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Major Indicators of Taiwan Economy |
Economic Growth and National Income |
Period
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Economic growth rate (%)
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GNP (at current prices)
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National income (at current prices)
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Consumer price index
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Amount (million US$)
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Per capita (US$)
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Per capita (US$)
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1996 | 6.30 | 293,303 | 13,714 | 12,418 | 3.08 |
1997 | 6.59 | 303.127 | 14.048 | 12,707 | 0.89 |
1998 | 4.55 | 278.154 | 12,773 | 11,522 | 1.69 |
1999 | 5.75 | 301.562 | 13,737 | 12,324 | 0.17 |
2000 | 5.77 | 325.698 | 14,721 | 13.090 | 1.26 |
2001 | -2.17 | 297.374 | 13.348 | 11,692 | -0.01 |
2002 | 4.25 | 301.816 | 13.476 | 11,780 | -0.20 |
2003 | 3.43 | 309.340 | 13,752 | 11,972 | -0.28 |
I | 3.37 | 78.272 | 3,484 | 3,069 | -0.20 |
II | 0.11 | 71.407 | 3,176 | 2,753 | -0.11 |
III | 4.15 | 77.920 | 3,463 | 2,999 | -0.60 |
IV | 5.92 | 81.741 | 3,629 | 3,151 | -0.19 |
2004 | 6.07 | 333.422 | 14,770 | 12,851 | 1.62 |
I | 7.63 | 85.879 | 3,809 | 3,359 | 0.51 |
II | 9.04 | 78.729 | 3,489 | 3.021 | 1.19 |
III | 5.51 | 82.783 | 3,666 | 3,175 | 2.89 |
IV | 2.52 | 86.031 | 3,806 | 3,296 | 1.85 |
2005 p | 4.03 | 355.426 | 15,690 | 13,646 | 2.30 |
I | 2.45 | 92.843 | 4,103 | 3,615 | 1.57 |
II | 2.89 | 84.839 | 3,747 | 3,238 | 2.11 | III | 4.24 | 87.976 | 3,883 | 3,354 | 3.04 | IV p | 6.44 | 89.768 | 3,957 | 3,439 | 2.48 |
2006 f | 4.28 | 364.228 | 16,534 | 13,893 | 1.80 |
I r | 4.92 | 93.995 | 4,141 | 3,644 | 1.35 |
II p | 4.57 | 85.806 | 3,777 | 3,254 | 1.52 |
III f | 4.39 | 90.056 | 3,960 | 3,401 | 1.66 |
IV f | 3.31 | 94.371 | 4,416 | 3,594 | 2.68 |
2007 f | 4.13 | 377.282 | 16,545 | 14,269 | 1.92 |
Source:
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan |
Consumption, Savings & Capital Formation |
Million NT$ |
Period | National consumption | Savings rate (%) | Gross fixed capital of formation |
At 1991 constant prices |
Annual rate of changes % | Gross national savings/GNP | Amount | Annual rate of change (%) |
1996 | 10.22 | 26.51 | 1,759,792 | 1.80 |
1997 | 8.72 | 26.15 | 1,950,802 | 10.85 |
1998 | 7.49 | 25.99 | 2,125,181 | 8.94 |
1999 | 4.13 | 26.07 | 2,187,673 | 2.94 |
2000 | 5.05 | 25.67 | 2,384,927 | 9.02 |
2001 | 0.73 | 24.15 | 1,910,022 | -19.91 |
2002 | 2.01 | 25.54 | 1,898,046 | -0.63 |
2003 | 0.87 | 26.31 | 1,880,911 | -0.90 |
I | 0.99 | 23.72 | 383,064 | 0.46 |
II | -1.33 | 28.05 | 436,736 | -9.11 |
III | 1.33 | 23.72 | 471,591 | -2.59 |
IV | 2.36 | 29.77 | 589,520 | 6.77 |
2004 | 4.29 | 26.32 | 2,209,612 | 17.48 |
I | 4.86 | 24.04 | 449,409 | 17.32 |
II | 6.15 | 27.73 | 539,033 | 23.42 |
III | 3.82 | 25.50 | 548,906 | 16.39 |
IV | 3.51 | 28.12 | 672,264 | 14.04 |
2005 p | 4.14 | 25.19 | 2,235,369 | 1.17 |
I | 3.17 | 22.99 | 500,288 | 11.32 |
II | 4.32 | 25.33 | 576,979 | 7.04 |
III | 5.40 | 22.13 | 558,807 | 1.80 |
IV p | 3.71 | 30.08 | 599,295 | -10.85 |
2006 f | 2.67 | 25.78 | 2,225,271 | -0.45 |
I r | 2.59 | 23.91 | 476,373 | -4.78 |
II p | 1.96 | 26.72 | 552,570 | -4.23 |
III f | 2.37 | 23.10 | 568,761 | 1.78 |
IV f | 3.73 | 29.32 | 627,567 | 4.72 |
2007 f | 4.03 | 25.88 | 2,267,956 | 1.92 |
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan |
Foreign Trade |
Million US$ |
Period | Foreign trade (custom statistics) | Annual rate of change (%) |
Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports |
1996 | 117,581 | 102,922 | 13,572 | 3.74 | -1.05 |
1997 | 124,170 | 114,955 | 7,656 | 5.60 | 11.69 |
1998 | 112,595 | 105,230 | 5,917 | -9.32 | -8.46 |
1999 | 123,733 | 111,196 | 10,901 | 9.89 | 5.67 |
2000 | 151,950 | 140,732 | 8,310 | 22.80 | 26.56 |
2001 | 126,314 | 107,971 | 15,629 | -16.87 | -23.28 |
2002 | 135,315 | 113,245 | 18,067 | 7.13 | 4.89 |
2003 | 150,600 | 128,010 | 16,931 | 11.30 | 13.04 |
2004 | 182,371 | 168,757 | 6,129 | 21.10 | 31.83 | I | 41,617 | 37,989 | 1,948 | 23.03 | 31.00 |
II | 46,304 | 42,480 | 1,944 | 29.39 | 39.60 |
III | 46,459 | 41,070 | 2,464 | 21.47 | 31.81 |
IV | 47,990 | 46,219 | -227 | 12.28 | 26.07 |
2005p | 198,432 | 182,614 | 8,81 | 8.81 | 8.21 |
I r | 44,851 | 42,792 | 960 | 7.77 | 12.64 |
II r | 49,009 | 46,931 | 2,081 | 5.84 | 10.48 |
III r | 49,775 | 46,213 | 2,566 | 7.14 | 9.85 |
IV p | 54,796 | 46,678 | 2,521 | 14.18 | 0.99 |
2006 f | 219,359 | 201,130 | - | 10.55 | 10.14 |
I r | 50,193 | 46,752 | - | 11.91 | 9.25 |
II p | 55,812 | 51,513 | - | 13.88 | 9.76 |
III f | 55,817 | 51,186 | - | 12.26 | 10.76 |
IV f | 57,476 | 51,679 | - | 4.89 | 10.71 |
2007 f | 232,767 | 212,950 | - | 6.11 | 5.88 |
Source:
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan |
Balanced of Payments, MoneySupply & Interest Rates |
Million US$ |
Period | Balance of payments | M1B Annual rate (%) | M2 Annual rate (%) | Interest rate (% per annum) |
Rediscount rate | Money market rate |
1996 r | 1,102 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 5.000 | 5.79 |
1997 r | -728 | 13.8 | 8.3 | 5.250 | 6.83 |
1998 r | 4,827 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 4.750 | 6.81 |
1999 r | 18,953 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 4.500 | 4.88 |
2000 r | 2,477 | 10.6 | 7.0 | 4.625 | 4.91 |
2001 r | 17,353 | -1.0 | 5.8 | 2,125 | 3.69 |
2002 r | 33,664 | 17.0 | 3.6 | 1.625 | 2.03 |
I r | 6,221 | 14.8 | 4.3 | 2.125 | 2.32 | II r | 16,192 | 20.1 | 4.3 | 1.875 | 2.20 | III r | 8,982 | 19.1 | 3.0 | 1.875 | 1.87 | IVr | 2,269 | 14.3 | 2.7 | 1.625 | 1.72 | 2003r | 37,092 | 11.8 | 3.8 | 1.375 | 1.05 | Ir | 5,901 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 1.625 | 1.26 | IIr | 5,821 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 1.375 | 1.12 | IIIr | 12,940 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 1.375 | 0.86 | IVr | 12,430 | 18.7 | 5.6 | 1.375 | 0.94 | 2004r | 26,595 | 19.0 | 7.5 | 1.750 | 0.99 | Ir | 21,097 | 21.6 | 7.1 | 1.375 | 0.94 | IIr | 4,084 | 22.7 | 8.3 | 1.375 | 0.93 | IIIr | -1,489 | 17.9 | 7.4 | 1.375 | 0.99 | IVr | 2,903 | 14.3 | 7.0 | 1.750 | 1.11 | 2005r | 20,056 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 2.250 | 1.27 | Ir | 12,481 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 1.875 | 1.18 | IIr | 6,450 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 1.875 | 1.22 | IIIr | 495 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 2.125 | 1.30 | IVr | 630 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 2.250 | 1.38 | 2006I
r | 2,242 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 2.375 | 1.44 | II
p | 482 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 2.500 | 1.50 |
Source:
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan |
NT Exchange Rates & Unemployment |
Period | Forex (NT dollars per foreign currency) | Unemployment rate (%) |
U.S. Dollar | Japanese Yen | Euro |
1996 | 27.49 | 0.2372 | - | 2.60 |
1997 | 32.64 | 0.2509 | - | 2.72 |
1998 | 32.22 | 0.2837 | - | 2.69 |
1999 | 31.40 | 0.3078 | - | 2.92 |
2000 | 32.99 | 0.2886 | - | 2.99 |
2001 | 35.00 | 0.2667 | 30.98 | 4.57 |
2002 | 34.75 | 0.2930 | 36.38 | 5.17 |
I | 35.00 | 0.2643 | 30.54 | 5.14 |
II | 33.56 | 0.2811 | 33.28 | 5.04 |
III | 34.92 | 0.2869 | 34.36 | 5.30 |
IV | 34.75 | 0.2930 | 36.38 | 5.19 |
2003 | 33.98 | 0.3179 | 42.71 | 4.99 |
I | 34.75 | 0.2919 | 37.70 | 5.09 |
II | 34.61 | 0.2892 | 39.59 | 5.00 |
III | 33.78 | 0.3051 | 39.25 | 5.14 |
IV | 33.98 | 0.3179 | 42.71 | 4.73 |
2004 | 31.92 | 0.3179 | 43.36 | 4.44 |
I | 33.02 | 0.3177 | 40.42 | 4.53 |
II | 33.78 | 0.3107 | 40.88 | 4.44 |
II | 33.98 | 0.3063 | 41.87 | 4.59 |
II | 31.92 | 0.3098 | 43.36 | 4.18 |
2005 | 32.85 | 0.2795 | 38.94 | 4.13 |
I | 31.53 | 0.2946 | 40.84 | 4.16 |
II | 31.62 | 0.2864 | 38.17 | 4.12 |
III | 33.19 | 0.2929 | 39.91 | 4.27 |
IV | 32.85 | 0.2795 | 38.94 | 3.96 |
2006I r | 32.46 | 0.2763 | 39.39 | 3.86 |
II p | 32.40 | 0.2822 | 41.14 | 3.87 |
Source:
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan |
Forex Reserves |
Period | Foreign Exchange Reserves of Central Bank of China(end of period, US$ million) |
1997 | 83,502 |
1998 | 90,341 |
1999 | 106,200 |
2000 | 106,742 |
2001 | 122,211 |
2002 | 161,656 |
2003 | 206,632 |
2004 | 241,738 |
2005Jan. | 242,744 |
February | 246,628 |
March | 251,135 |
April | 252,460 |
May | 253,170 |
June | 253,615 |
July | 253,562 |
August | 254,086 |
September | 253,746 |
October | 252,006 |
November | 251,783 |
December | 253,290 |
2006Jan. | 257,298 |
Source: Central
Bank of China |
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