 5.8%2007: 6.9%2008: 0.8%2009: -1.6%2010: 10.2%2011: 3.7%2012: 2.2%2013: 2.5%2014: 4.7%2015: 1.5%2016: 2.2%2017: 3.7%2018: 2.9%2019: 3.1%2020: 3.4%2021: 6.7%2022: 2.7%2023: 1.1%2024: 5.3%2025: 8.7%2026: 5.2% (IMF projection)2027: 3.0% (IMF projection)2028: 2.5% (IMF projection)2029: 2.4% (IMF projection)2030: 2.4% (IMF projection)2031: 2.1% (IMF projection)IMF projection19952000200520102015202020252030

Inflation, %

Average consumer prices · lighter bars = IMF projection
-0.90.03.71995: 3.7%1996: 3.1%1997: 0.9%1998: 1.7%1999: 0.2%2000: 1.2%2001: -0.0%2002: -0.2%2003: -0.3%2004: 1.6%2005: 2.3%2006: 0.6%2007: 1.8%2008: 3.5%2009: -0.9%2010: 1.0%2011: 1.4%2012: 1.9%2013: 0.8%2014: 1.2%2015: -0.3%2016: 1.4%2017: 0.6%2018: 1.4%2019: 0.6%2020: -0.2%2021: 2.0%2022: 2.9%2023: 2.5%2024: 2.2%2025: 1.7%2026: 1.5% (IMF projection)2027: 1.6% (IMF projection)2028: 1.6% (IMF projection)2029: 1.6% (IMF projection)2030: 1.6% (IMF projection)2031: 1.5% (IMF projection)IMF projection19952000200520102015202020252030

IMF outlook

IMF World Economic Outlook April 2026 · italics = IMF projection
Indicator2021202220232024202520262027202820292030
Real GDP growth %6.72.71.15.38.75.23.02.52.42.4
Inflation, average consumer prices %2.02.92.52.21.71.51.61.61.61.6
Unemployment rate %4.03.73.53.43.43.43.43.43.43.4
GDP, current prices USD bn7777667578019209771,0371,0941,1531,214
GDP per capita, current prices USD33,23932,90932,33934,25239,48942,10344,89247,57650,37053,250
GDP per capita, PPP Int. USD64,70271,50274,45480,39090,23398,051103,627108,376113,408118,802
General government gross debt % of GDP30.129.529.026.822.427.627.627.627.627.6
General government net lending/borrowing % of GDP-2.1-1.7-2.5-1.5-2.1-2.1-2.1-2.1-2.1-2.1
Current account balance % of GDP15.013.314.014.117.418.118.017.116.915.9
Population million23.3823.2623.4223.4023.3023.2023.1023.0022.9022.80

Government debt, % of GDP

General government gross debt
0.039.22000: 26%2001: 30%2002: 30%2003: 32%2004: 33%2005: 34%2006: 33%2007: 32%2008: 33%2009: 37%2010: 37%2011: 38%2012: 39%2013: 39%2014: 37%2015: 36%2016: 35%2017: 34%2018: 34%2019: 33%2020: 32%2021: 30%2022: 29%2023: 29%2024: 27%2025: 22%2026: 28% (IMF projection)2027: 28% (IMF projection)2028: 28% (IMF projection)2029: 28% (IMF projection)2030: 28% (IMF projection)2031: 28% (IMF projection)IMF projection2000200520102015202020252030

Current account, % of GDP

Balance of payments
0.018.12000: 2.5%2001: 5.7%2002: 7.9%2003: 8.9%2004: 5.0%2005: 4.0%2006: 6.0%2007: 7.9%2008: 6.0%2009: 10.4%2010: 8.3%2011: 7.8%2012: 8.7%2013: 9.7%2014: 11.3%2015: 13.6%2016: 13.1%2017: 14.0%2018: 11.6%2019: 10.7%2020: 14.4%2021: 15.0%2022: 13.3%2023: 14.0%2024: 14.1%2025: 17.4%2026: 18.1% (IMF projection)2027: 18.0% (IMF projection)2028: 17.1% (IMF projection)2029: 16.9% (IMF projection)2030: 15.9% (IMF projection)2031: 15.4% (IMF projection)IMF projection2000200520102015202020252030

Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026; 2026 onwards are IMF projections) · World Bank World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)