Taiwan Statistical Data Book

2006

Council for Economic Planning and Development

Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
 Preface

The Taiwan Statistical Data Book is designed to give domestic and foreign

readers concise statistical information on present-day Taiwan, Republic of

China. The statistics cover demographic, economic, social, cultural and physi-

cal aspects. This book is produced only in English.

June 2006
This book is also available in e-format on our website at www.cepd.gov.tw.
 Taiwan Statistical Data Book
Explanatory Notes

1. Statistical data published herein are compiled from material collected from various agencies concerned.
Data on foreign countries are taken from publications of the United Nations and its specialized agencies.

2. The metric system of measurement and calendar year are used unless otherwise specified.

3. Figures which appeared in previous editions have been updated, wherever necessary.

4. "Taiwan" includes both the municipalities of Taipei and Kaohsiung and the province of Taiwan unless
otherwise specified.

5. Symbols:

(－) indicates inapplicability, discontinuity, etc.;

(…) indicates unavailability of statistical data;

( 0 ) indicates that a figure is zero or less than half of the unit of measurement.
CONTENTS
 Taiwan Statistical Data Book 2006
Contents
Page
Abstract of Key Economic and Social Statistics
1. International Comparison of Economic Growth Rates, Foreign Exchange Rates, 1
and External Accounts
2. Sources of Taiwan's Economic Growth 4
3. Taiwan's Macroeconomic Performance 8
4. Products of which Taiwan was among the World's Three Largest Producers 12
5. Taiwan's Science and Technology Development Indicators 14
6. Taiwan's Human Resources 15
1. Indicators
1. Indicators of the Taiwan Economy 17
2. Area and Population
2-1. Area and Geographical Position of Taiwan 23
2-2. Population 24
2-3. Population Density and Vital Statistics 25
2-4. Population Aged 15 and Over by Level of Education 26
2-5. Population by Dependent and Working Age Group 27
2-6. Population by Age Group 28
2-7. Percentage of Population by Age Group 30
2-8. Labor Force Statistics 32
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2-9. Employment by Industry 34
2-10. Employment by Level of Education 36
2-11. Average Monthly Working Hours of Employees of Nonagricultural Industries 38
2-12. Average Monthly Earnings of Employees by Industry 39
2-13. Indices of Average Earnings of Employees by Industry 40
2-14. Labor Productivity in Manufacturing Industry 41
2-15. Unit Labor Cost in Manufacturing Industry 43
3. National Income
3-1. Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product 45
3-2. Average Annual Growth Rate of Real GDP 46
3-3. Average Annual Growth Rate of Real GNP 48
3-4. Per Capita Gross National Product 50
3-5. National Income 51
3-6. Per Capita National Income 52
3-7. Distribution of National Income 53
3-8. Gross Domestic Product by Industry 55
3-9. Expenditure on Gross National Product 59
3-10. Sources of Economic Growth: Expenditure Side 63
3-11. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Owner 65
3-12. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Industry 67
3-13. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Type of Capital Goods 71

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3-14. The Finance of Gross Capital Formation 73
3-15. Savings as Percentage of National Income and GNP 75
3-16. Household Income, Disposable Income and Savings 76
3-17. Household Propensity to Consume and to Save 78
3-18. Marginal Capital/Output Ratio 79
3-19. Distribution of Personal Income by Household in Taiwan Area 80
3-20. Changes in Household Expenditure in Taiwan Area 80
4. Agriculture
4-1. Area of Cultivated Land 83
4-2. Agricultural Population by Owner and Tenant 84
4-3. Cultivated Land, Agricultural Population and Employment 85
4-4. Indices of Agricultural Production 86
4-5. Area and Output of Principal Crops 87
4-6. Allocations of Various Kinds of Chemical Fertilizer 92
4-7. Forest Areas and Reserves 93
4-8. Forestry Production 94
4-9. Fisheries Production 95
4-10. Livestock Production 96
4-11. Changes in Agricultural Exports and Imports by Product Category 98
5. Industry
5-1. Principal Mineral Reserves 101
5-2. Indices and Growth Rate of Industrial Production 102

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5-3. Indices of Private and Public Industrial Production 103
5-4. Distribution of Industrial Production by Ownership 104
5-5. Indices of Industrial Production by Light and Heavy Industry 105
5-6. Output of Principal Industrial Products 108
5-7. Installed Capacity and Operation of the Power System 110
5-8. Power Generation and Consumption 114
5-9. Power Consumption by Industry 116
5-10. Supply of Commercial Energy 117
5-11. Final Demand for Commercial Energy 119
5-12. Final Consumption of Commercial Energy by Sector 121
5-13. Number of Factories Registered 123
6. Science and Technology
6-1. R&D Expenditure Indicators 125
6-2. R&D Personnel Indicators 125
6-3. Science and Technology Output Indicators 126
6-4. R&D Expenditure by Source of Funds 126
6-5. R&D Expenditure by Sector of Performance 127
6-6. R&D Expenditure by Type of R&D 127
6-7. R&D Expenditure by Field of Science and Technology 128
6-8. R&D Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP in Selected Country 128

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7. Transportation and Communications
7-1. Indices of Transportation and Communications 129
7-2. Track Length and Number of Railway Stations 130
7-3. Length of Roads 131
7-4. Number of Motor Vehicles Registered 132
7-5. Railway and Road Densities 133
7-6. Railway and Motor Carriers Traffic 134
7-7. Civil Aviation Transportation at Airports 135
7-8. Freight Handled at Harbors 136
7-9. Imports and Exports Carried by National & Foreign Vessels 138
7-10. Number of R.O.C. - Registered Ships and Volume of Cargo 139
7-11. Number of Visitors 140
7-12. Overseas Chinese Arrivals by Place of Residence 141
7-13. Foreign Visitor Arrivals by Residence 142
7-14. Postal Establishments and Mail Routes 143
7-15. Volume of Postal Service 144
7-16. Telegraph Circuits and Volume of Telephone and Data Communication Services 146
7-17. Number of Telephone Subscribers Per 100 Persons in Taiwan Area and Selected Cities 147

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8. Money and Banking
8-1. Principal Financial Indicators 149
8-2. Number of Financial Institutions 151
8-3. Non-financial Sector Sources of Funds 153
8-4. Money Supply 157
8-5. Factors Affecting Money Supply (M1B) 158
8-6. Deposits of Domestic Banks by Account 159
8-7. Total Deposits of Monetary Institutions 161
8-8. Deposits with Domestic Banks by Depositor 163
8-9. Loans and Discounts at Domestic Banks by Borrower 165
8-10. Loans of Other Deposit Money Banks 169
8-11. Major Liabilities of Other Financial Institutions 170
8-12. Loans of Other Financial Institutions 171
8-13. Foreign Exchange Rates and Bank Interest Rates 172
9. Public Finance
9-1. Net Revenues and Expenditures of All Levels of Government 173
9-2. Net Revenues of All Levels of Government by Source 175
9-3. Net Expenditures of All Levels of Government by Use 177
9-4. Net Expenditures of All Levels of Government as Percentage of GNP 179
9-5. Tax and Monopoly Revenues 180
9-6. Structure of Tax and Monopoly Revenues 182
9-7. Direct and Indirect Taxes 184
9-8. Indices and Growth Rate of Tax and Monopoly Revenues 185
9-9. Tax Burden and Gross National Product 186
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10. Prices
10-1. Price Indices 187
10-2. Group Indices of Wholesale Prices 188
10-3. Group Link Indices of Wholesale Prices 191
10-4. Consumer Price Indices 194
10-5. Consumer Price Link Indices 195
10-6. Import Price Indices 196
10-7. Import Price Link Indices 197
10-8. Export Price Indices 198
10-9. Export Price Link Indices 199
10-10. Indices of Prices Received and Paid by Farmers 200
10-11. Link Indices of Prices Received and Paid by Farmers 201
11. External Trade
11-1. Balance of Payments 203
11-2. Indices of Foreign Trade 207
11-3. Export and Import Foreign Exchange Proceeds & Payments 211
11-4. Foreign Trade (Customs Statistics) 212
11-5. Exports and Imports Per Capita 213
11-6. Standard and Characteristic Classification of Exported and Imported Commodities 214
11-7. Composition of Exports 216
11-8. Composition of Imports 217
11-9. Commodity Trade with Major Trading Partners 218
11-10. Foreign Trade with Various Continents 227
11-11. Value of Principal Exports (By CCC) 230

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11-12. Value of Principal Exports by Destination 232
11-13. Exports by Countries of Destination 237
11-14. Value of Principal Imports (By CCC) 241
11-15. Value of Principal Imports by Origin 243
11-16. Imports by Countries of Origin 247
12. U.S. Aid
12-1. Summary of U.S. Aid 249
12-2. Program Amount of U.S. Aid 250
12-3. Arrival Amount of U.S. Aid 251
12-4. Arrival Amount of Non-project Commodity U.S. Aid 252
12-5. Arrival Amount of Project-Type U.S. Aid by Industry 254
12-6. Surplus Agricultural Commodities Under Public Law 480 255
12-7. Uses of Local Currency Aid Fund 256
12-8. Composition of U.S. Aid Commodities Delivered 258
12-9. Value of U.S. Aid Commodities Delivered 259
12-10. Number of Technical Assistance Participants Dispatched 261
12-11. Number of Third Country Participants with Training Completed 262
13. External Resources and Outward Investment
13-1. Direct Foreign Debt of Central Government 265
13-2. Approved Overseas Chinese and Private Foreign Investment 266
13-3. Approved Overseas Chinese Investment by Area 267

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13-4. Approved Private Foreign Investment by Area 268
13-5. Approved Overseas Chinese and Private Foreign Investment by Industry 269
13-6. Approved Outward Investment by Area 270
13-7. Approved Outward Investment by Industry 271
13-8. Principal Statistics on Approved Indirect Mainland Investment 272
14. Education
14-1. Number of Schools, Personnel, Classes and Students 275
14-2. Number of Schools by Level of Education 276
14-3. Number of School Personnel by Level of Education 277
14-4. Number of Classes by Level of Education 278
14-5. Number of Students by Level of Education 279
14-6. Number of Students Receiving Higher Education by Discipline 281
14-7. Number of Students Receiving High School, Normal and Vocational Education 284
14-8. Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Next Higher Level of Schools 285
14-9. Availability of Schools and Teachers 286
14-10. Educational Expenditure Per Student at All Levels 287
14-11. Number of Newspapers, Periodicals, News Agencies and Publishing Corporations 288
14-12. Students Studying Abroad 289

15. Health and Medical Care

15-1. Number of Health Personnel 293
15-2. Availability of Medical Care 294

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15-3. Incidence of Communicable Diseases 295
15-4. Leading Causes of Death 300
15-5. Food Intake Per Capita Per Day 302
15-6. Social Indicators 303
16. Social Affairs
16-1. Units and Persons Insured under Labor and Farmer Insurances 305
16-2. Premiums and Compensation under Labor and Farmer Insurances 313
16-3. Compensation from Labor and Farmer Insurances by Industry 317
16-4. Compensation from Labor Insurance by Category of Payment 325
16-5. Compensation from Farmer Insurance by Category of Payment 327
16-6. Units Insured under Government Employees' Insurance and Related Insurance 329
Programs
16-7. Persons Insured under Government Employees' Insurance and Related Insurance 330
Programs
16-8. Receipts and Expenditures of Government Employees' Insurance 331
16-9. Medical Care and Cash Benefits under Government Employees' Insurance 332
16-10. Major Receipts and Expenditures of Government Employees' Insurance and Related 334
Insurance Programs
16-11. Units and Persons Insured under Government Employees' and School Staffs'
Insurance and Retired Government Employees' Insurance 335
16-12. Receipts and Expenditures of Government Employees' and School Staffs' Insurance 336
16-13. Receipts and Expenditures of Retired Government Employees' Insurance 337

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16-14. Cash Benefits under Government Employees' and School Staffs' Insurance 338
16-15. Cash Benefits under Retired Government Employees' Insurance 338
16-16. Number of Group Insurance Applicants and Beneficiaries under National Health 339
Insurance
16-17. Average Amount of Monthly Payroll on which National Health Insurance 343
Premiums Assessed
16-18. Revenues and Costs of National Health Insurance 344
17. International Statistics
17-1. Area and Population 345
17-2. Economically Active and Total Population 346
17-3. Distribution of Employment by Industry 347
17-4. Agricultural and Total Population 348
17-5. Population by Age Group 349
17-6. Gross National Product and Per Capita GNP 350
17-7. Savings and Investment 352
17-8. Structure of Gross Domestic Product by Industry 353
17-9. Expenditure on Gross Domestic Product 354
17-10. External Debt 355
17-11. Indices of Total Food Production 356
17-12. Indices of Per Capita Food Production 357

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17-13. Indices of Industrial Production 358
17-14. Wholesale Price Indices 359
17-15. Consumer Price Indices 360

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ABSTRACT OF KEY ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL STATISTICS
 1-a. International Comparison of Economic Growth Rates, Foreign
Exchange Rates, and External Accounts
A. Economic Growth Rates
Unit: %
Rep. of Mainland
Year Hong Kong Indonesia India Japan Rep. of Korea Malaysia Philippines
China China
1998 4.6 -5.5 -13.1 6.0 -1.8 -6.9 7.8 -7.4 -0.6
1999 5.8 4.0 0.8 7.0 -0.2 9.5 7.1 6.1 3.4
2000 5.8 10.0 5.4 5.3 2.9 8.5 8.4 8.9 6.0
2001 -2.2 0.6 3.8 4.1 0.4 3.8 8.3 0.3 1.8
2002 4.3 1.8 4.4 4.2 0.1 7.0 9.1 4.4 4.4
2003 3.4 3.2 4.7 7.2 1.8 3.1 10.0 5.4 4.5
2004 6.1 8.6 5.1 8.1 2.3 4.6 10.1 7.1 6.0
2005 4.1 7.3 5.6 8.3 2.7 4.0 9.9 5.3 5.1

United United
Year Singapore Thailand Australia France Germany Italy Switzerland
Kingdom States
1998 -1.4 -10.5 5.0 3.4 2.0 1.8 2.8 3.2 4.2
1999 7.2 4.4 4.4 3.2 1.9 1.7 1.3 3.0 4.4
2000 10.0 4.8 3.3 4.1 3.1 3.0 3.6 4.0 3.7
2001 -2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.2 1.8 1.0 2.2 0.8
2002 4.0 5.3 4.1 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 2.0 1.6
2003 2.9 7.0 3.1 0.9 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 2.5 2.7
2004 8.7 6.2 3.6 2.1 1.6 0.9 2.1 3.1 4.2
2005 6.4 4.4 2.5 1.4 0.9 0.1 1.8 1.8 3.5
Sources: 1. Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C., Quarterly National
Economic Trends, Taiwan Area, Republic of China, No. 112, Feb. 2006.
2. IMF, World Economic Outlook, April 2006.
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 1-b. International Comparison of Economic Growth Rates, Foreign
Exchange Rates, and External Accounts (Continued)
B. Exchange Rates

End of Rep. of China Hong Kong Indonesia India Japan Rep. of Korea Mainland China Malaysia
Year N.T. Dollar H.K.Dollar Rupiah Rupee Yen Won Yuan Ringgit
1998 32.216 7.746 8,025.0 42.480 115.60 1,204.00 8.2787 3.80
1999 31.395 7.771 7,085.0 43.490 102.20 1,138.00 8.2795 3.80
2000 32.992 7.796 9,595.0 46.750 114.90 1,264.50 8.2774 3.80
2001 34.999 7.797 10,400.0 48.180 131.80 1,313.50 8.2768 3.80
2002 34.753 7.798 8,940.0 48.030 119.90 1,186.20 8.2773 3.80
2003 33.978 7.763 8,465.0 45.605 107.10 1,192.60 8.2767 3.80
2004 31.917 7.774 9,290.0 43.585 104.12 1,035.10 8.2765 3.80
2005 32.850 7.753 9,830.0 45.065 117.97 1,011.60 8.0702 3.78

End of Philippines Singapore Thailand France Germany Italy Switzerland United Kingdom
Year Peso S. Dollar Baht Franc D. Mark Lire Franc Pound
1998 39.059 1.6605 36.6910 5.6221 1.6730 1,653.1 1.3765 0.6011
1999 40.313 1.6660 37.4700 6.5294 1.9468 1,927.4 1.5996 0.6187
2000 49.998 1.7315 43.2676 7.0496 2.1019 2,080.9 1.6365 0.6702
2001 51.404 1.8510 44.2217 7.4432 2.2192 2,197.1 1.6773 0.6895
2002 53.096 1.7365 43.1516 6.2552 1.8651 1,846.5 1.3868 0.6204
2003 55.569 1.7008 39.5907 5.1939 1.5486 1,533.1 1.2369 0.5603
2004 56.267 1.6338 39.0612 4.8160 1.4360 1,421.6 1.1316 0.5178
2005 53.067 1.6642 41.0299 5.5604 1.6579 1,641.3 1.3143 0.5808
Sources: 1. Central Bank of China, R.O.C., Financial Statistics Monthly, Taiwan District, Republic of China, April 2006.
2. IMF, International Financial Statistics , May 2006.

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 1-c. International Comparison of Economic Growth Rates, Foreign
Exchange Rates, and External Accounts (Continued)
C. Current Account Balances, External Debts, and Foreign Exchange Holdings
Unit: US$ billion
Year Rep. of China Hong Kong Singapore Rep. of Korea Thailand India Indonesia Malaysia Philippines
External Current Account Balance
1999 8.0 10.3 14.4 24.5 12.5 -3.2 5.8 12.6 7.2
2000 8.9 7.0 10.7 12.3 9.3 -4.6 8.0 8.5 6.3
2001 18.3 9.8 11.8 8.0 6.2 1.4 6.9 7.3 1.3
2002 25.6 12.4 11.9 5.4 7.0 7.1 7.8 8.0 4.4
2003 29.3 16.5 22.3 12.0 8.0 8.8 8.1 13.2 1.4
2004 18.5 15.9 26.3 28.2 6.9 1.4 3.1 14.9 2.3
2005 16.1 19.0 33.6 16.6 -3.8 -19.0 3.0 20.4 2.9
External Debt (End of Year)
1999 38.6 … 0.0 152.9 96.8 98.3 151.2 41.9 58.1
2000 34.8 … 0.0 148.5 79.7 99.1 144.4 41.9 60.9
2001 34.3 … 0.0 130.4 67.2 97.5 134.0 44.6 58.5
2002 45.0 350.9 0.0 143.0 59.5 106.3 131.8 48.8 60.1
2003 63.1 371.6 0.0 161.6 51.8 113.5 134.4 49.1 62.7
2004 80.9 429.3 0.0 178.0 51.3 120.6 137.0 48.2 63.4
2005 86.7 445.2 0.0 195.5 50.9 124.6 133.5 46.1 67.1
Foreign Exchange Holdings (End of Year)
1999 106.2 96.2 76.8 74.0 34.1 32.7 26.4 30.6 13.3
2000 106.7 107.5 80.1 96.1 32.0 37.9 28.5 29.5 13.1
2001 122.2 111.2 75.4 102.8 32.4 45.9 27.2 30.5 13.5
2002 161.7 111.9 82.0 121.3 38.0 67.7 31.0 34.2 13.3
2003 206.6 118.4 95.7 155.3 41.1 98.9 35.0 44.5 13.7
2004 241.7 123.5 112.2 199.0 48.7 126.6 35.0 66.4 13.1
2005 253.3 124.2 115.8 210.3 50.7 131.9 33.0 70.2 15.9
Sources: 1. IMF, International Financial Statistics , May 2006.
2. Global Insight, Quarterly Review and Outlook , June 2006.
3. Central Bank of China, R.O.C., Financial Statistics Monthly, Taiwan District, Republic of China, April 2006.
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 2-a. Sources of Taiwan's Economic Growth
A. By Expenditure
Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Real Growth Rate (%)
Gross Domestic Product 6.6 4.6 5.8 5.8 -2.2 4.3 3.4 6.1 4.1
Domestic Demand 8.5 6.4 2.6 3.9 -4.8 1.7 0.8 7.0 1.7
Private Consumption 7.1 6.2 5.5 4.6 0.7 2.3 0.9 3.9 3.0
Government Consumption 6.0 3.6 -4.3 0.7 0.5 2.1 0.6 -0.5 0.7
Fixed Capital Formation 10.9 8.9 2.9 9.0 -19.9 -0.6 -0.9 17.5 0.5
Private 18.6 13.2 1.0 15.6 -26.8 4.1 -0.3 31.0 -1.3
Government -0.3 -0.3 4.1 -4.0 -6.4 -12.8 -1.1 -5.7 0.3
Public Enterprises -2.5 4.5 13.3 -3.0 1.4 -1.3 -4.1 -18.2 17.2
Increase in Inventory … … … … … … … … …
Net Exports of Goods & Services -137.4 404.3 -142.3 221.5 92.3 50.2 35.6 -2.3 27.6
Exports of Goods & Services 9.0 2.6 11.9 18.1 -8.1 10.5 10.9 14.8 6.9
(Less):Imports of Goods & Services 13.4 6.6 4.5 14.2 -13.5 5.7 6.7 18.6 3.2
Contribution (percentage point)
Gross Domestic Product 6.6 4.6 5.8 5.8 -2.2 4.3 3.4 6.1 4.1
Domestic Demand 8.4 6.5 2.7 3.8 -4.6 1.7 0.7 6.3 1.6
Private Consumption 4.2 3.8 3.4 2.8 0.4 1.5 0.6 2.3 1.7
Government Consumption 1.0 0.6 -0.7 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.1
Fixed Capital Formation 2.4 2.1 0.7 2.1 -4.7 -0.1 -0.2 3.1 0.1
Private 2.4 2.0 0.2 2.4 -4.4 0.5 0.0 3.7 -0.2
Government -0.02 -0.02 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.6 0.0 -0.2 0.0
Public Enterprises -0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.03 -0.03 -0.1 -0.4 0.3
Increase in Inventory 0.8 0.04 -0.8 -1.2 -0.4 -0.01 0.2 1.0 -0.4
Net Exports of Goods & Services -1.8 -1.9 3.2 1.9 2.5 2.7 2.7 -0.2 2.5
Exports of Goods & Services 3.9 1.2 5.3 8.4 -4.2 5.2 5.7 8.2 4.2
(Less):Imports of Goods & Services 5.7 3.1 2.1 6.5 -6.7 2.5 3.0 8.5 1.6
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C., Quarterly National
Economic Trends, Taiwan Area, Republic of China, No. 112, Feb. 2006.
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 2-b. Sources of Taiwan's Economic Growth (Continued)
B. By Industry
Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Real Growth Rate (%)
Gross Domestic Product 6.6 4.6 5.8 5.8 -2.2 4.3 3.4 6.1 4.1
Agriculture -1.9 -6.3 2.7 1.2 -1.9 4.7 -0.1 -4.1 -4.1
Industry 5.4 2.6 5.4 5.8 -7.5 5.9 3.8 8.7 5.2
Mining and Quarrying -7.0 -5.9 -7.9 -6.5 -10.2 1.5 -19.1 -2.8 -4.6
Manufacturing 5.7 3.2 7.4 7.3 -7.4 7.4 5.1 9.4 5.8
Electricity, Gas and Water 6.6 7.2 4.1 6.5 -0.4 1.4 2.7 3.9 5.8
Construction 4.4 -1.8 -5.1 -4.6 -12.6 -3.4 -5.6 5.9 0.0
Services 7.5 5.8 6.0 5.9 0.1 3.6 3.4 5.3 3.8
Wholesale and Retail Trade 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.8 -3.3 3.6 2.7 7.6 6.4
Accommodation and Catering Services 8.7 6.7 5.4 7.5 -0.9 -0.3 -0.1 6.0 8.2
Transportation, Storage & Communications 6.2 10.5 18.1 11.5 2.3 5.5 4.0 7.5 4.5
Finance and Insurance 20.5 3.4 5.6 2.6 0.5 5.9 5.1 4.7 2.9
Real Estate and Rental & Leasing 2.6 4.2 2.0 4.6 -0.3 0.0 4.2 3.6 2.7
Professional, Scientific & Technical Services 11.6 8.7 9.8 10.7 2.7 1.5 1.4 7.8 2.5
Educational Services 12.1 8.2 9.2 7.0 5.5 2.4 3.1 2.7 3.4
Medical Care and Welfare Services 8.4 8.9 5.9 4.3 3.4 5.2 1.9 3.1 3.2
Cultural, Sporting & Recreational Services 5.6 7.1 4.9 7.2 2.7 2.1 3.3 4.4 5.0
Government Services Producers 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.6 2.5 2.1 3.2 1.4 1.1
Others 5.4 7.5 3.6 7.5 -1.5 7.3 3.6 7.7 3.3

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 2-b. Sources of Taiwan's Economic Growth (Continued)
B. By Industry
Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Contribution (percentage point)
Gross Domestic Product 6.6 4.6 5.8 5.8 -2.2 4.3 3.4 6.1 4.1
Agriculture -0.05 -0.1 0.1 0.02 -0.04 0.1 -0.001 -0.1 -0.1
Industry 1.6 0.8 1.6 1.7 -2.2 1.6 1.1 2.4 1.5
Mining and Quarrying -0.05 -0.03 -0.04 -0.03 -0.04 0.01 -0.1 -0.01 -0.01
Manufacturing 1.4 0.7 1.7 1.7 -1.8 1.7 1.2 2.2 1.4
Electricity, Gas and Water 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.01 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Construction 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.001
Services 5.0 3.9 4.1 4.1 0.1 2.5 2.4 3.7 2.6
Wholesale and Retail Trade 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 -0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2 1.0
Accommodation and Catering Services 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.02 -0.01 -0.001 0.1 0.2
Transportation, Storage & Communications 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3
Finance and Insurance 1.9 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.05 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3
Real Estate and Rental & Leasing 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 -0.03 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.2
Professional, Scientific & Technical Services 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.03 0.0 0.2 0.1
Educational Services 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.05 0.1
Medical Care and Welfare Services 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Cultural, Sporting & Recreational Services 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.04 0.03 0.0 0.1 0.1
Government Services Producers 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1
Others 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.5 -0.1 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2

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 2-c. Sources of Taiwan's Economic Growth (Continued)
C. By Input

Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Contribution (percentage point)

Gross Domestic Product 6.6 4.6 5.8 5.8 -2.2 4.3 3.4 6.1 4.1

Increase in Employment 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1 -1.1 0.8 1.3 2.2 1.6

Increase in Labor Productivity 5.4 3.4 4.8 4.7 -1.1 3.5 2.1 3.9 2.5

Contribution (%)

Gross Domestic Product 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Increase in Employment 17.9 26.1 17.1 18.6 50.7 18.4 37.9 36.3 39.2

Increase in Labor Productivity 82.1 73.9 82.9 81.4 49.3 81.6 62.1 63.7 60.8

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 3-a. Taiwan's Macroeconomic Performance
A. Economic Growth and Price Changes Unit: %
Economic Change in Consumer Prices Change in Wholesale Prices
Period Growth Excluding Food Services Excluding Exports Exports
Rate Core (excluding Domestic Imports
fresh fruits, Sales of in NT$ in US$ in NT$ in US$
vegetables, fish and Local
shellfish, and energy) Products
1992 7.9 4.5 2.9 3.1 5.0 -3.7 -3.0 -1.2 -6.9 -0.8 -5.4 0.9
1993 6.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 5.2 2.5 1.5 0.2 4.7 -0.2 5.2 0.3
1994 7.4 4.1 3.1 3.2 5.1 2.2 2.8 1.8 5.1 4.8 0.6 0.3
1995 6.5 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.9 7.4 7.6 6.4 10.2 10.1 6.9 6.8
1996 6.3 3.1 2.7 3.1 3.4 -1.0 -2.0 -1.8 -2.5 -6.0 1.7 -2.0
1997 6.6 0.9 1.6 1.0 2.3 -0.5 -1.4 -1.5 -1.4 -5.6 2.1 -2.3
1998 4.6 1.7 0.8 1.1 2.1 0.6 -1.4 -1.7 0.7 -13.6 5.6 -9.5
1999 5.8 0.2 0.5 1.2 1.6 -4.6 -2.6 -1.7 -4.1 -0.6 -8.5 -5.2
2000 5.8 1.3 1.6 0.6 1.9 1.8 3.0 2.0 4.6 8.1 -0.9 2.4
2001 -2.2 -0.01 0.3 0.1 1.2 -1.3 -2.1 -2.6 -1.3 -8.7 0.3 -7.3
2002 4.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.7 -0.4 0.05 0.7 1.0 0.4 -1.9 -1.5 -3.7
2003 3.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 -0.5 2.5 4.3 3.9 5.1 5.6 -1.5 -1.0
2004 6.1 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.4 7.0 9.5 10.3 8.6 11.8 1.6 4.6
2005 4.1 2.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.9 1.5 2.4 6.4 -2.5 1.3
Source: The data are provided by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.

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 3-b. Taiwan's Macroeconomic Performance (Continued)
B. Merchandise Exports and Imports
Exports Imports Trade
Major Exports Major Imports Balance
Period Electronic Information & Iron & Steel Capital Agricultural & Consumer
Products Communication and Articles Goods Industrial Raw Goods
Products Thereof Materials
Amount (US$ million)
1998 112,595 16,901 13,758 6,402 105,230 24,301 66,773 13,592 7,365
1999 123,733 21,833 15,142 6,887 111,196 29,239 70,978 10,473 12,537
2000 151,950 33,755 19,802 8,328 140,732 39,422 89,206 89,206 11,217
2001 126,314 25,515 16,038 6,899 107,971 27,038 70,140 70,140 18,344
2002 135,317 28,383 16,454 7,838 113,245 26,119 75,943 75,943 22,072
2003 150,601 34,905 14,463 9,376 128,010 26,258 89,715 89,715 22,590
2004 182,371 45,578 13,205 12,022 168,757 36,184 118,742 118,742 13,613
2005 198,435 51,009 10,974 13,238 182,616 34,696 132,174 132,174 15,819
Rate of Increase (%)
1998 -9.3 -6.2 -4.7 -3.7 -8.5 11.8 -13.4 -12.6 -20.1
1999 9.9 29.2 10.1 7.6 5.7 20.3 6.3 -22.9 70.2
2000 22.8 54.6 30.8 20.9 26.6 34.8 25.7 751.8 -10.5
2001 -16.9 -24.4 -19.0 -17.2 -23.3 -31.4 -21.4 -21.4 63.5
2002 7.1 11.2 2.6 13.6 4.9 -3.4 8.3 8.3 20.3
2003 11.3 23.0 -12.1 19.6 13.0 0.5 18.1 18.1 2.4
2004 21.1 30.6 -8.7 28.2 31.8 37.8 32.4 32.4 -39.7
2005 8.8 11.9 -16.9 10.1 8.2 -4.1 11.3 11.3 16.2
Source: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C., http://www.mof.gov.tw/public/Data/statistic/trade/2370.htm;
http://www.mof.gov.tw/public/data/statistic/trade/2281.htm

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 3-c. Taiwan's Macroeconomic Performance (Continued)
C. Gross Fixed Capital Formation
Total Private Sector
Preiod Con- Transport Machinery Intangible Con- Transport Machinery Intangible
struction Equipment and Other Fixed struction Equipment and Other Fixed
Equipment Assets Equipment Assets
Amount (NT$ million at current prices)
1999 2,229,266 929,745 119,453 1,065,701 114,367 1,465,365 446,446 102,272 811,883 104,764
2000 2,394,001 891,080 131,023 1,234,261 137,637 1,670,365 426,360 116,847 999,632 127,526
2001 1,910,022 783,128 132,424 856,857 137,613 1,218,604 356,001 118,688 615,532 128,383
2002 1,878,683 789,134 112,863 826,945 149,741 1,252,176 413,850 100,006 598,556 139,764
2003 1,874,885 784,454 116,062 815,486 158,883 1,253,098 407,376 105,023 594,815 145,884
2004 2,279,551 916,912 144,785 1,038,356 179,498 1,686,156 537,050 140,223 840,733 168,150
2005 2,269,727 932,637 189,747 966,029 181,314 1,645,063 539,709 179,779 756,438 169,137
Amount (NT$ million at 2001 constant prices)
1998 2,125,181 953,105 179,803 904,582 87,691 1,426,156 498,573 161,443 686,917 79,223
1999 2,187,673 922,216 129,198 1,022,189 114,070 1,440,561 443,993 111,910 780,233 104,425
2000 2,384,927 891,004 138,937 1,217,520 137,466 1,665,461 426,807 124,890 986,413 127,351
2001 1,910,022 783,128 132,424 856,857 137,613 1,218,604 356,001 118,688 615,532 128,383
2002 1,898,046 782,199 115,906 845,712 154,229 1,268,217 410,042 102,921 611,253 144,001
2003 1,880,911 759,910 118,480 829,717 172,804 1,264,863 394,082 107,480 604,408 158,893
2004 2,209,612 807,258 145,114 1,056,520 200,720 1,656,406 472,972 140,410 854,668 188,356
2005 2,219,833 806,691 190,310 1,017,511 205,321 1,634,131 466,292 180,423 795,398 192,018
Real Growth Rate (％)
1999 2.9 -3.2 -28.1 13.0 30.1 1.0 -10.9 -30.7 13.6 31.8
2000 9.0 -3.4 7.5 19.1 20.5 15.6 -3.9 11.6 26.4 22.0
2001 -19.9 -12.1 -4.7 -29.6 0.1 -26.8 -16.6 -5.0 -37.6 0.8
2002 -0.6 -0.1 -12.5 -1.3 12.1 4.1 15.2 -13.3 -0.7 12.2
2003 -0.9 -2.8 2.2 -1.9 12.0 -0.3 -3.9 4.4 -1.1 10.3
2004 17.5 6.2 22.5 27.3 16.2 31.0 20.0 30.6 41.4 18.5
2005 0.5 -0.1 31.1 -3.7 2.3 -1.3 -1.4 28.5 -6.9 1.9
Source: The data are provided by Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
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 3-c. Taiwan's Macroeconomic Performance (Continued)
C. Gross Fixed Capital Formation
Government Sector Public Enterprises Sector
Preiod Con- Transport Machinery Intangible Con- Transport Machinery Intangible
struction Equipment and Other Fixed struction Equipment and Other Fixed
Equipment Assets Equipment Assets
Amount (NT$ million at current prices)
1999 516,998 422,734 8,553 81,215 4,496 246,903 60,565 8,628 172,603 5,107
2000 489,739 410,699 6,999 66,904 5,137 233,897 54,021 7,177 167,725 4,974
2001 456,836 383,292 6,858 62,220 4,466 234,582 43,835 6,878 179,105 4,764
2002 399,733 331,901 6,920 56,220 4,692 226,774 43,383 5,937 172,169 5,285
2003 402,577 334,028 7,341 54,331 6,877 219,210 43,050 3,698 166,340 6,122
2004 411,821 348,540 7,059 50,901 5,321 181,574 31,322 -2,497 146,722 6,027
2005 417,199 357,486 6,987 47,210 5,516 207,465 35,442 2,981 162,381 6,661
Amount (NT$ million at 2001 constant prices)
1999 508,771 418,437 8,582 77,252 4,500 238,341 59,786 8,706 164,704 5,145
2000 488,184 410,312 6,954 65,786 5,132 231,282 53,885 7,093 165,321 4,983
2001 456,836 383,292 6,858 62,220 4,466 234,582 43,835 6,878 179,105 4,764
2002 398,262 328,972 7,019 57,463 4,808 231,567 43,185 5,966 176,996 5,420
2003 393,956 323,933 7,317 55,271 7,435 222,092 41,895 3,683 170,038 6,476
2004 371,462 306,726 6,909 51,915 5,912 181,744 27,560 -2,205 149,937 6,452
2005 372,682 309,512 6,941 50,067 6,162 213,020 30,887 2,946 172,046 7,141
Real Growth Rate (％)
1999 4.1 2.1 2.0 15.2 25.0 13.3 33.3 - 12.5 9.3 5.7
2000 - 4.0 - 1.9 - 19.0 - 14.8 14.0 - 3.0 - 9.9 - 18.5 0.4 - 3.1
2001 - 6.4 - 6.6 - 1.4 - 5.4 - 13.0 1.4 - 18.7 - 3.0 8.3 - 4.4
2002 - 12.8 - 14.2 2.3 - 7.6 7.7 - 1.3 - 1.5 - 13.3 - 1.2 13.8
2003 - 1.1 - 1.5 4.2 - 3.8 54.6 - 4.1 - 3.0 - 38.3 - 3.9 19.5
2004 - 5.7 - 5.3 - 5.6 - 6.1 - 20.5 - 18.2 - 34.2 - 159.9 - 11.8 - 0.4
2005 0.3 0.9 0.5 - 3.6 4.2 17.2 12.1 - 233.6 14.7 10.7
Source: The data are provided by Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.

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 4-a. Products of which Taiwan was among the World's Three Largest Producers in 2004
(Excluding Offshore Production) Unit: %
1st Place Worldwide (12 Items) 2nd Place Worldwide (17 Items) 3rd Place Worldwide (7 Items)
Taiwan's Taiwan's Taiwan's
Global Global Global
Item Item Item
Market Market Market
Share Share Share
1. Mask ROMs (1) 91.1 1. xDSL CPE (2) 39.0 1. DRAMs (1) 21.6
2. CD-RW Discs (1) 88.0 2. Large-Size TFT-LCDs (1) 37.0 2. Ethernet LAN Switch (2) 16.0
3. DVD R Discs (2) 76.0 3. Analog Modems (2) 32.0 3. Nylon Fiber (2) 12.2
4. DVD RW Discs (2) 72.0 4. IC Design (1) 28.2 4. Light Emitting Diode (1) 12.0
5. Foundry Services (1) 67.6 5. Cable Modems (2) 26.0 5. Polyester Fiber (2) 8.7
6. Wireless LANs (2) 53.0 6. Pure PDA (1) 23.0 6. Notebook PCs (2) 8.5
7. CD-R Discs (1) 48.0 7. Hand Tool (3) 18.0 7. PDPs (1) 3.1
8. Glass Fiber (1) 48.0 8. TN/STN (1) 16.8
9. SOHO Routers (1) 44.0 9. Fasteners (screws & nuts) (3) 16.0
10. IC Packaging (1) 41.0 10. PTA (2) 14.4
11. ED Cu (1) 36.0 11. TPEs (2) 13.8
12. ABS Resins (2) 24.3 12. Small Size TFT-LCD (2) 12.0
13. Polyester Filament (2) 11.2
14. Motherboard (2) 11.0
15. Polyurethanes Synthetic 9.5
Leather (2)
16. Network Interface Card (1) 9.0
17. Hub (1) 5.0
(1) Production value; (2) production volume; (3) export value.
Source: Industrial Technology Information Service (ITIS) Program.

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 4-b. Products of which Taiwan was among the World's Three Largest Producers in 2005
(Excluding Offshore Production) Unit: %
1st Place Worldwide (12 Items) 2nd Place Worldwide (16 Items) 3rd Place Worldwide (8 Items)
Taiwan's Taiwan's Taiwan's
Global Global Global
Item Item Item
Market Market Market
Share Share Share
1. Mask ROMs (1) 91.2 1. Large-Size TFT-LCDs (1) 41.1 1. Medium- & Small 15.6
2. CD-RW Discs (2) 77.0 2. Wireless LANs (2) 27.0 Size TFT-LCD (1)
3. DVD-R Discs (2) 71.0 3. OLED Panels (1) 25.9 2. LED (1) 12.0
4. Foundry Services (1) 67.4 4. SOHO Routers (2) 23.0 3. Nylon Fiber (2) 10.6
5. IC Testing (1) 60.0 5. IC Substrate (1) 23.0 4. Polyurethanes Synthetic 8.6
6. DVD RW Discs (2) 59.0 6. DRAM (1) 22.0 Leather (2)
7. CD-R Discs (2) 58.0 7. IC Design (1) 21.5 5. Polyester Fiber (2) 6.9
8. Glass Fiber (1) 48.0 8. TN/STN LCD Panels (1) 20.0 6. Notebook PCs (2) 4.1
9. IC Packaging (1) 44.8 9. Hand Tools (3) 17.5 7. PDPs (1) 0.7
10. ED Cu (1) 36.0 10. Screws & Nuts (3) 16.0 8. Micro Display Panel (1) 0.5
11. ABS Resins (2) 19.8 11. TPEs (2) 13.8
12. PTA (2) 15.0 12. Analog Modem (1) 12.0
13. Polyester Filament (2) 9.1
14. ADSL Modems (1) 8.0
15. Motherboard (including system 6.2
shipment) (2)
16. Cable Modems (1) 5.0

(1) Production value; (2) production volume; (3) export value.

Source: Industrial Technology Information Service (ITIS) Program.

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 5. Taiwan's Science and Technology Development Indicators

Unit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

1. R & D Indicators

Number of Researchers Persons 56,419 62,586 67,165 69,525 73,239 80,999 85,166 91,490

--per 1,000 Population Persons 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.0

--per 1,000 Labor Force Persons 6.0 6.6 7.0 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.5 8.9

R&D Expenditure as % of GDP ％ 1.82 1.91 1.98 1.97 2.08 2.20 2.33 2.42

2. Science and Technology Output Indicators

Annual Papers in Science Citation Index (SCI) Papers 7,755 8,605 8,944 9,203 10,635 10,831 12,392 12,939

Annual Papers in Engineering Index (EI) Papers 4,839 4,026 4,690 5,354 5,768 5,786 8,011 10,980

Patents Granted in U.S.P. Patents 2,057 3,100 3,693 4,667 5,371 5,431 5,298 5,938

3. Technological Diffusion Indicator

Total Trade in Technology NT$ million 34,010 39,832 40,228 44,676 … 56,507 60,894 61,097

Sources: 1. National Science Council, R.O.C., Indicators of Science and Technology, Republic of China, 2005.
2. Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C., Industrial Statistical Survey Report, 2004.

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 6-a. Taiwan's Human Resources
A. Labor Force, Employment, and Labor Productivity Unit: %
Educational Labor Rate of Unemploy- Growth Rate of Ratio of Working- Employment Structure
Period Expenditures Participation Growth in ment Rate Labor Age(15-64) Agri- Industry Services
as % of GNP Rate Employment Productivity in Population to culture
Manufacturing Total Population
(1) (2)
1992 6.8 59.3 2.3 1.51 3.7 67.4 12.3 39.6 48.1
1993 7.0 58.8 1.3 1.45 3.3 67.8 11.5 39.1 49.4
1994 6.8 59.0 2.2 1.56 3.5 68.2 10.9 39.2 49.9
1995 6.6 58.7 1.2 1.79 7.4 68.6 10.5 38.7 50.7
1996 6.7 58.4 0.3 2.60 5.2 69.0 10.1 37.5 52.4
1997 6.6 58.3 1.2 2.72 5.6 69.3 9.6 38.2 52.3
1998 6.3 58.0 1.2 2.69 5.3 69.8 8.9 37.9 53.2
1999 6.3 57.9 1.0 2.92 6.8 70.1 8.3 37.2 54.5
2000 5.5 57.7 1.1 2.99 6.2 70.3 7.8 37.2 55.0
2001 6.0 57.2 -1.1 4.57 3.8 70.4 7.5 36.0 56.5
2002 6.1 57.3 0.8 5.17 9.6 70.6 7.5 35.2 57.3
2003 6.0 57.3 1.3 4.99 5.3 70.9 7.3 34.8 57.9
2004 5.9 57.7 2.2 4.44 5.9 71.2 6.6 35.2 58.2
2005 5.9 57.8 1.6 4.13 5.3 71.6 5.9 35.8 58.3
(1) Referring to fiscal year; (2) Referring to end of year.
Sources: 1. Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
2. Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C., http://www.moi.gov.tw/W3/stat/month/m1-05.xls.
3. Ministry of Education, R.O.C., http://www.edu.tw /EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/STATISTICS.

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 6-b. Taiwan's Human Resources (Continued)
B. Educational & Occupational Structure of Employed Population
By Occupation By Education
White-collar Workers Service Agricultural Blue-collar Junior Senior Junior
Legislators, Pro- Tech- Clerks Workers & Animal Production High & High & College
Period Total Govt. Adminis- fessionals nicians & Shop & Husbandry, Machinery Below Voca- &
trators, Business Associated Market Forestry, & Operators, & tional Above
Executives & Pro- Retail Fishery Related
Managers fessionals Workers Workers Workers
Persons (1,000 persons)
1997 9,176 3,344 420 560 1,426 938 1,550 865 3,416 3,877 3,110 2,189
1998 9,289 3,456 425 578 1,498 955 1,597 810 3,426 3,762 3,214 2,313
1999 9,385 3,581 414 601 1,571 995 1,667 764 3,373 3,609 3,317 2,459
2000 9,491 3,640 412 610 1,591 1,027 1,712 726 3,413 3,520 3,375 2,596
2001 9,382 3,661 406 615 1,615 1,025 1,745 695 3,281 3,318 3,371 2,694
2002 9,454 3,776 424 649 1,662 1,041 1,791 699 3,188 3,179 3,424 2,851
2003 9,573 3,883 427 678 1,716 1,062 1,815 684 3,191 3,063 3,491 3,019
2004 9,787 4,053 447 726 1,774 1,106 1,849 629 3,256 2,975 3,592 3,220
2005 9,942 4,210 449 795 1,834 1,132 1,866 578 3,289 2,880 3,605 3,458
Structure (%)
1997 100.0 36.4 4.6 6.1 15.5 10.2 16.9 9.4 37.2 42.3 33.9 23.9
1998 100.0 37.2 4.6 6.2 16.1 10.3 17.2 8.7 36.9 40.5 34.6 24.9
1999 100.0 38.2 4.4 6.4 16.7 10.6 17.8 8.1 35.9 38.5 35.3 26.2
2000 100.0 38.4 4.3 6.4 16.8 10.8 18.0 7.6 36.0 37.1 35.6 27.4
2001 100.0 39.0 4.3 6.6 17.2 10.9 18.6 7.4 35.0 35.4 35.9 28.7
2002 100.0 39.9 4.5 6.9 17.6 11.0 18.9 7.4 33.7 33.6 36.2 30.2
2003 100.0 40.6 4.5 7.1 17.9 11.1 19.0 7.1 33.3 32.0 36.5 31.5
2004 100.0 41.4 4.6 7.4 18.1 11.3 18.9 6.4 33.3 30.4 36.7 32.9
2005 100.0 42.3 4.5 8.0 18.4 11.4 18.8 5.8 33.1 29.0 36.3 34.8
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C., Monthly Bulletin of Manpower
Statistics,Taiwan Area , Republic of China, March 2006.

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1. INDICATORS
 1-1a. Indicators of the Taiwan Economy

GDP GNP Change in Prices (%) Gross National Savings

Economic GDP in US$ GNP in US$ Per Capita As
GNP Consumer Wholesale Amount
Period Growth Rate Million Million GDP Percentage
Price Price (NT$
at 2001 at Current at Current NT$ US$ Deflator of GNP
Index Index billion)
Prices (%) Prices Prices (%)
1952 12.0 1,682 1,681 2,027 197 24.9 - - 2.6 15.3
1955 8.2 1,941 1,941 3,183 205 10.1 - 14.5 4.4 14.5
1960 6.3 1,736 1,736 5,660 156 13.4 18.5 14.2 11.2 17.7
1965 11.2 2,843 2,838 8,781 220 -0.5 -0.1 -4.6 23.4 20.6
1970 11.4 5,739 5,729 15,733 393 3.4 3.6 2.7 58.2 25.4
1975 4.9 15,747 15,659 37,188 979 2.3 5.2 -5.1 157.8 26.5
1978 13.7 27,297 27,233 59,283 1,604 5.3 5.8 3.5 341.9 34.0
1979 8.4 33,870 33,881 70,472 1,958 11.5 9.8 13.8 401.1 32.9
1980 7.4 42,285 42,227 86,167 2,394 16.3 19.0 21.5 482.7 31.8
1981 6.2 49,288 49,025 100,369 2,728 12.1 16.3 7.6 555.3 30.8
1982 3.5 49,606 49,588 106,022 2,710 3.4 3.0 -0.2 573.9 29.6
1983 8.3 53,479 53,561 115,382 2,880 1.9 1.4 -1.2 679.9 31.7
1984 10.7 60,384 61,025 128,109 3,233 0.9 -0.04 0.5 805.5 33.3
1985 5.0 63,409 64,444 134,236 3,368 0.6 -0.2 -2.6 850.4 33.1
1986 11.5 76,929 78,794 154,072 4,071 3.3 0.7 -3.4 1,133.4 38.0
1987 12.7 103,520 105,590 172,008 5,397 0.6 0.5 -3.3 1,281.9 38.1
1988 8.0 125,789 128,877 186,334 6,513 1.0 1.3 -1.6 1,258.7 34.1
1989 8.5 152,724 156,148 206,131 7,805 3.3 4.4 -0.4 1,269.9 30.8
1990 5.7 164,513 168,416 223,860 8,325 3.8 4.1 -0.6 1,315.4 29.1
1991 7.6 184,267 188,633 247,330 9,222 3.8 3.6 0.2 1,473.6 29.1
1992 7.9 218,712 223,516 272,271 10,822 3.3 4.5 -3.7 1,611.8 28.7
1993 6.9 230,926 235,239 297,768 11,283 3.6 2.9 2.5 1,769.9 28.5
1994 7.4 252,227 256,287 322,386 12,184 2.0 4.1 2.2 1,856.7 27.4
1995 6.5 273,792 277,990 347,111 13,103 2.1 3.7 7.4 1,978.1 26.9
1996 6.3 289,315 293,303 376,574 13,714 3.1 3.1 -1.0 2,134.9 26.5
1997 6.6 300,005 303,127 403,188 14,048 1.7 0.9 -0.5 2,275.3 26.2
1998 4.6 276,105 278,154 427,377 12,773 2.6 1.7 0.6 2,418.7 26.0
1999 5.8 298,757 301,562 443,294 13,737 -1.3 0.2 -4.6 2,537.2 26.1
2000 5.8 321,230 325,698 459,729 14,721 -1.6 1.3 1.8 2,611.4 25.7
2001 -2.2 291,694 297,374 451,308 13,348 0.5 -0.01 -1.3 2,428.1 24.2
2002 4.3 294,803 301,816 466,002 13,476 -0.8 -0.2 0.05 2,665.2 25.5
2003 3.4 299,785 309,340 473,349 13,752 -2.1 -0.3 2.5 2,801.3 26.3
2004 6.1 322,179 333,422 493,745 14,770 -1.6 1.6 7.0 2,933.4 26.3
2005 4.1 345,862 355,009 504,480 15,676 -0.7 2.3 0.6 2,857.7 25.0

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 1-1b. Indicators of the Taiwan Economy (Continued)

Gross Domestic Capital Formation Structure of Production (% of GDP by Sector) Merchandise Trade in US$
Million (customs statistics)
As Percentage
Period Amount Agri- Industry Exports Imports
of GNP Total Manu- Services
(NT$ billion) culture at f.o.b. at c.i.f. Balance
(%) facturing
Prices Prices
1952 2.6 15.3 100.0 32.1 19.5 12.8 48.4 116 187 -71
1955 4.0 13.3 100.0 28.9 22.9 15.4 48.3 123 201 -78
1960 12.7 20.1 100.0 28.2 26.4 18.8 45.4 164 297 -133
1965 25.7 22.6 100.0 23.4 29.7 21.9 46.9 450 556 -106
1970 58.1 25.4 100.0 15.3 36.0 28.5 48.8 1,481 1,524 -43
1975 180.2 30.3 100.0 12.5 38.6 29.9 48.9 5,309 5,952 -643
1978 281.4 28.0 100.0 9.2 43.4 34.2 47.4 12,687 11,027 1,660
1979 395.2 32.4 100.0 8.4 43.1 34.2 48.5 16,103 14,774 1,329
1980 505.9 33.3 100.0 7.5 43.5 34.3 49.0 19,811 19,733 78
1981 532.1 29.5 100.0 7.1 42.9 33.7 50.0 22,611 21,200 1,412
1982 482.1 24.9 100.0 7.5 41.8 33.3 50.6 22,204 18,888 3,316
1983 496.9 23.2 100.0 7.1 42.8 34.3 50.1 25,123 20,287 4,836
1984 524.4 21.7 100.0 6.2 43.8 35.7 50.0 30,456 21,959 8,497
1985 477.6 18.6 100.0 5.6 43.8 35.7 50.6 30,726 20,102 10,624
1986 508.9 17.1 100.0 5.4 44.8 37.6 49.8 39,862 24,181 15,680
1987 676.7 20.1 100.0 5.2 44.5 37.2 50.3 53,679 34,983 18,695
1988 847.5 23.0 100.0 4.9 42.3 35.2 52.8 60,667 49,673 10,995
1989 940.2 22.8 100.0 4.8 39.6 32.5 55.7 66,304 52,265 14,039
1990 1,015.6 22.4 100.0 4.0 38.4 31.2 57.6 67,214 54,716 12,498
1991 1,145.2 22.6 100.0 3.7 38.0 31.1 58.3 76,563 63,142 13,421
1992 1,391.6 24.8 100.0 3.5 36.9 29.5 59.7 82,122 72,353 9,770
1993 1,581.9 25.5 100.0 3.5 35.9 28.1 60.6 85,957 77,393 8,564
1994 1,682.3 24.8 100.0 3.4 34.2 26.5 62.4 94,300 85,698 8,603
1995 1,827.8 24.8 100.0 3.3 32.8 25.3 63.9 113,342 104,012 9,331
1996 1,834.5 22.8 100.0 3.1 32.4 25.5 64.5 117,581 102,922 14,659
1997 2,072.5 23.8 100.0 2.4 31.9 25.2 65.7 124,170 114,955 9,215
1998 2,305.5 24.8 100.0 2.4 31.2 24.8 66.4 112,595 105,230 7,366
1999 2,279.2 23.4 100.0 2.4 29.9 24.0 67.7 123,733 111,196 12,537
2000 2,333.6 22.9 100.0 2.0 29.1 23.8 68.9 151,950 140,732 11,218
2001 1,811.1 18.0 100.0 1.9 27.6 22.7 70.5 126,314 107,971 18,344
2002 1,778.9 17.0 100.0 1.8 27.6 23.1 70.7 135,317 113,245 22,072
2003 1,795.7 16.9 100.0 1.7 26.6 22.5 71.8 150,601 128,010 22,590
2004 2,310.5 20.7 100.0 1.7 25.6 22.0 72.7 182,371 168,757 13,613
2005 2,251.6 19.7 100.0 1.8 24.6 21.1 73.6 198,435 182,616 15,819

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 1-1c. Indicators of the Taiwan Economy (Continued)

Population and Employment Money Supply (end of year) Interest Rate (% per annum)
Annual Annual Annual Annual Rate
Population Labor Labor Unem- Rediscount
Rate of Rate of Rate of of Change in Money Market
Period (1,000 Force Participa- ployment Rate of
Change in Change Change Loans and Rate
persons at (1,000 tion Rate Rate Central Bank
Employment in M2 in M1B Investments (1)
year-end) persons) (%) (%) of China
(%) (%) (%) (%)
1952 8,128 3,063 1.2 66.5 4.37 - - - - -
1955 9,078 3,231 2.7 64.3 3.81 - - - - -
1960 10,792 3,617 1.5 62.4 3.98 - - - - -
1965 12,628 3,891 2.9 58.2 3.29 16.0 15.6 20.8 11.52 -
1970 14,676 4,654 4.2 57.4 1.70 21.1 15.0 17.7 9.80 -
1975 16,150 5,656 0.6 58.2 2.40 27.8 28.8 30.0 10.75 -
1978 17,136 6,337 4.1 58.8 1.67 31.0 37.0 26.8 8.25 -
1979 17,479 6,515 3.1 58.7 1.27 9.2 7.7 20.1 11.00 -
1980 17,805 6,629 1.9 58.3 1.23 21.6 22.7 26.6 11.00 17.88
1981 18,136 6,764 1.9 57.8 1.36 19.1 13.7 16.5 11.75 17.90
1982 18,458 6,959 2.1 57.9 2.14 25.0 14.6 18.7 7.75 12.52
1983 18,733 7,266 3.8 59.3 2.71 26.0 18.4 15.7 7.25 8.35
1984 19,013 7,491 3.4 59.7 2.45 19.8 9.3 11.9 6.75 7.35
1985 19,258 7,651 1.6 59.5 2.91 22.6 12.2 6.4 5.25 6.44
1986 19,455 7,945 4.1 60.4 2.66 23.3 51.4 5.8 4.50 3.29
1987 19,673 8,183 3.7 60.9 1.97 23.0 37.7 16.6 4.50 3.90
1988 19,904 8,247 1.1 60.2 1.69 20.3 24.4 38.3 4.50 4.85
1989 20,107 8,390 1.9 60.1 1.57 18.4 6.0 29.9 7.75 8.52
1990 20,353 8,423 0.3 59.2 1.67 11.0 -6.6 14.8 7.75 9.58
1991 20,557 8,569 1.9 59.1 1.51 19.4 12.1 22.2 6.25 7.95
1992 20,752 8,765 2.3 59.3 1.51 19.1 12.4 28.6 5.625 7.56
1993 20,944 8,874 1.3 58.8 1.45 15.4 15.3 19.5 5.500 7.16
1994 21,126 9,081 2.2 59.0 1.56 15.1 12.2 15.2 5.500 7.21
1995 21,304 9,210 1.2 58.7 1.79 9.4 0.8 10.4 5.500 7.03
1996 21,471 9,310 0.3 58.4 2.60 9.1 8.3 7.9 5.000 5.94
1997 21,683 9,432 1.2 58.3 2.72 8.0 8.4 10.0 5.250 6.84
1998 21,871 9,546 1.2 58.0 2.69 8.6 3.8 7.8 4.750 6.89
1999 22,034 9,668 1.0 57.9 2.92 8.3 16.9 3.6 4.500 5.12
2000 22,216 9,784 1.1 57.7 2.99 6.5 -0.3 3.7 4.625 5.06
2001 22,340 9,832 -1.1 57.2 4.57 4.4 11.9 -0.8 2.125 3.78
2002 22,453 9,969 0.8 57.3 5.17 2.6 9.3 -2.5 1.625 2.14
2003 22,535 10,076 1.3 57.3 4.99 5.8 19.3 2.8 1.375 1.16
2004 22,615 10,240 2.2 57.7 4.44 7.4 12.4 8.7 1.750 1.09
2005 22,690 10,371 1.6 57.8 4.13 6.5 6.8 7.7 2.250 1.36
(1) Rate for 91-180 days commercial paper in secondary market.
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 1-1d. Indicators of the Taiwan Economy (Continued)

Foreign Exchange Rate Foreign Employee Compensation Labor Distribution of Personal

R & D Expenditure
Exchange Productivity in Manufacturing Income by Household
(NT$ per foreign currency)
Holdings of Annual Rate of Annual Rate of Ratio of
Period Central Bank Change in Amount in As Percen- Highest
Change in Gini
US Dollar of China in Average NT$ tage of Fifth's Income
Japanese Yen Labor Produc- Monthly Com- Coefficient
(end of year) US$ Million Billion GDP (%) to Lowest
(end of year) tivity (%) pensation (%) Fifth's
1952 10.28 - - - - - - - -
1955 15.60 - - - - - - - -
1960 36.23 - - - - - - - -
1965 40.05 - 245 - - - - - -
1970 40.05 - 540 - - - - 4.58 0.294
1975 38.00 - 1,074 8.7 17.3 - - 4.25 0.312
1978 36.00 - 1,406 15.1 11.5 - - 4.18 0.287
1979 36.03 - 1,467 2.1 20.9 - - 4.34 0.285
1980 36.01 - 2,205 2.1 22.7 - - 4.17 0.277
1981 37.84 0.1721 7,235 6.6 18.9 - - 4.21 0.281
1982 39.91 0.1708 8,532 0.9 9.4 - - 4.29 0.283
1983 40.27 0.1574 11,859 7.6 6.4 - - 4.36 0.287
1984 39.47 0.1739 15,664 -0.2 9.3 22.4 0.96 4.40 0.287
1985 39.85 0.1990 22,556 2.3 4.3 25.4 1.03 4.50 0.290
1986 35.50 0.2221 46,310 7.3 10.1 28.7 1.01 4.60 0.296
1987 28.55 0.2320 76,748 6.7 9.8 36.8 1.14 4.69 0.299
1988 28.17 0.2256 73,897 5.3 10.8 43.8 1.24 5.85 0.303
1989 26.16 0.1826 73,224 9.1 14.4 54.8 1.39 4.94 0.303
1990 27.11 0.2013 72,441 7.5 13.3 71.5 1.66 5.18 0.312
1991 25.75 0.2060 82,405 9.5 11.0 81.8 1.70 4.97 0.308
1992 25.40 0.2039 82,306 3.7 10.3 94.8 1.78 5.24 0.312
1993 26.63 0.2387 83,573 3.3 7.0 103.6 1.75 5.42 0.316
1994 26.24 0.2632 92,454 3.5 6.7 114.7 1.77 5.38 0.318
1995 27.27 0.2641 90,310 7.4 5.7 125.0 1.78 5.34 0.317
1996 27.49 0.2372 88,038 5.2 4.2 138.0 1.74 5.38 0.317
1997 32.64 0.2509 83,502 5.6 4.7 156.3 1.82 5.41 0.320
1998 32.22 0.2837 90,341 5.3 3.0 176.5 1.91 5.51 0.324
1999 31.40 0.3078 106,200 6.8 3.7 190.5 1.98 5.50 0.325
2000 32.99 0.2886 106,742 6.2 3.2 197.6 1.97 5.55 0.326
2001 35.00 0.2667 122,211 3.8 -1.3 205.0 2.08 6.39 0.350
2002 34.75 0.2930 161,656 9.6 -0.1 224.4 2.20 6.16 0.345
2003 33.98 0.3179 206,632 5.3 2.6 240.8 2.33 6.07 0.343
2004 31.92 0.3098 241,738 5.9 2.6 260.9 2.42 6.03 0.338
2005 32.85 0.2795 253,290 5.3 2.8 … … … …

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 1-1e. Indicators of the Taiwan Economy (Continued)

Approved/Reported
Trade across the Taiwan Straits through Hong Kong (1) Indirect Investment
in Mainland China
Period Exports to Mainland China Imports from Mainland China Number Amount
Balance of (US$
amount % change from amount % change from Cases million)
(US$ million) previous year (US$ million) previous year
1980 235.0 993.0 76.2 35.4 158.8 - -
1981 384.2 63.5 75.2 -1.3 309.0 - -
1982 194.5 -49.4 84.0 11.8 110.4 - -
1983 157.8 -18.8 89.9 6.9 68.0 - -
1984 425.5 169.6 127.8 42.2 297.7 - -
1985 986.8 132.0 115.9 -9.3 870.9 - -
1986 811.3 -17.8 144.2 24.4 667.1 - -
1987 1,226.5 51.2 288.9 100.4 937.6 - -
1988 2,242.2 82.9 478.7 65.7 1,763.5 - -
1989 2,896.5 29.2 586.9 22.6 2,309.6 - -
1990 3,278.2 13.2 765.4 30.4 2,512.9 - -
1991 4,667.2 42.4 1,126.0 47.1 3,541.2 237 174.2
1992 6,287.9 34.7 1,119.0 -0.6 5,169.0 264 247.0
1993 7,585.4 20.6 1,103.6 -1.4 6,481.8 9,329 3,168.4
1994 8,517.2 12.3 1,292.3 17.1 7,224.9 934 962.2
1995 9,882.8 16.0 1,574.2 21.8 8,308.6 490 1,092.7
1996 9,717.6 -1.7 1,582.4 0.5 8,135.2 383 1,229.2
1997 9,715.1 -0.03 1,743.8 10.2 7,971.3 8,725 4,334.3
1998 8,364.1 -13.9 1,654.9 -5.1 6,709.2 1,284 2,034.6
1999 8,174.9 -2.3 1,628.1 -1.7 6,546.8 488 1,252.8
2000 9,593.1 17.4 1,980.5 21.6 7,612.6 840 2,607.1
2001 8,811.5 -8.1 1,693.3 -14.5 7,118.2 1,186 2,784.1
2002 10,311.8 17.0 1,708.1 0.9 8,603.7 5,440 6,723.1
2003 11,789.4 14.3 2,161.1 26.5 9,628.3 10,105 7,698.8
2004 14,761.9 25.2 2,485.4 15.0 12,276.4 2,004 6,940.7
2005 17,055.9 15.5 2,634.5 6.0 14,421.3 1,297 6,007.0
(1) Trade prior to 1978 was negligible.

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2. AREA AND POPULATION
 2-1. Area and Geographical Position of Taiwan

Geographical Area No. of Coastline Longitude Latitude

Division (km2) Islands (km) Aspect Apex Aspect Apex

Whole Area 36,006.2 (1) 87 1566.3 Eastern Point 124°34'09" Southern Point 21°45'18"

(13,900 miles2)

Western Point 119°18'03" Northern Point 25°56'21"

Taiwan Island 35,879.3 23 1239.6 Eastern Point 121°59'15" Southern Point 21°53'50"

Western Point 120°01'00" Northern Point 25°18'20"

Penghu 126.9 64 326.8 Eastern Point 119°42'54" Southern Point 23°09'40"

Archipelago

Western Point 119°18'03" Northern Point 23°45'41"

(1) Including reclaimed tidal land.

Source: The data are provided by the Ministry of Interior, R.O.C
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 2-2. Population

Number (1) (1,000 persons) Growth Rate (%)

End of Year
Total Male Female Total Male Female

1952 8,128 4,156 3,972 3.3 3.5 3.1

1955 9,078 4,647 4,431 3.8 3.6 4.0
1960 10,792 5,525 5,267 3.5 3.5 3.4
1965 12,628 6,491 6,137 3.0 3.1 2.9
1970 14,676 7,733 6,943 2.4 2.4 2.4
1975 16,150 8,464 7,686 1.9 1.8 2.0
1978 17,136 8,957 8,179 1.9 1.9 2.0
1979 17,479 9,127 8,352 2.0 1.9 2.1
1980 17,805 9,288 8,517 1.9 1.8 2.0
1981 18,136 9,449 8,687 1.9 1.7 2.0
1982 18,458 9,606 8,852 1.8 1.7 1.9
1983 18,733 9,740 8,993 1.5 1.4 1.6
1984 19,013 9,876 9,137 1.5 1.4 1.6
1985 19,258 9,994 9,264 1.3 1.2 1.4
1986 19,455 10,087 9,368 1.0 0.9 1.1
1987 19,673 10,190 9,483 1.1 1.0 1.2
1988 19,904 10,302 9,602 1.2 1.1 1.3
1989 20,107 10,398 9,709 1.0 0.9 1.1
1990 20,353 10,516 9,837 1.2 1.1 1.3
1991 20,557 10,615 9,942 1.0 0.9 1.1
1992 20,752 10,708 10,044 0.9 0.9 1.0
1993 20,944 10,797 10,147 0.9 0.8 1.0
1994 21,126 10,880 10,246 0.9 0.8 1.0
1995 21,304 10,962 10,342 0.8 0.8 0.9
1996 21,471 11,037 10,434 0.8 0.7 0.9
1997 21,683 11,133 10,551 1.0 0.9 1.1
1998 21,871 11,213 10,658 0.9 0.7 1.0
1999 22,034 11,282 10,752 0.7 0.6 0.9
2000 22,216 11,360 10,856 0.8 0.7 1.0
2001 22,340 11,407 10,933 0.6 0.4 0.7
2002 22,453 11,450 11,003 0.5 0.4 0.6
2003 22,535 11,478 11,057 0.4 0.2 0.5
2004 22,615 11,502 11,113 0.4 0.2 0.5
2005 22,690 11,519 11,170 0.3 0.1 0.5
(1) Excluding servicemen and foreign nationals; servicemen included since 196
Source: See Table 2-1.

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 2-3. Population Density and Vital Statistics (1)

Population Density (2) Birth Death Natural Increase

Period Per sq. km. of Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Per sq. km.
cultivated land (1,000) (%) (1,000) (%) (1,000) (%)
1952 226.03 927.7 373 4.66 79 0.99 294 3.67
1955 252.43 1,039.9 404 4.53 77 0.86 327 3.67
1960 300.11 1,241.6 419 3.95 74 0.70 345 3.25
1965 351.17 1,419.5 407 3.27 68 0.55 339 2.72
1970 408.11 1,621.1 394 2.72 71 0.49 323 2.23
1975 448.83 1,761.0 368 2.30 75 0.47 293 1.83
1978 476.13 1,866.5 409 2.41 79 0.47 330 1.94
1979 485.51 1,909.4 423 2.44 82 0.47 341 1.97
1980 494.58 1,962.3 413 2.34 84 0.48 329 1.86
1981 503.76 2,015.1 413 2.30 87 0.48 326 1.82
1982 512.72 2,071.6 404 2.21 87 0.48 317 1.73
1983 520.36 2,094.6 382 2.06 91 0.49 291 1.57
1984 528.12 2,132.3 370 1.96 90 0.48 280 1.48
1985 534.95 2,180.7 345 1.80 92 0.48 253 1.32
1986 540.40 2,192.1 308 1.59 95 0.49 213 1.10
1987 546.46 2,219.7 313 1.60 96 0.49 217 1.11
1988 552.88 2,224.0 341 1.72 102 0.51 239 1.21
1989 558.54 2,247.6 315 1.57 103 0.51 212 1.06
1990 565.36 2,286.6 335 1.66 105 0.52 230 1.13
1991 571.02 2,324.3 321 1.57 106 0.52 215 1.05
1992 576.46 2,369.1 321 1.55 110 0.53 211 1.02
1993 581.78 2,394.9 325 1.56 111 0.53 214 1.03
1994 586.83 2,421.9 322 1.53 113 0.54 209 0.99
1995 591.78 2,439.3 329 1.55 119 0.56 210 0.99
1996 596.43 2,461.8 325 1.52 122 0.57 203 0.95
1997 602.21 2,507.2 325 1.51 121 0.56 205 0.95
1998 607.42 2,546.8 271 1.24 123 0.56 148 0.68
1999 611.95 2,577.1 283 1.29 126 0.57 157 0.72
2000 617.01 2,609.1 304 1.38 126 0.57 179 0.81
2001 620.44 2,632.1 260 1.17 127 0.57 132 0.59
2002 623.59 2,649.8 247 1.10 128 0.57 118 0.53
2003 625.86 2,669.7 226 1.00 130 0.58 96 0.43
2004 628.10 2,706.7 216 0.96 135 0.60 81 0.36
2005 630.16 2,723.3 205 0.91 139 0.61 66 0.29
(1) See note (1) of Table 2-2.
(2) End of year.
Source: See Table 2-1.
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 2-4. Population Aged 15 and Over by Level of Education
Unit: %
Self-educated
Higher Secondary Primary
End of Year Total Outside the Formal Illiterate
Education Education Education
School System

1978 100.00 8.45 36.85 37.73 3.48 13.49

1979 100.00 8.76 38.21 36.68 3.51 12.84
1980 100.00 9.06 39.53 35.98 3.16 12.26
1981 100.00 9.54 40.89 34.84 3.10 11.62
1982 100.00 10.07 41.95 33.92 2.98 11.07
1983 100.00 10.49 43.07 32.95 2.91 10.58
1984 100.00 10.91 44.13 32.14 2.71 10.09
1985 100.00 11.25 45.41 31.25 2.47 9.62
1986 100.00 11.69 46.45 30.32 2.36 9.18
1987 100.00 12.17 47.43 29.59 2.06 8.76
1988 100.00 12.60 48.28 29.09 1.69 8.34
1989 100.00 13.08 48.89 28.48 1.56 7.98
1990 100.00 13.41 50.02 27.48 1.51 7.59
1991 100.00 14.13 50.76 26.56 1.41 7.15
1992 100.00 15.21 51.58 25.05 1.33 6.84
1993 100.00 15.91 52.28 23.91 1.31 6.59
1994 100.00 16.90 52.31 23.49 1.06 6.26
1995 100.00 17.89 52.31 22.85 0.95 5.99
1996 100.00 19.32 52.67 21.52 0.82 5.68
1997 100.00 21.17 53.27 19.43 0.79 5.34
1998 100.00 23.01 53.48 17.68 0.76 5.08
1999 100.00 24.64 53.94 15.98 0.71 4.72
2000 100.00 24.81 51.24 18.82 0.68 4.45
2001 100.00 25.17 51.55 18.42 0.65 4.21
2002 100.00 26.09 51.10 18.22 0.62 3.97
2003 100.00 29.46 49.30 17.69 0.53 3.03
2004 100.00 30.52 48.96 17.18 0.50 2.84
2005 100.00 31.57 48.64 16.64 0.48 2.67
Source: The data are provided by the Ministry of Education, R.O.C.

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 2-5. Population by Dependent and Working Age Group (1)

Number of Persons of Dependent Age Number of

Comparison (%)
(1,000 persons) Persons of
End of Year Working Age
Total Under 15 65 & Over
(15-64) (D) (A)/(D) x 100 (B)/(D) x 100 (C)/(D) x 100
(A) (B) (C)
(1,000 persons)
1952 3,645 3,442 203 4,483 81.3 76.8 4.5
1955 4,163 3,941 222 4,915 84.7 80.2 4.5
1960 5,172 4,904 268 5,620 92.0 87.3 4.8
1965 6,002 5,667 335 6,626 90.6 85.5 5.1
1970 6,250 5,821 429 8,426 74.2 69.1 5.1
1975 6,269 5,705 564 9,881 63.4 57.7 5.7
1978 6,381 5,699 682 10,755 59.3 53.0 6.3
1979 6,437 5,713 724 11,042 58.3 51.7 6.6
1980 6,476 5,714 762 11,329 57.2 50.4 6.7
1981 6,530 5,731 799 11,606 56.3 49.4 6.9
1982 6,601 5,763 838 11,857 55.7 48.6 7.1
1983 6,643 5,768 875 12,090 54.9 47.7 7.2
1984 6,659 5,737 922 12,353 53.9 46.4 7.5
1985 6,669 5,696 973 12,589 53.0 45.2 7.7
1986 6,667 5,640 1,027 12,788 52.1 44.1 8.0
1987 6,672 5,583 1,089 13,001 51.3 42.9 8.4
1988 6,704 5,562 1,142 13,200 50.8 42.1 8.7
1989 6,724 5,527 1,197 13,383 50.2 41.3 8.9
1990 6,774 5,510 1,264 13,579 49.9 40.6 9.3
1991 6,753 5,412 1,341 13,804 48.9 39.2 9.7
1992 6,758 5,347 1,411 13,994 48.3 38.2 10.1
1993 6,751 5,266 1,485 14,193 47.6 37.1 10.5
1994 6,713 5,156 1,557 14,413 46.6 35.8 10.8
1995 6,688 5,062 1,626 14,616 45.8 34.6 11.1
1996 6,653 4,969 1,684 14,819 44.9 33.5 11.4
1997 6,646 4,901 1,745 15,037 44.2 32.6 11.6
1998 6,606 4,803 1,803 15,265 43.3 31.5 11.8
1999 6,580 4,722 1,858 15,454 42.6 30.6 12.0
2000 6,604 4,691 1,914 15,612 42.3 30.0 12.3
2001 6,614 4,649 1,965 15,725 42.1 29.6 12.5
2002 6,609 4,586 2,023 15,844 41.7 28.9 12.8
2003 6,548 4,469 2,079 15,987 41.0 28.0 13.0
2004 6,515 4,375 2,141 16,100 40.5 27.2 13.3
2005 6,453 4,246 2,207 16,237 39.7 26.2 13.6
(1) See note (1) of Table 2-2.
Source: See Table 2-1.
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 2-6a. Population by Age Group (1)
Unit: 1,000 persons

End Under 15 15-64

of All Ages
Year Subtotal Under 5 5-9 10-14 Subtotal 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34

1952 8,128 3,442 1,525 953 964 4,483 857 742 632 539
1955 9,078 3,941 1,778 1,217 946 4,915 926 766 704 602
1960 10,792 4,904 1,931 1,761 1,212 5,620 940 759 805 738
1965 12,628 5,667 1,985 1,923 1,759 6,626 1,199 768 905 821
1970 14,676 5,821 1,889 2,007 1,925 8,426 1,754 1,198 926 908
1975 16,150 5,705 1,783 1,916 2,006 9,881 1,919 1,752 1,188 913
1978 17,136 5,699 1,904 1,853 1,942 10,755 2,002 1,854 1,574 962
1979 17,479 5,713 1,958 1,829 1,926 11,042 2,008 1,895 1,654 1,044
1980 17,805 5,714 1,990 1,810 1,914 11,329 2,000 1,917 1,731 1,172
1981 18,136 5,731 1,986 1,857 1,888 11,606 1,997 1,936 1,769 1,338
1982 18,458 5,763 2,000 1,887 1,876 11,857 1,963 1,976 1,800 1,461
1983 18,733 5,768 1,982 1,935 1,851 12,090 1,937 1,994 1,834 1,556
1984 19,013 5,737 1,923 1,990 1,824 12,353 1,920 2,002 1,874 1,636
1985 19,258 5,696 1,861 2,029 1,806 12,589 1,906 1,996 1,894 1,709
1986 19,455 5,640 1,772 2,016 1,852 12,788 1,876 1,990 1,910 1,742
1987 19,673 5,583 1,679 2,024 1,880 13,001 1,867 1,957 1,945 1,765
1988 19,904 5,562 1,639 1,999 1,924 13,200 1,841 1,934 1,966 1,806
1989 20,107 5,527 1,602 1,950 1,975 13,383 1,813 1,916 1,972 1,843
1990 20,353 5,510 1,609 1,888 2,013 13,579 1,791 1,899 1,972 1,868
1991 20,557 5,412 1,619 1,789 2,004 13,804 1,835 1,869 1,963 1,886
1992 20,752 5,347 1,626 1,704 2,017 13,994 1,859 1,856 1,931 1,921
1993 20,944 5,266 1,611 1,665 1,990 14,193 1,900 1,828 1,908 1,942
1994 21,126 5,156 1,598 1,611 1,947 14,413 1,963 1,796 1,889 1,956
1995 21,304 5,062 1,587 1,597 1,878 14,616 2,002 1,775 1,878 1,955
1996 21,471 4,969 1,587 1,611 1,771 14,819 1,994 1,820 1,848 1,951
1997 21,683 4,901 1,595 1,623 1,683 15,037 2,006 1,846 1,838 1,918
1998 21,871 4,803 1,542 1,610 1,651 15,265 1,983 1,895 1,817 1,901
1999 22,034 4,722 1,504 1,621 1,597 15,454 1,935 1,953 1,791 1,886
2000 22,216 4,691 1,485 1,611 1,594 15,612 1,870 1,996 1,774 1,877
2001 22,340 4,649 1,423 1,615 1,612 15,725 1,763 1,986 1,823 1,851
2002 22,453 4,586 1,347 1,617 1,622 15,844 1,676 1,999 1,850 1,842
2003 22,535 4,469 1,306 1,557 1,606 15,987 1,641 1,971 1,895 1,816
2004 22,615 4,375 1,240 1,517 1,618 16,100 1,587 1,922 1,952 1,791
2005 22,690 4,246 1,140 1,499 1,608 16,237 1,585 1,858 1,995 1,775
(1) See note (1) of Table 2-2.
Source: See Table 2-1.

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 2-6b. Population by Age Group (Continued)
Unit: 1,000 persons

End 15-64 65 & Over

of
Year 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 Subtotal 65-69 Over 70

1952 454 395 313 246 174 131 203 103 100
1955 488 445 361 276 204 143 222 104 118
1960 632 504 454 350 257 181 268 118 150
1965 771 646 507 446 330 233 335 155 180
1970 846 850 698 515 431 300 429 201 228
1975 893 831 832 676 485 392 564 262 302
1978 938 841 828 760 579 417 682 321 361
1979 936 858 820 788 610 429 724 337 387
1980 905 884 815 809 644 452 762 350 412
1981 884 904 807 816 669 486 799 359 440
1982 906 913 815 814 694 515 838 363 475
1983 952 924 823 804 727 539 875 372 503
1984 1,034 924 842 798 754 569 922 385 537
1985 1,157 892 866 793 774 602 973 405 568
1986 1,312 876 887 788 781 626 1,027 437 590
1987 1,428 900 901 800 784 654 1,089 466 623
1988 1,527 943 912 810 777 684 1,142 488 654
1989 1,604 1,020 913 825 769 708 1,197 514 683
1990 1,682 1,143 885 850 763 726 1,264 545 719
1991 1,717 1,297 871 871 758 737 1,341 570 771
1992 1,746 1,413 885 880 768 735 1,411 592 819
1993 1,786 1,510 926 889 775 729 1,485 623 862
1994 1,831 1,592 998 881 787 720 1,557 645 912
1995 1,855 1,667 1,118 846 807 713 1,626 662 964
1996 1,874 1,701 1,273 825 826 707 1,684 669 1,015
1997 1,912 1,729 1,389 846 836 717 1,745 671 1,074
1998 1,940 1,772 1,487 893 850 728 1,803 665 1,138
1999 1,947 1,812 1,564 972 848 744 1,858 661 1,197
2000 1,944 1,836 1,641 1,094 815 766 1,914 656 1,257
2001 1,942 1,855 1,674 1,247 798 786 1,965 653 1,312
2002 1,909 1,891 1,701 1,360 819 796 2,023 662 1,360
2003 1,887 1,914 1,739 1,452 863 808 2,079 674 1,405
2004 1,872 1,921 1,778 1,528 941 808 2,141 691 1,450
2005 1,864 1,919 1,802 1,603 1,059 777 2,207 712 1,495

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 2-7a. Percentage of Population by Age Group (1)
Unit: %

End Under 15 15-64

of All Ages
Year Subtotal Under 5 5-9 10-14 Subtotal 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34

1952 100.0 42.3 18.8 11.7 11.9 55.1 10.5 9.1 7.8 6.6
1955 100.0 43.4 19.6 13.4 10.4 54.1 10.2 8.4 7.8 6.6
1960 100.0 45.4 17.9 16.3 11.2 52.1 8.7 7.0 7.5 6.8
1965 100.0 44.9 15.7 15.3 13.9 52.5 9.5 6.1 7.2 6.5
1970 100.0 39.6 12.9 13.6 13.1 57.4 12.0 8.2 6.3 6.2
1975 100.0 35.3 11.0 11.9 12.4 61.2 11.9 10.8 7.4 5.7
1978 100.0 33.2 11.1 10.8 11.3 62.8 11.7 10.8 9.2 5.6
1979 100.0 32.7 11.2 10.5 11.0 63.2 11.5 10.8 9.5 6.0
1980 100.0 32.1 11.2 10.2 10.7 63.6 11.2 10.8 9.7 6.6
1981 100.0 31.6 11.0 10.2 10.4 64.0 11.0 10.7 9.8 7.4
1982 100.0 31.2 10.8 10.2 10.2 64.2 10.6 10.7 9.8 7.9
1983 100.0 30.8 10.6 10.3 9.9 64.5 10.3 10.6 9.8 8.3
1984 100.0 30.2 10.1 10.5 9.6 65.0 10.1 10.5 9.9 8.6
1985 100.0 29.6 9.7 10.5 9.4 65.4 9.9 10.4 9.8 8.9
1986 100.0 29.0 9.1 10.4 9.5 65.7 9.6 10.2 9.8 9.0
1987 100.0 28.4 8.5 10.3 9.6 66.1 9.5 9.9 9.9 9.0
1988 100.0 27.9 8.2 10.0 9.7 66.3 9.2 9.7 9.9 9.1
1989 100.0 27.5 8.0 9.7 9.8 66.6 9.0 9.5 9.8 9.2
1990 100.0 27.1 7.9 9.3 9.9 66.7 8.8 9.3 9.7 9.2
1991 100.0 26.3 7.9 8.7 9.7 67.1 8.9 9.1 9.5 9.2
1992 100.0 25.8 7.8 8.2 9.7 67.4 9.0 8.9 9.3 9.3
1993 100.0 25.1 7.7 7.9 9.5 67.8 9.1 8.7 9.1 9.3
1994 100.0 24.4 7.6 7.6 9.2 68.2 9.3 8.5 8.9 9.3
1995 100.0 23.8 7.4 7.5 8.8 68.6 9.4 8.3 8.8 9.2
1996 100.0 23.1 7.4 7.5 8.2 69.0 9.3 8.5 8.6 9.1
1997 100.0 22.6 7.4 7.5 7.8 69.3 9.3 8.5 8.5 8.8
1998 100.0 22.0 7.1 7.4 7.5 69.8 9.1 8.7 8.3 8.7
1999 100.0 21.4 6.8 7.4 7.2 70.1 8.8 8.9 8.1 8.6
2000 100.0 21.1 6.7 7.3 7.2 70.3 8.4 9.0 8.0 8.4
2001 100.0 20.8 6.4 7.2 7.2 70.4 7.9 8.9 8.2 8.3
2002 100.0 20.4 6.0 7.2 7.2 70.6 7.5 8.9 8.2 8.2
2003 100.0 19.8 5.8 6.9 7.1 70.9 7.3 8.7 8.4 8.1
2004 100.0 19.3 5.5 6.7 7.2 71.2 7.0 8.5 8.6 7.9
2005 100.0 18.7 5.0 6.6 7.1 71.6 7.0 8.2 8.8 7.8
(1) See note (1) of Table 2-2.
Source: See Table 2-1.

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 2-7b. Percentage of Population by Age Group (Continued)

End 15-64 65 & Over

of
Year 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 Subtotal 65-69 Over 70

1952 5.6 4.9 3.8 3.0 2.2 1.6 2.5 1.3 1.2
1955 5.4 4.9 4.0 3.0 2.2 1.6 2.5 1.2 1.3
1960 5.9 4.7 4.2 3.2 2.4 1.7 2.5 1.1 1.4
1965 6.1 5.1 4.0 3.5 2.6 1.9 2.6 1.2 1.4
1970 5.8 5.8 4.7 3.5 2.9 2.0 3.0 1.4 1.6
1975 5.5 5.1 5.2 4.2 3.0 2.4 3.5 1.6 1.9
1978 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.4 3.4 2.5 4.0 1.9 2.1
1979 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.5 3.5 2.5 4.1 1.9 2.2
1980 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.5 3.6 2.5 4.3 2.0 2.3
1981 4.9 5.0 4.4 4.5 3.7 2.7 4.4 2.0 2.4
1982 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.4 3.8 2.8 4.5 2.0 2.6
1983 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.3 3.9 2.9 4.7 2.0 2.7
1984 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.0 4.8 2.0 2.8
1985 6.0 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.1 5.1 2.1 2.9
1986 6.7 4.5 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.2 5.3 2.2 3.0
1987 7.3 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.3 5.5 2.4 3.2
1988 7.7 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.4 5.7 2.5 3.3
1989 8.0 5.1 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.5 6.0 2.6 3.4
1990 8.3 5.6 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.6 6.2 2.7 3.5
1991 8.4 6.3 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.6 6.5 2.8 3.8
1992 8.4 6.8 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.5 6.8 2.9 3.9
1993 8.5 7.2 4.4 4.2 3.7 3.5 7.1 3.0 4.1
1994 8.7 7.5 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.4 7.4 3.1 4.3
1995 8.7 7.8 5.2 4.0 3.8 3.3 7.6 3.1 4.5
1996 8.7 7.9 5.9 3.8 3.8 3.3 7.8 3.1 4.7
1997 8.8 8.0 6.4 3.9 3.9 3.3 8.0 3.1 5.0
1998 8.9 8.1 6.8 4.1 3.9 3.3 8.2 3.0 5.2
1999 8.8 8.2 7.1 4.4 3.8 3.4 8.4 3.0 5.4
2000 8.8 8.3 7.4 4.9 3.7 3.4 8.6 3.0 5.7
2001 8.7 8.3 7.5 5.6 3.6 3.5 8.8 2.9 5.9
2002 8.5 8.4 7.6 6.1 3.6 3.5 9.0 2.9 6.1
2003 8.4 8.5 7.7 6.4 3.8 3.6 9.2 3.0 6.2
2004 8.3 8.5 7.9 6.8 4.2 3.6 9.5 3.1 6.4
2005 8.2 8.5 7.9 7.1 4.7 3.4 9.7 3.1 6.6

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 2-8a. Labor Force Statistics (1)

Population In Labor Force

Not in
Period Aged 15 & Total Employed Unemployed Labor Force
Over
I. Number (1,000 persons)
1952 4,609 3,063 2,929 134 1,546
1955 5,022 3,231 3,108 123 1,791
1960 5,795 3,617 3,473 144 2,178
1965 6,689 3,891 3,763 128 2,798
1970 8,115 4,654 4,576 79 3,461
1975 9,711 5,656 5,521 136 4,056
1978 10,784 6,337 6,231 106 4,448
1979 11,092 6,515 6,432 83 4,577
1980 11,378 6,629 6,547 82 4,749
1981 11,698 6,764 6,672 92 4,934
1982 12,013 6,959 6,811 149 5,054
1983 12,263 7,266 7,070 197 4,996
1984 12,544 7,491 7,308 183 5,052
1985 12,860 7,651 7,428 222 5,210
1986 13,161 7,945 7,733 212 5,216
1987 13,432 8,183 8,022 161 5,248
1988 13,696 8,247 8,107 139 5,449
1989 13,955 8,390 8,258 132 5,565
1990 14,219 8,423 8,283 140 5,795
1991 14,496 8,569 8,439 130 5,927
1992 14,771 8,765 8,632 132 6,006
1993 15,087 8,874 8,745 128 6,213
1994 15,401 9,081 8,939 142 6,321
1995 15,687 9,210 9,045 165 6,478
1996 15,932 9,310 9,068 242 6,621
1997 16,170 9,432 9,176 256 6,738
1998 16,448 9,546 9,289 257 6,902
1999 16,687 9,668 9,385 283 7,020
2000 16,963 9,784 9,491 293 7,178
2001 17,179 9,832 9,383 450 7,347
2002 17,387 9,969 9,454 515 7,417
2003 17,572 10,076 9,573 503 7,495
2004 17,760 10,240 9,786 454 7,520
2005 17,949 10,371 9,942 428 7,578
(1) Referring to civilian labor force only
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.CMonthly Bulletin of Manpower Statistics, Taiwan
Area, Republic of China, March 2006.
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 2-8b. Labor Force Statistics (Continued)

Population In Labor Force

Not in Unemployment
Period Aged 15 &
Total Employed Unemployed Labor Force Rate (%)
Over
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 66.5 63.6 2.9 33.5 4.4
1955 100.0 64.3 61.9 2.4 35.7 3.8
1960 100.0 62.4 59.9 2.5 37.6 4.0
1965 100.0 58.2 56.3 1.9 41.8 3.3
1970 100.0 57.4 56.4 1.0 42.6 1.7
1975 100.0 58.2 56.9 1.4 41.8 2.4
1978 100.0 58.8 57.8 1.0 41.2 1.7
1979 100.0 58.7 58.0 0.7 41.3 1.3
1980 100.0 58.3 57.6 0.7 41.7 1.2
1981 100.0 57.8 57.0 0.8 42.2 1.4
1982 100.0 57.9 56.7 1.2 42.1 2.1
1983 100.0 59.3 57.7 1.6 40.7 2.7
1984 100.0 59.7 58.3 1.5 40.3 2.5
1985 100.0 59.5 57.8 1.7 40.5 2.9
1986 100.0 60.4 58.8 1.6 39.6 2.7
1987 100.0 60.9 59.7 1.2 39.1 2.0
1988 100.0 60.2 59.2 1.0 39.8 1.7
1989 100.0 60.1 59.2 0.9 39.9 1.6
1990 100.0 59.2 58.3 1.0 40.8 1.7
1991 100.0 59.1 58.2 0.9 40.9 1.5
1992 100.0 59.3 58.4 0.9 40.7 1.5
1993 100.0 58.8 58.0 0.8 41.2 1.5
1994 100.0 59.0 58.0 0.9 41.0 1.6
1995 100.0 58.7 57.7 1.1 41.3 1.8
1996 100.0 58.4 56.9 1.5 41.6 2.6
1997 100.0 58.3 56.7 1.6 41.7 2.7
1998 100.0 58.0 56.5 1.6 42.0 2.7
1999 100.0 57.9 56.2 1.7 42.1 2.9
2000 100.0 57.7 56.0 1.7 42.3 3.0
2001 100.0 57.2 54.6 2.6 42.8 4.6
2002 100.0 57.3 54.4 3.0 42.7 5.2
2003 100.0 57.3 54.5 2.9 42.7 5.0
2004 100.0 57.7 55.1 2.6 42.3 4.4
2005 100.0 57.8 55.4 2.4 42.2 4.1

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 2-9a. Employment by Industry

Secondary Industry Tertiary Industry

Primary
Period Total Other
Industry Subtotal Mining Mfg. Const. Utilities Subtotal Comm. Trans.
Services
I. Number (1,000 persons)
1952 2,929 1,642 495 56 362 70 7 792 310 100 382
1955 3,108 1,667 560 57 411 84 8 881 313 124 444
1960 3,473 1,742 713 80 514 107 12 1,018 346 154 518
1965 3,763 1,748 839 83 612 130 15 1,176 389 179 608
1970 4,576 1,680 1,278 72 958 231 17 1,617 623 248 746
1975 5,521 1,681 1,927 62 1,518 325 23 1,913 775 314 824
1978 6,231 1,553 2,460 60 1,916 459 25 2,219 941 304 976
1979 6,432 1,380 2,676 57 2,083 510 26 2,375 1,015 335 1,026
1980 6,547 1,277 2,784 56 2,152 549 27 2,487 1,058 332 1,098
1981 6,672 1,257 2,828 54 2,162 583 29 2,587 1,106 342 1,139
1982 6,811 1,284 2,813 51 2,168 563 31 2,713 1,168 352 1,194
1983 7,070 1,317 2,909 46 2,282 548 33 2,844 1,231 362 1,251
1984 7,308 1,286 3,089 41 2,497 517 34 2,934 1,281 370 1,283
1985 7,428 1,297 3,088 35 2,501 518 34 3,044 1,327 385 1,333
1986 7,733 1,317 3,215 33 2,635 512 34 3,201 1,372 408 1,421
1987 8,022 1,226 3,431 31 2,821 544 35 3,366 1,429 418 1,519
1988 8,107 1,112 3,443 28 2,802 577 35 3,551 1,530 423 1,598
1989 8,258 1,066 3,476 24 2,796 620 35 3,717 1,605 432 1,680
1990 8,283 1,064 3,382 20 2,653 673 36 3,837 1,621 441 1,774
1991 8,439 1,093 3,370 19 2,598 715 37 3,977 1,712 448 1,817
1992 8,632 1,065 3,419 18 2,585 778 37 4,148 1,771 450 1,927
1993 8,745 1,005 3,418 19 2,483 879 36 4,323 1,806 463 2,054
1994 8,939 976 3,506 18 2,485 967 36 4,456 1,875 473 2,108
1995 9,045 954 3,504 15 2,449 1,003 36 4,587 1,919 469 2,198
1996 9,068 918 3,399 14 2,422 928 35 4,751 1,976 472 2,303
1997 9,176 878 3,502 13 2,570 885 35 4,795 1,995 465 2,335
1998 9,289 822 3,523 12 2,611 865 35 4,944 2,047 477 2,421
1999 9,385 776 3,492 11 2,603 843 35 5,116 2,130 476 2,510
2000 9,491 740 3,534 11 2,655 832 36 5,218 2,163 481 2,574
2001 9,383 708 3,377 10 2,587 746 35 5,298 2,165 486 2,646
2002 9,454 709 3,332 9 2,563 725 35 5,413 2,268 477 2,668
2003 9,573 696 3,334 8 2,590 702 35 5,543 2,283 484 2,776
2004 9,786 642 3,446 7 2,671 732 35 5,698 2,329 489 2,880
2005 9,942 591 3,558 7 2,726 791 34 5,793 2,356 480 2,957
Source: See Table 2-8a.

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 2-9b. Employment by Industry (Continued)

Secondary Industry Tertiary Industry

Primary
Period Total Other
Industry Subtotal Mining Mfg. Const. Utilities Subtotal Comm. Trans.
Services
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 56.1 16.9 1.9 12.4 2.4 0.2 27.0 10.6 3.4 13.0
1955 100.0 53.6 18.0 1.8 13.2 2.7 0.3 28.4 10.1 4.0 14.3
1960 100.0 50.2 20.5 2.3 14.8 3.1 0.3 29.3 10.0 4.4 14.9
1965 100.0 46.5 22.3 2.2 16.3 3.4 0.4 31.2 10.3 4.8 16.1
1970 100.0 36.7 28.0 1.6 20.9 5.1 0.4 35.3 13.6 5.4 16.3
1975 100.0 30.4 34.9 1.1 27.5 5.9 0.4 34.7 14.1 5.7 14.9
1978 100.0 24.9 39.5 1.0 30.7 7.4 0.4 35.6 15.1 4.9 15.7
1979 100.0 21.5 41.6 0.9 32.4 7.9 0.4 36.9 15.8 5.2 16.0
1980 100.0 19.5 42.5 0.9 32.9 8.4 0.4 38.0 16.2 5.1 16.8
1981 100.0 18.8 42.4 0.8 32.4 8.7 0.4 38.8 16.6 5.1 17.1
1982 100.0 18.9 41.3 0.7 31.8 8.3 0.5 39.8 17.1 5.2 17.5
1983 100.0 18.6 41.1 0.7 32.3 7.8 0.5 40.2 17.4 5.1 17.7
1984 100.0 17.6 42.3 0.6 34.2 7.1 0.5 40.1 17.5 5.1 17.6
1985 100.0 17.5 41.6 0.5 33.7 7.0 0.5 41.0 17.9 5.2 17.9
1986 100.0 17.0 41.6 0.4 34.1 6.6 0.4 41.4 17.7 5.3 18.4
1987 100.0 15.3 42.8 0.4 35.2 6.8 0.4 42.0 17.8 5.2 18.9
1988 100.0 13.7 42.5 0.3 34.6 7.1 0.4 43.8 18.9 5.2 19.7
1989 100.0 12.9 42.1 0.3 33.9 7.5 0.4 45.0 19.4 5.2 20.3
1990 100.0 12.8 40.8 0.2 32.0 8.1 0.4 46.3 19.6 5.3 21.4
1991 100.0 13.0 39.9 0.2 30.8 8.5 0.4 47.1 20.3 5.3 21.5
1992 100.0 12.3 39.6 0.2 29.9 9.0 0.4 48.1 20.5 5.2 22.3
1993 100.0 11.5 39.1 0.2 28.4 10.1 0.4 49.4 20.7 5.3 23.5
1994 100.0 10.9 39.2 0.2 27.8 10.8 0.4 49.8 21.0 5.3 23.6
1995 100.0 10.5 38.7 0.2 27.1 11.1 0.4 50.7 21.2 5.2 24.3
1996 100.0 10.1 37.5 0.2 26.7 10.2 0.4 52.4 21.8 5.2 25.4
1997 100.0 9.6 38.2 0.1 28.0 9.6 0.4 52.3 21.7 5.1 25.4
1998 100.0 8.8 37.9 0.1 28.1 9.3 0.4 53.2 22.0 5.1 26.1
1999 100.0 8.3 37.2 0.1 27.7 9.0 0.4 54.5 22.7 5.1 26.7
2000 100.0 7.8 37.2 0.1 28.0 8.8 0.4 55.0 22.8 5.1 27.1
2001 100.0 7.5 36.0 0.1 27.6 8.0 0.4 56.5 23.1 5.2 28.2
2002 100.0 7.5 35.2 0.1 27.1 7.7 0.4 57.3 24.0 5.0 28.2
2003 100.0 7.3 34.8 0.1 27.1 7.3 0.4 57.9 23.8 5.1 29.0
2004 100.0 6.6 35.2 0.1 27.3 7.5 0.4 58.2 23.8 5.0 29.4
2005 100.0 5.9 35.8 0.1 27.4 8.0 0.3 58.3 23.7 4.8 29.7

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 2-10a. Employment by Level of Education

Junior High & Below Senior High & Vocational Junior College & Above
Period Total Illiterate & Junior Senior Junior College
Subtotal Primary Subtotal Vocational Subtotal
Self-educated High High College & Above
I. Number (1,000 persons)
1980 6,547 4,588 644 2,716 1,228 1,279 449 829 681 350 331
1981 6,672 4,589 626 2,682 1,281 1,358 475 883 726 376 350
1982 6,811 4,587 605 2,664 1,318 1,465 492 973 758 399 360
1983 7,070 4,672 630 2,674 1,367 1,584 495 1,089 814 427 387
1984 7,308 4,715 627 2,666 1,422 1,711 523 1,188 882 469 413
1985 7,428 4,703 612 2,616 1,475 1,797 533 1,264 928 510 419
1986 7,733 4,762 614 2,607 1,540 1,971 560 1,411 1,001 548 452
1987 8,022 4,779 573 2,616 1,590 2,134 592 1,542 1,109 614 495
1988 8,107 4,655 503 2,544 1,608 2,260 636 1,624 1,193 661 532
1989 8,258 4,603 466 2,490 1,646 2,388 662 1,726 1,267 702 565
1990 8,283 4,456 424 2,383 1,649 2,473 704 1,770 1,354 758 596
1991 8,439 4,460 385 2,368 1,707 2,572 745 1,826 1,407 798 609
1992 8,632 4,414 359 2,296 1,760 2,691 745 1,946 1,527 884 643
1993 8,745 4,265 329 2,187 1,750 2,822 759 2,064 1,658 954 704
1994 8,939 4,262 315 2,142 1,804 2,925 774 2,151 1,751 1,019 732
1995 9,045 4,180 297 2,064 1,819 2,999 767 2,232 1,866 1,066 800
1996 9,068 3,953 268 1,926 1,759 3,095 786 2,309 2,019 1,162 858
1997 9,176 3,877 257 1,855 1,765 3,110 805 2,304 2,189 1,250 938
1998 9,289 3,762 238 1,747 1,778 3,214 854 2,359 2,313 1,308 1,005
1999 9,385 3,609 194 1,621 1,794 3,317 874 2,443 2,459 1,394 1,065
2000 9,491 3,520 178 1,545 1,797 3,375 877 2,498 2,596 1,473 1,123
2001 9,383 3,318 153 1,449 1,716 3,371 859 2,512 2,694 1,525 1,169
2002 9,454 3,179 146 1,385 1,647 3,424 857 2,567 2,851 1,581 1,271
2003 9,573 3,063 129 1,324 1,611 3,491 869 2,622 3,019 1,628 1,391
2004 9,786 2,975 105 1,271 1,598 3,592 883 2,709 3,220 1,677 1,542
2005 9,942 2,880 76 1,223 1,581 3,605 873 2,732 3,458 1,724 1,733

Source: See Table 2-8a.

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 2-10b. Employment by Level of Education (Continued)

Junior High & Below Senior High & Vocational Junior College & Above
Period Total Illiterate & Junior Senior Junior College
Subtotal Primary Subtotal Vocational Subtotal
Self-educated High High College & Above
II. Percentage (%)

1980 100.0 70.1 9.8 41.5 18.8 19.5 6.9 12.7 10.4 5.3 5.1
1981 100.0 68.8 9.4 40.2 19.2 20.4 7.1 13.2 10.9 5.6 5.2
1982 100.0 67.3 8.9 39.1 19.4 21.5 7.2 14.3 11.1 5.9 5.3
1983 100.0 66.1 8.9 37.8 19.3 22.4 7.0 15.4 11.5 6.0 5.5
1984 100.0 64.5 8.6 36.5 19.5 23.4 7.2 16.3 12.1 6.4 5.7
1985 100.0 63.3 8.2 35.2 19.9 24.2 7.2 17.0 12.5 6.9 5.6
1986 100.0 61.6 7.9 33.7 19.9 25.5 7.2 18.2 12.9 7.1 5.8
1987 100.0 59.6 7.1 32.6 19.8 26.6 7.4 19.2 13.8 7.7 6.2
1988 100.0 57.4 6.2 31.4 19.8 27.9 7.8 20.0 14.7 8.2 6.6
1989 100.0 55.7 5.6 30.2 19.9 28.9 8.0 20.9 15.3 8.5 6.8
1990 100.0 53.8 5.1 28.8 19.9 29.9 8.5 21.4 16.3 9.2 7.2
1991 100.0 52.8 4.6 28.1 20.2 30.5 8.8 21.6 16.7 9.5 7.2
1992 100.0 51.1 4.2 26.6 20.4 31.2 8.6 22.5 17.7 10.2 7.4
1993 100.0 48.8 3.8 25.0 20.0 32.3 8.7 23.6 19.0 10.9 8.1
1994 100.0 47.7 3.5 24.0 20.2 32.7 8.7 24.1 19.6 11.4 8.2
1995 100.0 46.2 3.3 22.8 20.1 33.2 8.5 24.7 20.6 11.8 8.8
1996 100.0 43.6 3.0 21.2 19.4 34.1 8.7 25.5 22.3 12.8 9.5
1997 100.0 42.3 2.8 20.2 19.2 33.9 8.8 25.1 23.9 13.6 10.2
1998 100.0 40.5 2.6 18.8 19.1 34.6 9.2 25.4 24.9 14.1 10.8
1999 100.0 38.5 2.1 17.3 19.1 35.3 9.3 26.0 26.2 14.9 11.3
2000 100.0 37.1 1.9 16.3 18.9 35.6 9.2 26.3 27.4 15.5 11.8
2001 100.0 35.4 1.6 15.4 18.3 35.9 9.2 26.8 28.7 16.3 12.5
2002 100.0 33.6 1.5 14.6 17.4 36.2 9.1 27.2 30.2 16.7 13.4
2003 100.0 32.0 1.3 13.8 16.8 36.5 9.1 27.4 31.5 17.0 14.5
2004 100.0 30.4 1.1 13.0 16.3 36.7 9.0 27.7 32.9 17.1 15.8
2005 100.0 29.0 0.8 12.3 15.9 36.3 8.8 27.5 34.8 17.3 17.4

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 2-11. Average Monthly Working Hours of Employees of Nonagricultural Industries
Unit: hour
Accommo- Real Pro-
Mining Elec- Transport., Cultural,
dation & fessional, Health
& Manu- tricity, Cons- Storage & Finance & Estate & Sporting & Other
Period Trade Eating- Scientific & Care
Quarry- facturing Gas & truction Communica Insurance Rental & Recreational Services
Drinking Technical Services
ing Water -tions Leasing Services Services
Places
1979 182 220 224 206 214 214 214 203 200 195 207 210 241
1980 187 221 224 202 210 213 213 197 198 196 208 207 236
1981 188 210 205 202 199 224 213 197 198 196 197 198 231
1982 187 210 207 202 203 230 211 196 191 204 224 219 237
1983 185 210 206 199 204 228 207 195 189 195 195 199 239
1984 185 212 206 199 200 215 209 194 188 193 193 201 226
1985 183 205 196 201 200 220 207 191 190 192 194 185 229
1986 182 209 193 195 199 210 207 190 192 194 194 200 231
1987 185 209 189 192 201 206 205 190 194 195 193 200 231
1988 186 207 189 195 195 200 203 189 195 192 193 200 226
1989 188 204 189 196 192 193 200 187 193 189 191 202 221
1990 187 202 189 191 190 187 199 183 193 189 191 199 216
1991 192 202 190 191 190 194 198 182 193 187 190 195 212
1992 190 202 188 191 189 198 197 182 193 185 187 195 212
1993 193 202 188 191 189 201 196 183 194 184 187 197 210
1994 191 202 188 195 190 199 195 181 197 183 186 197 208
1995 189 202 186 195 186 193 194 180 194 180 185 194 206
1996 189 201 185 193 184 186 194 181 188 180 185 192 209
1997 191 202 183 192 187 184 193 180 187 180 188 192 207
1998 190 198 180 188 183 185 190 175 185 176 187 192 199
1999 186 199 182 185 183 189 188 175 181 178 185 188 198
2000 185 199 181 187 183 188 188 174 180 178 183 185 202
2001 185 184 172 181 178 176 178 166 172 171 178 177 197
2002 189 188 171 176 177 176 179 169 174 172 179 177 196
2003 186 188 170 176 176 177 177 169 176 173 177 175 196
2004 185 191 172 177 180 170 180 169 184 174 176 175 197
2005 182 189 170 178 178 175 179 168 184 172 176 173 196
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.,Monthly Bulletin of Earnings and
Productivity Statistics, Taiwan Area, Republic of China, March 2006.
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 2-12. Average Monthly Earnings of Employees by Industry
Unit: NT$
Accommo- Real Pro-
Mining Elec- Transport., Cultural,
dation & Finance Estate & fessional, Health
& Manu- tricity, Cons- Storage & Sporting & Other
Period Trade Eating- & Scientific & Care
Quarry- facturing Gas & truction Communica Rental & Recreational Services
Drinking Insurance Technical Services
ing Water -tions Leasing Services Services
Places
1979 9,127 6,554 11,741 6,994 7,479 4,777 9,487 11,187 17,283 10,827 11,458 9,177 7,653
1980 11,549 8,043 13,451 8,310 9,271 7,359 11,001 14,086 17,915 11,911 12,775 9,835 8,456
1981 14,750 9,565 17,078 10,764 11,485 8,502 13,217 17,456 18,575 13,418 14,559 11,657 8,780
1982 15,197 10,467 18,518 11,414 11,726 8,732 14,476 19,251 20,777 15,320 13,413 10,755 9,879
1983 14,821 11,136 19,500 12,718 12,230 9,497 14,656 19,075 20,819 17,426 14,175 11,731 10,442
1984 15,773 12,173 22,743 14,122 14,418 10,639 15,741 21,458 21,597 19,156 16,749 12,838 10,778
1985 16,321 12,697 25,850 14,763 14,411 10,625 17,588 23,211 23,136 19,941 17,653 12,825 10,783
1986 17,180 13,983 26,328 15,037 15,783 10,532 18,715 24,543 24,301 20,206 19,218 15,221 10,835
1987 17,862 15,356 27,421 16,045 17,191 11,159 19,677 28,036 24,995 22,423 20,534 16,802 12,032
1988 19,760 17,012 32,581 17,879 19,018 12,152 21,475 32,335 26,323 25,237 22,978 19,018 13,583
1989 21,687 19,461 39,956 21,434 21,016 13,502 25,207 39,230 30,152 28,600 25,247 22,128 15,317
1990 26,518 22,047 46,182 24,719 24,686 15,464 28,377 39,008 34,146 34,373 29,274 24,749 17,843
1991 28,666 24,467 55,529 28,192 26,429 17,067 32,450 40,971 38,027 36,886 32,495 25,653 19,513
1992 31,931 26,981 58,411 30,825 28,145 18,227 34,936 46,311 39,216 41,380 35,812 27,511 21,814
1993 32,870 28,870 62,035 33,639 30,540 18,967 37,838 49,957 41,962 44,140 37,324 29,728 23,111
1994 33,880 30,803 67,329 34,378 32,084 20,389 40,224 56,472 41,023 43,745 39,791 32,754 24,436
1995 35,624 32,555 69,871 35,278 34,142 22,337 43,064 54,658 40,447 45,725 41,789 34,497 26,873
1996 37,343 33,911 76,517 35,817 34,897 22,214 45,021 56,913 39,936 46,372 44,976 35,792 27,737
1997 38,533 35,492 77,619 37,029 36,399 23,543 47,225 60,641 40,760 49,158 47,567 38,331 28,721
1998 40,068 36,546 84,764 37,885 37,688 24,055 49,181 59,566 41,622 51,038 49,115 40,770 30,110
1999 41,414 37,882 88,803 38,070 38,684 25,134 50,480 60,352 44,240 52,893 51,223 39,528 30,841
2000 43,046 39,080 88,348 38,896 39,528 26,078 51,561 60,871 43,708 53,630 53,610 41,199 31,515
2001 44,264 38,586 93,091 37,746 39,760 25,991 53,350 62,625 42,604 53,191 54,701 41,242 31,157
2002 45,006 38,565 89,591 36,848 39,202 25,828 51,564 65,767 40,714 49,587 54,115 39,489 30,525
2003 47,263 39,583 91,034 37,219 39,799 25,181 51,396 64,693 39,872 50,990 55,999 40,861 30,057
2004 45,297 40,611 90,711 37,921 40,129 25,141 51,704 66,743 40,006 52,833 55,638 41,257 30,489
2005 45,893 41,751 89,264 38,455 40,033 25,578 53,793 65,097 39,129 54,868 55,918 41,409 31,352
Source: See Table 2-11.

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 2-13. Indices of Average Earnings of Employees by Industry
Base: 2001 = 100
Accommo- Real Pro-
Mining Elec- Transport., Cultural,
dation & Estate & fessional, Health
& Manu- tricity, Cons- Storage & Finance & Sporting & Other
Period Trade Eating- Scientific & Care
Quarry- facturing Gas & truction Communica Insurance Rental & Recreational Services
Drinking Technical Services
ing Water -tions Services
Places Leasing Services

1979 20.62 16.99 12.61 18.53 18.81 18.38 17.78 17.86 40.57 20.35 20.95 22.25 24.56
1980 26.09 20.84 14.45 22.02 23.32 28.31 20.62 22.49 42.05 22.39 23.35 23.85 27.14
1981 33.32 24.79 18.35 28.52 28.89 32.71 24.77 27.87 43.60 25.23 26.62 28.26 28.18
1982 34.33 27.13 19.89 30.24 29.49 33.60 27.13 30.74 48.77 28.80 24.52 26.08 31.71
1983 33.48 28.86 20.95 33.69 30.76 36.54 27.47 30.46 48.87 32.76 25.91 28.44 33.51
1984 35.63 31.55 24.43 37.41 36.26 40.93 29.51 34.26 50.69 36.01 30.62 31.13 34.59
1985 36.87 32.91 27.77 39.11 36.24 40.88 32.97 37.06 54.30 37.49 32.27 31.10 34.61
1986 38.81 36.24 28.28 39.84 39.70 40.52 35.08 39.19 57.04 37.99 35.13 36.91 34.78
1987 40.35 39.80 29.46 42.51 43.24 42.93 36.88 44.77 58.67 42.16 37.54 40.74 38.62
1988 44.64 44.09 35.00 47.37 47.83 46.75 40.25 51.63 61.79 47.45 42.01 46.11 43.60
1989 48.99 50.44 42.92 56.78 52.86 51.95 47.25 62.64 70.77 53.77 46.15 53.65 49.16
1990 59.91 57.14 49.61 65.49 62.09 59.50 53.19 62.29 80.15 64.62 53.52 60.01 57.27
1991 64.76 63.41 59.65 74.69 66.47 65.67 60.82 65.42 89.26 69.35 59.40 62.20 62.63
1992 72.14 69.92 62.75 81.66 70.79 70.13 65.48 73.95 92.05 77.80 65.47 66.71 70.01
1993 74.26 74.82 66.64 89.12 76.81 72.98 70.92 79.77 98.49 82.98 68.23 72.08 74.18
1994 76.54 79.83 72.33 91.08 80.69 78.45 75.40 90.17 96.29 82.24 72.74 79.42 78.43
1995 80.48 84.37 75.06 93.46 85.87 85.94 80.72 87.28 94.94 85.96 76.40 83.65 86.25
1996 84.36 87.88 82.20 94.89 87.77 85.47 84.39 90.88 93.74 87.18 82.22 86.79 89.02
1997 87.05 91.98 83.38 98.10 91.55 90.58 88.52 96.83 95.67 92.42 86.96 92.94 92.18
1998 90.52 94.71 91.05 100.37 94.79 92.55 92.19 95.12 97.70 95.95 89.79 98.86 96.64
1999 93.56 98.18 95.39 100.86 97.29 96.70 94.62 96.37 103.84 99.44 93.64 95.84 98.99
2000 97.25 101.28 94.90 103.05 99.42 100.33 96.65 97.20 102.59 100.83 98.01 99.90 101.15
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 101.68 99.95 96.24 97.62 98.60 99.37 96.65 105.02 95.56 93.22 98.93 95.75 97.97
2003 106.78 102.58 97.79 98.60 100.10 96.88 96.34 103.30 93.59 95.86 102.37 99.08 96.47
2004 102.33 105.25 97.44 100.46 100.93 96.73 96.91 106.58 93.90 99.33 101.71 100.04 97.86
2005 103.68 108.20 95.89 101.88 100.69 98.41 100.83 103.95 91.84 103.15 102.22 100.40 100.63
Source: See Table 2-11.

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 2-14a. Labor Productivity in Manufacturing Industry
Base: 2001=100 A. Indexes
Food & Apparel Leather, Furniture
Tobacco Textile Wood and Pulp & Printing & Petroleum
Manufac- Beverages & Other Fur & & Industrial Chemical
Period Manufac- Mill Bamboo Paper Kindred & Coal
turing Manufac- Textile Related Fixtures Chemicals Products
turing Products Products Products Products Products
turing Products Products Products
1995 72.60 87.65 77.11 76.26 102.45 121.92 92.66 96.54 75.37 85.05 68.30 83.59 50.10
1996 76.36 90.09 72.50 81.72 99.21 129.95 93.58 97.15 78.13 83.03 71.92 88.42 55.63
1997 80.64 87.07 80.13 87.10 97.65 121.21 98.77 96.49 83.71 84.37 76.96 96.84 62.54
1998 84.93 87.51 92.67 91.50 106.84 118.16 102.16 100.16 87.96 94.17 79.45 99.25 69.06
1999 90.70 87.72 95.82 95.18 109.99 110.90 97.79 108.41 90.73 86.76 77.62 98.96 76.67
2000 96.36 89.96 86.20 97.04 105.69 105.01 94.27 115.03 96.10 92.07 82.70 100.12 81.65
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 109.55 91.58 98.73 98.45 96.57 116.16 90.64 86.99 105.14 98.79 109.56 102.05 116.13
2003 115.34 86.21 108.55 92.57 91.37 116.03 76.04 79.87 110.84 108.15 117.09 110.54 137.04
2004 122.13 83.05 86.95 90.47 85.33 115.78 69.36 81.99 112.21 114.44 121.39 112.00 157.03
2005 127.91 83.78 91.64 85.24 78.95 116.57 63.73 79.46 112.50 122.48 123.23 108.86 161.48

B. Percentage Change from Previous Year (%)

Food & Apparel Leather, Furniture
Tobacco Textile Wood and Pulp & Printing & Petroleum
Manufac- Beverages & Other Fur & & Industrial Chemical
Period Manufac- Mill Bamboo Paper Kindred & Coal
turing Manufac- Textile Related Fixtures Chemicals Products
turing Products Products Products Products Products
turing Products Products Products
1996 5.18 2.78 -5.98 7.16 -3.16 6.59 0.99 0.63 3.66 -2.38 5.30 5.78 11.04
1997 5.61 -3.35 10.52 6.58 -1.57 -6.73 5.55 -0.68 7.14 1.61 7.01 9.52 12.42
1998 5.32 0.51 15.65 5.05 9.41 -2.52 3.43 3.80 5.08 11.62 3.24 2.49 10.43
1999 6.79 0.24 3.40 4.02 2.95 -6.14 -4.28 8.24 3.15 -7.87 -2.30 -0.29 11.02
2000 6.24 2.55 -10.04 1.95 -3.91 -5.31 -3.60 6.11 5.92 6.12 6.54 1.17 6.50
2001 3.78 11.16 16.01 3.05 -5.38 -4.77 6.08 -13.07 4.06 8.61 20.92 -0.12 22.47
2002 9.55 -8.42 -1.27 -1.55 -3.43 16.16 -9.36 -13.01 5.14 -1.21 9.56 2.05 16.13
2003 5.29 -5.86 9.95 -5.97 -5.38 -0.11 -16.11 -8.18 5.42 9.47 6.87 8.32 18.01
2004 5.89 -3.67 -19.90 -2.27 -6.61 -0.22 -8.78 2.65 1.24 5.82 3.67 1.32 14.59
2005 4.73 0.88 5.39 -5.78 -7.48 0.68 -8.12 -3.09 0.26 7.03 1.52 -2.80 2.83

Source: See Table 2-11.

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 2-14b. Labor Productivity in Manufacturing Industry (Continued)
Base: 2001=100 A. Indexes
Computer,
Non- Machinery & Commu- Electronic Electrical Misc.
Basic Fabricated Transpor-
Rubber Plastic metallic Equipment nication & Parts & & Precision Manufac-
Period Metal Metal tation
Products Products Mineral Manufacturing Video & Radio Com- Electronic Equipment turing
Industries Products Equipment
Products & Repairing Electronic ponents Equipment Industries
Products
1995 111.08 87.63 79.93 64.63 96.10 99.18 48.67 93.56 77.91 102.41 85.80 80.17
1996 112.56 93.89 81.04 69.84 97.93 103.92 56.77 91.76 77.99 100.18 82.59 85.27
1997 109.30 96.43 87.82 82.43 96.24 106.96 64.92 91.36 82.27 101.05 78.68 88.81
1998 102.30 94.67 93.31 89.45 96.19 101.18 75.33 90.94 92.95 102.79 75.86 89.03
1999 101.37 101.51 92.59 99.47 100.97 104.98 83.41 100.79 108.12 96.26 92.94 88.31
2000 101.79 98.00 94.31 99.42 102.08 108.09 90.26 110.83 99.78 100.59 107.56 96.55
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 113.03 106.22 103.58 110.85 104.17 105.76 97.60 124.40 116.28 115.62 116.52 104.24
2003 123.83 105.89 105.19 113.24 99.27 108.41 101.64 136.29 121.99 122.01 129.03 108.35
2004 132.74 104.53 110.23 115.55 102.69 118.00 93.77 149.90 131.30 134.21 162.86 106.03
2005 131.67 100.27 107.60 106.95 101.14 118.50 99.26 166.11 128.06 140.23 162.00 111.22
B. Percentage Change from Previous Year (%)
Computer,
Non- Machinery & Commu- Electronic Electrical Misc.
Basic Fabricated Transpor-
Rubber Plastic metallic Equipment nication & Parts & & Precision Manufac-
Period Metal Metal tation
Products Products Mineral Manufacturing Video & Radio Com- Electronic Equipment turing
Industries Products Equipment
Products & Repairing Electronic ponents Equipment Industries
Products
1996 1.33 7.14 1.39 8.06 1.90 4.78 16.64 -1.92 0.10 -2.18 -3.74 6.36
1997 -2.90 2.71 8.37 18.03 -1.73 2.93 14.36 -0.44 5.49 0.87 -4.73 4.15
1998 -6.40 -1.83 6.25 8.52 -0.05 -5.40 16.04 -0.46 12.98 1.72 -3.58 0.25
1999 -0.91 7.23 -0.77 11.20 4.97 3.76 10.73 10.83 16.32 -6.35 22.52 -0.81
2000 0.41 -3.46 1.86 -0.05 1.10 2.96 8.21 9.96 -7.71 4.50 15.73 9.33
2001 -1.76 2.04 6.03 0.58 -2.04 -7.48 10.79 -9.77 0.22 -0.59 -7.03 3.57
2002 13.03 6.22 3.58 10.85 4.17 5.76 -2.40 24.40 16.28 15.62 16.52 4.24
2003 9.55 -0.31 1.55 2.16 -4.70 2.51 4.14 9.56 4.91 5.53 10.74 3.94
2004 7.20 -1.28 4.79 2.04 3.45 8.85 -7.74 9.99 7.63 10.00 26.22 -2.14
2005 -0.81 -4.08 -2.39 -7.44 -1.51 0.42 5.85 10.81 -2.47 4.49 -0.53 4.89

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 2-15a. Unit Labor Cost in Manufacturing Industry
Base: 2001=100 A. Indexes
Food & Apparel Leather, Furniture
Tobacco Textile Wood and Pulp & Printing & Petroleum
Manufac- Beverages & Other Fur & & Industrial Chemical
Period Manufac- Mill Bamboo Paper Kindred & Coal
turing Manufac- Textile Related Fixtures Chemicals Products
turing Products Products Products Products Products
turing Products Products Products
1995 105.64 88.05 86.58 107.46 81.12 63.53 87.12 83.65 110.51 100.07 111.46 88.03 150.26
1996 105.00 89.55 95.98 101.46 84.21 63.84 88.75 86.07 107.58 105.61 114.41 89.85 137.94
1997 103.70 97.67 91.45 102.93 89.83 70.65 85.97 88.86 102.47 106.06 107.64 84.29 140.45
1998 103.51 100.36 78.51 100.62 86.36 77.31 89.99 89.21 99.20 96.06 107.52 86.99 130.23
1999 100.01 104.85 83.81 97.23 86.80 85.45 94.47 82.99 97.64 106.13 113.31 90.67 134.17
2000 97.38 103.72 100.30 97.52 91.76 90.81 99.08 82.81 97.52 102.41 110.41 90.44 119.85
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 89.72 107.52 105.29 99.28 112.33 90.52 113.21 108.00 87.67 92.14 88.22 95.17 83.93
2003 87.17 111.74 94.34 106.44 122.06 95.00 137.53 121.57 81.55 79.74 88.35 86.99 71.79
2004 83.46 112.82 114.44 110.37 133.35 93.80 148.54 119.63 83.20 75.71 83.27 91.32 60.16
2005 82.91 112.76 115.10 122.81 159.16 97.38 168.07 124.42 82.02 72.21 90.41 97.66 68.05

B. Percentage Change from Previous Year (%)

Food & Apparel Leather, Furniture
Tobacco Textile Wood and Pulp & Printing & Petroleum
Manufac- Beverages & Other Fur & & Industrial Chemical
Period Manufac- Mill Bamboo Paper Kindred & Coal
turing Manufac- Textile Related Fixtures Chemicals Products
turing Products Products Products Products Products
turing Products Products Products
1996 -0.61 1.70 10.86 -5.58 3.81 0.49 1.87 2.89 -2.65 5.54 2.65 2.07 -8.20
1997 -1.24 9.07 -4.72 1.45 6.67 10.67 -3.13 3.24 -4.75 0.43 -5.92 -6.19 1.82
1998 -0.18 2.75 -14.15 -2.24 -3.86 9.43 4.68 0.39 -3.19 -9.43 -0.11 3.20 -7.28
1999 -3.38 4.47 6.75 -3.37 0.51 10.53 4.98 -6.97 -1.57 10.48 5.39 4.23 3.03
2000 -2.63 -1.08 19.68 0.30 5.71 6.27 4.88 -0.22 -0.12 -3.51 -2.56 -0.25 -10.67
2001 2.69 -3.59 -0.30 2.54 8.98 10.12 0.93 20.76 2.54 -2.35 -9.43 10.57 -16.56
2002 -10.28 7.52 5.29 -0.72 12.33 -9.48 13.21 8.00 -12.33 -7.86 -11.78 -4.83 -16.07
2003 -2.84 3.92 -10.40 7.21 8.66 4.95 21.48 12.56 -6.98 -13.46 0.15 -8.60 -14.46
2004 -4.26 0.97 21.31 3.69 9.25 -1.26 8.01 -1.60 2.02 -5.05 -5.75 4.98 -16.20
2005 -0.66 -0.05 0.58 11.27 19.36 3.82 13.15 4.00 -1.42 -4.62 8.57 6.94 13.12

Source: See Table 2-11.

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 2-15b. Unit Labor Cost in Manufacturing Industry (Continued)
Base: 2001=100 A. Indexes
Computer,
Non- Machinery & Commu- Electronic Electrical Misc.
Basic Fabricated Transpor- Precision
Rubber Plastic metallic Equipment nication & Parts & & Manufac-
Period Metal Metal tation Equip-
Products Products Mineral Manufacturing Video & Radio Com- Electronic turing
Industries Products Equipment ment
Products & Repairing Electronic ponents Equipment Industries
Products
1995 77.56 89.10 104.40 112.92 87.11 83.19 147.13 79.92 101.18 76.37 82.88 93.52
1996 78.40 87.76 104.62 106.20 87.96 82.05 132.26 88.12 106.87 81.16 95.30 91.85
1997 82.54 88.22 99.84 92.40 93.01 81.90 119.95 91.04 105.13 87.14 107.59 92.41
1998 88.91 95.13 98.38 90.40 96.96 91.02 113.84 94.03 99.00 90.39 117.43 95.18
1999 92.88 92.78 98.89 87.65 92.01 88.13 108.88 87.78 86.87 98.41 96.07 98.51
2000 94.85 96.48 99.61 91.24 94.07 88.55 105.25 84.83 95.92 93.85 87.52 93.73
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 89.53 96.26 96.50 84.28 92.58 92.15 101.82 80.80 84.98 80.15 85.97 95.17
2003 81.31 98.04 98.07 89.11 100.60 92.42 100.17 75.42 81.23 78.58 81.48 93.03
2004 78.72 94.08 98.03 92.84 96.06 85.70 108.82 71.19 75.74 73.48 62.98 101.53
2005 81.99 97.08 101.50 102.49 100.11 86.28 109.47 67.96 80.22 71.79 66.19 94.59
B. Percentage Change from Previous Year (%)
Computer,
Non- Machinery & Commu- Electronic Electrical Misc.
Basic Fabricated Transpor-
Rubber Plastic metallic Equipment nication & Parts & & Precision Manufac-
Period Metal Metal tation
Products Products Mineral Manufacturing Video & Radio Com- Electronic Equipment turing
Industries Products Equipment
Products & Repairing Electronic ponents Equipment Industries
Products
1996 1.08 -1.50 0.21 -5.95 0.98 -1.37 -10.11 10.26 5.62 6.27 14.99 -1.79
1997 5.28 0.52 -4.57 -12.99 5.74 -0.18 -9.31 3.31 -1.63 7.37 12.90 0.61
1998 7.72 7.83 -1.46 -2.16 4.25 11.14 -5.09 3.28 -5.83 3.73 9.15 3.00
1999 4.47 -2.47 0.52 -3.04 -5.11 -3.18 -4.36 -6.65 -12.25 8.87 -18.19 3.50
2000 2.12 3.99 0.73 4.10 2.24 0.48 -3.33 -3.36 10.42 -4.63 -8.90 -4.85
2001 5.43 3.65 0.39 9.60 6.30 12.93 -4.99 17.88 4.25 6.55 14.26 6.69
2002 -10.47 -3.74 -3.50 -15.72 -7.42 -7.85 1.82 -19.20 -15.02 -19.85 -14.03 -4.83
2003 -9.18 1.85 1.63 5.73 8.66 0.29 -1.62 -6.66 -4.41 -1.96 -5.22 -2.25
2004 -3.19 -4.04 -0.04 4.19 -4.51 -7.27 8.64 -5.61 -6.76 -6.49 -22.70 9.14
2005 4.15 3.19 3.54 10.39 4.22 0.68 0.60 -4.54 5.91 -2.30 5.10 -6.84

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3. NATIONAL INCOME
 3-1. Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product
(At Market Prices)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross National Product (GNP)
Amount (NT$ million) Nominal Real Amount (NT$ million) Nominal Real
Period at 2001 prices Growth Growth at 2001 prices Growth Growth
at current at current
before adjustment Rate Rate before adjustment Rate Rate
prices prices
of terms of trade (%) (%) of terms of trade (%) (%)
1952 17,320 214,678 40.0 12.0 17,316 214,629 40.0 12.1
1955 30,181 278,699 19.1 8.2 30,178 278,676 19.1 8.2
1960 63,167 387,448 20.5 6.3 63,140 387,349 20.9 6.5
1965 113,717 608,403 10.6 11.2 113,523 607,740 10.4 11.1
1970 229,562 975,173 15.2 11.4 229,150 973,770 15.2 11.4
1975 598,392 1,497,151 7.4 4.9 595,048 1,489,220 6.8 4.4
1978 1,008,607 2,139,296 19.7 13.7 1,006,276 2,134,171 20.1 14.1
1979 1,219,331 2,319,822 20.9 8.4 1,219,731 2,320,662 21.2 8.7
1980 1,522,272 2,490,663 24.8 7.4 1,520,166 2,487,091 24.6 7.2
1981 1,813,290 2,646,160 19.1 6.2 1,803,637 2,631,681 18.6 5.8
1982 1,940,573 2,738,104 7.0 3.5 1,939,891 2,737,080 7.6 4.0
1983 2,142,381 2,965,923 10.4 8.3 2,145,637 2,970,603 10.6 8.5
1984 2,392,406 3,283,683 11.7 10.7 2,417,806 3,320,197 12.7 11.8
1985 2,527,478 3,448,649 5.6 5.0 2,568,741 3,508,069 6.2 5.7
1986 2,911,773 3,844,915 15.2 11.5 2,982,365 3,945,859 16.1 12.5
1987 3,299,182 4,331,641 13.3 12.7 3,365,162 4,425,583 12.8 12.2
1988 3,598,836 4,680,027 9.1 8.0 3,687,179 4,804,279 9.6 8.6
1989 4,033,429 5,075,619 12.1 8.5 4,123,857 5,197,275 11.8 8.2
1990 4,423,743 5,364,728 9.7 5.7 4,528,695 5,500,689 9.8 5.8
1991 4,942,042 5,771,492 11.7 7.6 5,059,138 5,917,735 11.7 7.6
1992 5,502,802 6,224,352 11.3 7.8 5,623,664 6,368,691 11.2 7.6
1993 6,094,146 6,653,676 10.7 6.9 6,207,950 6,785,790 10.4 6.5
1994 6,673,939 7,145,424 9.5 7.4 6,781,348 7,265,175 9.2 7.1
1995 7,252,757 7,609,029 8.7 6.5 7,363,955 7,728,650 8.6 6.4
1996 7,944,595 8,088,068 9.5 6.3 8,054,095 8,202,259 9.4 6.1
1997 8,610,139 8,621,225 8.4 6.6 8,699,750 8,713,679 8.0 6.2
1998 9,238,472 9,013,354 7.3 4.5 9,307,023 9,082,817 7.0 4.2
1999 9,640,893 9,531,425 4.4 5.7 9,731,411 9,622,923 4.6 5.9
2000 10,032,004 10,081,059 4.1 5.8 10,171,562 10,220,467 4.5 6.2
2001 9,862,183 9,862,183 -1.7 -2.2 10,054,207 10,054,207 -1.2 -1.6
2002 10,194,278 10,280,971 3.4 4.2 10,436,780 10,523,914 3.8 4.7
2003 10,318,610 10,633,860 1.2 3.4 10,647,483 10,964,129 2.0 4.2
2004 10,770,434 11,279,191 4.4 6.1 11,146,310 11,651,078 4.7 6.3
2005 11,131,583 11,740,073 3.4 4.1 11,425,549 12,025,348 2.5 3.2
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.,Statistical Abstract of National Income
in Taiwan Area, Republic of China, 1951-2006, March 2006.
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 3-2a. Average Annual Growth Rate of Real GDP
Unit: %
Terminal Initial Year
Year 1951 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
1952 12.0
1971 9.1 12.8
1972 9.3 13.1 13.3
1973 9.5 13.0 13.1 12.9
1974 9.1 10.0 9.0 7.0 1.4
1975 8.9 9.0 8.0 6.3 3.1 4.9
1976 9.1 9.8 9.2 8.2 6.6 9.4 14.0
1977 9.2 9.8 9.4 8.6 7.5 9.7 12.1 10.3
1978 9.3 10.3 10.0 9.4 8.7 10.7 12.6 12.0 13.7
1979 9.3 10.1 9.8 9.3 8.7 10.2 11.6 10.8 11.0 8.4
1980 9.2 9.8 9.5 9.0 8.5 9.7 10.7 9.9 9.8 7.9 7.4
1981 9.1 9.5 9.2 8.7 8.2 9.2 10.0 9.2 8.9 7.3 6.8 6.2
1982 9.0 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.7 8.5 9.0 8.2 7.8 6.4 5.7 4.8 3.5
1983 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.2 7.7 8.5 8.9 8.2 7.9 6.8 6.3 6.0 5.9 8.3
1984 9.0 9.1 8.8 8.4 8.0 8.7 9.1 8.5 8.3 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.5 9.5 10.7
1985 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.1 7.8 8.4 8.7 8.1 7.9 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.8 8.0 7.8 5.0
1986 8.9 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.0 8.6 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.8 8.9 9.0 8.2 11.5
1987 9.0 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.9 9.3 8.8 8.7 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.6 9.6 9.9 9.7 12.1 12.7
1988 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.9 9.2 8.8 8.6 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.5 9.3 9.6 9.3 10.7 10.3
1989 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.8 9.1 8.7 8.6 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.5 9.2 9.4 9.1 10.1 9.7
1990 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.2 8.6 8.9 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.8 8.8 8.5 9.2 8.7
1991 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.6 8.7 8.4 9.0 8.5
1992 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.1 8.5 8.7 8.4 8.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.8 8.4
1993 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.6 8.1
1994 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.0 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.1
1995 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.0 8.3 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.2 8.2 7.9 8.2 7.9
1996 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.2 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.7 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.1 7.7
1997 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.0 7.8 8.1 8.3 8.0 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.9 7.6
1998 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.7 8.0 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.4
1999 8.5 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.2
2000 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.1
2001 8.2 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.5
2002 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.3
2003 8.0 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.2
2004 8.0 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.2
2005 7.9 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.1
Source: See Table 3-1.

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 3-2b. Average Annual Growth Rate of Real GDP (Continued)
Unit: %

Terminal Initial Year

Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
1952
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988 8.0
1989 8.2 8.5
1990 7.4 7.1 5.7
1991 7.4 7.2 6.6 7.6
1992 7.5 7.4 7.0 7.7 7.8
1993 7.4 7.3 7.0 7.4 7.4 6.9
1994 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.4
1995 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.5
1996 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.3
1997 7.1 7.0 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.6
1998 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.6 4.5
1999 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.1 5.7
2000 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.8 5.8
2001 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.0 1.7 -2.2
2002 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.3 2.6 1.0 4.2
2003 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.4 2.8 1.8 3.8 3.4
2004 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.4 2.8 4.6 4.7 6.1
2005 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.1 4.5 4.5 5.1 4.1

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 3-3a. Average Annual Growth Rate of Real GNP
Unit: %

Terminal Initial Year

Year 1951 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
1952 12.1
1971 9.1 13.0
1972 9.3 13.2 13.4
1973 9.5 13.1 13.1 12.8
1974 9.1 10.0 9.0 6.9 1.4
1975 8.9 8.9 7.9 6.1 2.9 4.4
1976 9.1 9.7 9.0 8.0 6.4 9.0 13.8
1977 9.2 9.8 9.3 8.4 7.4 9.5 12.1 10.4
1978 9.3 10.3 9.9 9.4 8.7 10.6 12.7 12.2 14.1
1979 9.3 10.1 9.8 9.3 8.7 10.2 11.7 11.0 11.4 8.7
1980 9.2 9.8 9.5 9.0 8.5 9.7 10.8 10.1 10.0 8.0 7.2
1981 9.1 9.5 9.1 8.7 8.1 9.1 10.0 9.2 8.9 7.2 6.5 5.8
1982 9.0 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.7 8.5 9.1 8.3 7.9 6.4 5.7 4.9 4.0
1983 8.9 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.8 8.5 9.0 8.3 8.0 6.8 6.4 6.1 6.2 8.5
1984 9.0 9.2 8.9 8.5 8.1 8.8 9.3 8.8 8.5 7.6 7.4 7.5 8.1 10.1 11.8
1985 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.3 7.9 8.5 8.9 8.4 8.2 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.5 8.6 8.7 5.7
1986 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.9 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.4 9.6 9.9 9.0 12.5
1987 9.1 9.3 9.1 8.8 8.5 9.1 9.5 9.1 9.0 8.4 8.4 8.6 9.0 10.1 10.5 10.1 12.3 12.2
1988 9.1 9.3 9.1 8.8 8.5 9.1 9.4 9.1 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.6 9.0 9.8 10.1 9.7 11.1 10.3
1989 9.1 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.5 9.0 9.3 9.0 8.9 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.9 9.6 9.8 9.4 10.3 9.6
1990 9.0 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.8 9.1 8.8 8.7 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.5 9.1 9.2 8.8 9.4 8.7
1991 9.0 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.7 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.9 9.0 8.6 9.1 8.4
1992 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.7 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.8 8.8 8.5 8.9 8.3
1993 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.5 8.4 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.6 8.1
1994 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.1 8.5 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.5 8.1 8.4 7.9
1995 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.3 8.3 8.0 8.2 7.8
1996 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.0 8.3 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.1 7.8 8.0 7.6
1997 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.2 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.9 7.5
1998 8.6 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.7 8.0 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.2
1999 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.9 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.1
2000 8.5 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.0
2001 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.8 6.4
2002 8.2 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.3
2003 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.2
2004 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.2
2005 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.0

Source: See Table 3-1.

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 3-3b. Average Annual Growth Rate of Real GNP (Continued)
Unit: %

Terminal Initial Year

Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
1952
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988 8.6
1989 8.4 8.2
1990 7.5 7.0 5.8
1991 7.5 7.2 6.7 7.6
1992 7.6 7.3 7.0 7.6 7.6
1993 7.4 7.2 6.9 7.2 7.1 6.5
1994 7.3 7.1 6.9 7.2 7.1 6.8 7.1
1995 7.2 7.0 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.4
1996 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.1
1997 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.2
1998 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.2
1999 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.9
2000 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.5 6.1 6.2
2001 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.2 3.6 3.4 2.2 -1.6
2002 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.0 1.5 4.7
2003 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.4 4.4 4.2
2004 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.3 5.0 5.2 6.3
2005 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.3 4.6 4.5 4.7 3.2

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 3-4. Per Capita Gross National Product

At 2001 Prices
At Current Prices
Before Adjustment of Terms of Trade
Period US$ NT$
Nominal Growth Nominal Growth Amount (NT$) Real Growth Rate (%)
Amount Amount
Rate (%) Rate (%)
1952 197 35.9 2,027 35.3 25,129 8.3
1955 205 15.2 3,183 14.7 29,396 4.3
1960 156 17.3 5,660 17.1 34,724 3.1
1965 220 7.3 8,781 7.3 47,010 8.0
1970 393 12.6 15,733 12.8 66,857 9.1
1975 979 4.9 37,188 4.9 93,070 2.5
1978 1,604 21.2 59,283 17.9 125,732 12.0
1979 1,958 22.1 70,472 18.9 134,080 6.6
1980 2,394 22.3 86,167 22.3 140,976 5.1
1981 2,728 14.0 100,369 16.5 146,449 3.9
1982 2,710 -0.7 106,022 5.6 149,592 2.1
1983 2,880 6.3 115,382 8.8 159,744 6.8
1984 3,233 12.3 128,109 11.0 175,923 10.1
1985 3,368 4.2 134,236 4.8 183,323 4.2
1986 4,071 20.9 154,072 14.8 203,847 11.2
1987 5,397 32.6 172,008 11.6 226,211 11.0
1988 6,513 20.7 186,334 8.3 242,787 7.3
1989 7,805 19.8 206,131 10.6 259,786 7.0
1990 8,325 6.7 223,860 8.6 271,908 4.7
1991 9,222 10.8 247,330 10.5 289,305 6.4
1992 10,822 17.3 272,271 10.1 308,341 6.6
1993 11,283 4.3 297,768 9.4 325,485 5.6
1994 12,184 8.0 322,386 8.3 345,387 6.1
1995 13,103 7.5 347,111 7.7 364,301 5.5
1996 13,714 4.7 376,574 8.5 383,501 5.3
1997 14,048 2.4 403,188 7.1 403,834 5.3
1998 12,773 -9.1 427,377 6.0 417,081 3.3
1999 13,737 7.5 443,294 3.7 438,352 5.1
2000 14,721 7.2 459,729 3.7 461,940 5.4
2001 13,348 -9.3 451,308 -1.8 451,308 -2.3
2002 13,476 1.0 466,002 3.3 469,893 4.1
2003 13,752 2.0 473,349 1.6 487,426 3.7
2004 14,770 7.4 493,745 4.3 516,105 5.9
2005 15,676 6.1 504,480 2.2 530,959 2.9
Source: See Table 3-1.
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 3-5. National Income

At 2001 Prices
At Current Prices
After Adjustment of Terms of Trade
Period
Amount (NT$ million) Nominal Growth Rate (%) Amount (NT$ million) Real Growth Rate (%)

1952 16,393 40.7 210,591 12.6

1955 28,487 19.0 272,514 8.7
1960 58,567 20.7 372,593 5.5
1965 105,551 10.4 588,901 9.2
1970 211,922 15.0 953,042 11.1
1975 546,936 6.3 1,411,112 4.1
1978 916,170 19.9 1,980,985 11.9
1979 1,111,586 21.3 2,159,983 9.0
1980 1,390,563 25.1 2,283,418 5.7
1981 1,643,720 18.2 2,382,738 4.3
1982 1,760,719 7.1 2,478,837 4.0
1983 1,946,477 10.6 2,683,089 8.2
1984 2,195,963 12.8 2,995,614 11.6
1985 2,319,761 5.6 3,156,069 5.4
1986 2,709,246 16.8 3,637,306 15.2
1987 3,058,060 12.9 4,101,570 12.8
1988 3,349,783 9.5 4,453,909 8.6
1989 3,749,538 11.9 4,839,799 8.7
1990 4,110,358 9.6 5,116,910 5.7
1991 4,575,718 11.3 5,494,030 7.4
1992 5,088,384 11.2 5,913,983 7.6
1993 5,610,402 10.3 6,313,629 6.8
1994 6,144,530 9.5 6,719,992 6.4
1995 6,669,704 8.5 7,060,861 5.1
1996 7,293,024 9.3 7,566,998 7.2
1997 7,869,063 7.9 8,056,207 6.5
1998 8,395,386 6.7 8,354,314 3.7
1999 8,730,667 4.0 8,793,827 5.3
2000 9,044,421 3.6 9,053,087 2.9
2001 8,806,883 -2.6 8,806,883 -2.7
2002 9,123,393 3.6 9,164,782 4.1
2003 9,269,297 1.6 9,337,873 1.9
2004 9,698,078 4.6 9,605,689 2.9
2005 9,925,610 2.3 9,728,466 1.3
Source: See Table 3-1.
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 3-6. Per Capita National Income
(At Market Prices)
At 2001 Prices
At Current Prices
Before Adjustment of Terms of Trade
Period US$ NT$
Nominal Growth Nominal Growth Amount (NT$) Real Growth Rate (%)
Amount Amount
Rate (%) Rate (%)
1952 186 35.8 1,919 35.9 24,657 8.8
1955 193 14.9 3,005 14.7 28,746 4.8
1960 144 17.1 5,250 16.9 33,401 2.2
1965 204 7.4 8,165 7.4 45,552 6.2
1970 364 12.7 14,550 12.6 65,434 8.8
1975 900 4.4 34,181 4.4 88,189 2.2
1978 1,461 21.0 53,975 17.6 116,707 9.9
1979 1,784 22.1 64,224 19.0 124,797 6.9
1980 2,189 22.7 78,821 22.7 129,431 3.7
1981 2,486 13.6 91,470 16.0 132,595 2.4
1982 2,460 -1.0 96,230 5.2 135,478 2.2
1983 2,613 6.2 104,672 8.8 144,283 6.5
1984 2,937 12.4 116,355 11.2 158,725 10.0
1985 3,041 3.5 121,225 4.2 164,928 3.9
1986 3,698 21.6 139,962 15.5 187,906 13.9
1987 4,905 32.6 156,311 11.7 209,649 11.6
1988 5,917 20.6 169,284 8.3 225,081 7.4
1989 7,097 19.9 187,421 10.7 241,917 7.5
1990 7,556 6.5 203,181 8.4 252,937 4.6
1991 8,341 10.4 223,697 10.1 268,591 6.2
1992 9,792 17.4 246,355 10.1 286,327 6.6
1993 10,197 4.1 269,107 9.2 302,837 5.8
1994 11,040 8.3 292,111 8.5 319,469 5.5
1995 11,868 7.5 314,386 7.6 332,824 4.2
1996 12,418 4.6 340,990 8.5 353,799 6.3
1997 12,707 2.3 364,690 7.0 373,364 5.5
1998 11,522 -9.3 385,514 5.7 388,313 4.0
1999 12,324 7.0 397,707 3.2 400,585 3.2
2000 13,090 6.2 408,786 2.8 409,177 2.1
2001 11,692 -10.7 395,319 -3.3 395,319 -3.4
2002 11,780 0.8 407,359 3.0 409,207 3.5
2003 11,972 1.6 412,080 1.2 415,129 1.4
2004 12,851 7.3 429,593 4.2 425,501 2.5
2005 13,619 6.0 438,255 2.0 429,545 1.0
Source: See Table 3-1.
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 3-7a. Distribution of National Income

Compensation Private Private Government Compulsory

National Net Indirect Business Corporate
Period of Income from Transfers from Income from Fees, Fines
Income Taxes Profit Tax Savings
Employees Property Enterprises Property and Penalities
I. Amount (NT$ million)
1952 16,393 6,232 … - 1,827 269 … - …
1955 28,487 11,259 … - 3,999 400 … - …
1960 58,567 23,355 … - 7,977 835 … - …
1965 105,551 44,299 … - 14,941 933 … - …
1970 211,922 94,611 … - 35,098 2,122 … - …
1975 546,936 268,428 … - 89,429 10,533 … - …
1978 916,170 449,825 … - 151,488 18,277 … - …
1979 1,111,586 549,918 … - 188,719 23,592 … - …
1980 1,390,563 699,269 … - 222,427 29,985 … - …
1981 1,643,720 872,127 363,640 7,891 238,262 41,085 61,290 2,582 56,843
1982 1,760,719 957,942 395,851 6,839 233,679 40,671 59,554 6,218 59,965
1983 1,946,477 1,037,675 433,868 9,361 266,537 41,310 67,429 6,546 83,751
1984 2,195,963 1,171,782 482,717 13,185 282,548 49,752 76,826 8,660 110,493
1985 2,319,761 1,247,788 527,596 19,141 276,610 49,705 100,915 6,899 91,107
1986 2,709,246 1,412,062 641,399 12,001 291,202 51,253 90,253 8,966 202,110
1987 3,058,060 1,583,901 783,866 11,627 332,880 67,856 100,839 6,253 170,838
1988 3,349,783 1,769,444 848,822 13,757 370,526 88,635 118,157 4,383 136,059
1989 3,749,538 2,024,853 930,865 14,177 418,593 133,456 134,940 5,764 86,890
1990 4,110,358 2,273,847 1,025,659 9,768 447,931 152,424 118,371 2,930 79,428
1991 4,575,718 2,542,163 1,125,348 2,903 492,730 129,528 80,365 6,500 196,181
1992 5,088,384 2,822,803 1,214,021 23,428 563,389 133,130 113,005 8,168 210,440
1993 5,610,402 3,095,871 1,358,395 13,879 620,369 138,313 109,591 3,455 270,529
1994 6,144,530 3,376,037 1,561,662 16,904 672,066 151,213 99,036 3,671 263,941
1995 6,669,704 3,662,689 1,694,247 29,185 711,197 175,079 76,099 3,743 317,465
1996 7,293,024 3,955,128 2,022,412 34,260 686,549 161,053 130,496 4,072 299,054
1997 7,869,063 4,246,774 2,220,466 17,538 720,372 175,459 163,048 4,444 320,962
1998 8,395,386 4,459,568 2,382,430 29,044 716,236 212,668 248,432 10,993 336,015
1999 8,730,667 4,624,843 2,570,975 72,547 686,533 207,452 90,291 12,631 465,395
2000 9,044,421 4,862,875 2,644,219 75,693 675,788 231,931 124,018 15,005 414,892
2001 8,806,883 4,785,098 2,583,512 109,096 621,971 247,781 67,636 17,015 374,774
2002 9,123,393 4,738,868 2,680,669 203,606 661,986 184,439 130,221 17,688 505,916
2003 9,269,297 4,846,853 2,617,996 170,953 652,863 236,241 221,948 16,776 505,667
2004 9,698,078 4,983,340 2,851,307 121,039 706,737 271,656 191,169 17,393 555,437
Source: The data are provided by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
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 3-7b. Distribution of National Income (Continued)

Compensation Private Private Government Compulsory

National Net Indirect Business Corporate
Period of Income from Transfers from Income from Fees, Fines
Income Taxes Profit Tax Savings
Employees Property Enterprises Property and Penalities
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 38.0 … - 11.1 1.6 … - …
1955 100.0 39.5 … - 14.0 1.4 … - …
1960 100.0 39.9 … - 13.6 1.4 … - …
1965 100.0 42.0 … - 14.2 0.9 … - …
1970 100.0 44.6 … - 16.6 1.0 … - …
1975 100.0 49.1 … - 16.4 1.9 … - …
1978 100.0 49.1 … - 16.5 2.0 … - …
1979 100.0 49.5 … - 17.0 2.1 … - …
1980 100.0 50.3 … - 16.0 2.2 … - …
1981 100.0 53.1 22.1 0.5 14.5 2.5 3.7 0.2 3.5
1982 100.0 54.4 22.5 0.4 13.3 2.3 3.4 0.4 3.4
1983 100.0 53.3 22.3 0.5 13.7 2.1 3.5 0.3 4.3
1984 100.0 53.4 22.0 0.6 12.9 2.3 3.5 0.4 5.0
1985 100.0 53.8 22.7 0.8 11.9 2.1 4.4 0.3 3.9
1986 100.0 52.1 23.7 0.4 10.7 1.9 3.3 0.3 7.5
1987 100.0 51.8 25.6 0.4 10.9 2.2 3.3 0.2 5.6
1988 100.0 52.8 25.3 0.4 11.1 2.6 3.5 0.1 4.1
1989 100.0 54.0 24.8 0.4 11.2 3.6 3.6 0.2 2.3
1990 100.0 55.3 25.0 0.2 10.9 3.7 2.9 0.1 1.9
1991 100.0 55.6 24.6 0.1 10.8 2.8 1.8 0.1 4.3
1992 100.0 55.5 23.9 0.5 11.1 2.6 2.2 0.2 4.1
1993 100.0 55.2 24.2 0.2 11.1 2.5 2.0 0.1 4.8
1994 100.0 54.9 25.4 0.3 10.9 2.5 1.6 0.1 4.3
1995 100.0 54.9 25.4 0.4 10.7 2.6 1.1 0.1 4.8
1996 100.0 54.2 27.7 0.5 9.4 2.2 1.8 0.1 4.1
1997 100.0 54.0 28.2 0.2 9.2 2.2 2.1 0.1 4.1
1998 100.0 53.1 28.4 0.3 8.5 2.5 3.0 0.1 4.0
1999 100.0 53.0 29.4 0.8 7.9 2.4 1.0 0.1 5.3
2000 100.0 53.8 29.2 0.8 7.5 2.6 1.4 0.2 4.6
2001 100.0 54.3 29.3 1.2 7.1 2.8 0.8 0.2 4.3
2002 100.0 51.9 29.4 2.2 7.3 2.0 1.4 0.2 5.5
2003 100.0 52.3 28.2 1.8 7.0 2.5 2.4 0.2 5.5
2004 100.0 51.4 29.4 1.2 7.3 2.8 2.0 0.2 5.7
Source: The data are provided by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
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 3-8a. Gross Domestic Product by Industry
(At Market Prices)
Industry Services
Agri- Transport, Finance,
Period Total Subtotal Electricity, Subtotal
culture Manu- Construc- Storage and Government Insurance &
Gas and Trade
facturing tion Communi- Services Business
Water
cations Services
I. Amount (NT$ million at current prices)

1981 1,813,290 128,815 778,000 610,375 93,522 57,106 906,475 215,789 103,382 193,119 205,392
1982 1,940,573 146,288 811,717 646,503 87,776 61,072 982,568 230,964 111,464 217,779 219,391
1983 2,142,381 152,620 917,507 735,054 90,674 75,423 1,072,254 249,618 124,808 232,303 231,943
1984 2,392,406 147,595 1,048,104 855,054 91,534 85,593 1,196,707 278,204 144,095 251,121 261,595
1985 2,527,478 142,207 1,107,197 901,777 92,640 97,061 1,278,074 294,439 155,922 267,341 286,584
1986 2,911,773 157,393 1,304,775 1,094,120 97,738 97,331 1,449,605 331,723 173,408 283,090 315,234
1987 3,299,182 170,739 1,467,752 1,227,538 115,088 108,321 1,660,691 372,781 195,697 305,549 380,469
1988 3,598,836 176,166 1,521,520 1,266,390 133,840 103,679 1,901,150 416,374 216,320 351,818 464,319
1989 4,033,429 191,405 1,596,432 1,311,040 158,247 108,815 2,245,592 466,064 240,173 404,503 600,418
1990 4,423,743 178,508 1,698,247 1,380,528 184,047 115,579 2,546,988 535,083 260,753 484,817 667,747
1991 4,942,042 180,435 1,879,056 1,536,443 201,942 121,591 2,882,551 609,970 291,863 564,320 727,044
1992 5,502,802 189,853 2,030,741 1,622,262 235,747 138,441 3,282,208 702,480 327,097 614,206 842,233
1993 6,094,146 212,671 2,187,900 1,709,285 280,763 151,270 3,693,575 781,468 364,056 670,648 977,333
1994 6,673,939 224,524 2,282,770 1,768,140 319,320 161,042 4,166,645 875,552 402,745 720,736 1,154,430
1995 7,252,757 241,458 2,377,580 1,836,527 339,477 167,355 4,633,719 999,640 437,752 792,653 1,281,667
1996 7,944,595 242,608 2,575,400 2,023,750 342,125 176,996 5,126,587 1,131,919 480,207 869,778 1,420,040
1997 8,610,139 208,671 2,744,797 2,167,954 354,836 182,230 5,656,671 1,245,986 519,774 930,743 1,614,187
1998 9,238,472 218,083 2,884,552 2,292,508 351,976 192,677 6,135,837 1,378,011 579,815 986,189 1,712,419
1999 9,640,893 234,625 2,883,100 2,315,723 324,707 196,935 6,523,168 1,504,606 618,922 1,039,025 1,793,482
2000 10,032,004 199,011 2,917,818 2,383,811 299,070 195,447 6,915,175 1,631,889 633,979 1,090,402 1,864,444
2001 9,862,183 182,826 2,724,049 2,241,237 251,810 194,639 6,955,308 1,593,282 636,122 1,122,707 1,871,126
2002 10,194,278 178,590 2,812,079 2,351,935 221,418 198,845 7,203,609 1,664,347 658,072 1,144,862 1,924,840
2003 10,318,610 174,665 2,740,675 2,319,322 188,030 199,849 7,403,270 1,710,800 654,283 1,203,008 1,986,421
2004 10,770,434 181,475 2,755,509 2,363,662 177,286 177,465 7,833,450 1,887,924 697,265 1,230,357 2,066,013
2005 11,131,583 200,070 2,743,305 2,352,632 179,065 176,712 8,188,208 2,024,967 710,431 1,257,805 2,135,777
Source: See Table 3-1.
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 3-8b. Gross Domestic Product by Industry (Continued)
(At Market Prices)
Industry Services
Agri- Trade & Transport, Finance,
Period Total Subtotal Electricity, Subtotal
culture Manu- Construc- Eating- Storage and Government Insurance &
Gas and
facturing tion Drinking Communi- Services Business
Water
Places cations Services
II. Percentage (%)
1981 100.0 7.1 42.9 33.7 5.2 3.1 50.0 11.9 5.7 10.7 11.3
1982 100.0 7.5 41.8 33.3 4.5 3.1 50.6 11.9 5.7 11.2 11.3
1983 100.0 7.1 42.8 34.3 4.2 3.5 50.0 11.7 5.8 10.8 10.8
1984 100.0 6.2 43.8 35.7 3.8 3.6 50.0 11.6 6.0 10.5 10.9
1985 100.0 5.6 43.8 35.7 3.7 3.8 50.6 11.6 6.2 10.6 11.3
1986 100.0 5.4 44.8 37.6 3.4 3.3 49.8 11.4 6.0 9.7 10.8
1987 100.0 5.2 44.5 37.2 3.5 3.3 50.3 11.3 5.9 9.3 11.5
1988 100.0 4.9 42.3 35.2 3.7 2.9 52.8 11.6 6.0 9.8 12.9
1989 100.0 4.7 39.6 32.5 3.9 2.7 55.7 11.6 6.0 10.0 14.9
1990 100.0 4.0 38.4 31.2 4.2 2.6 57.6 12.1 5.9 11.0 15.1
1991 100.0 3.7 38.0 31.1 4.1 2.5 58.3 12.3 5.9 11.4 14.7
1992 100.0 3.5 36.9 29.5 4.3 2.5 59.6 12.8 5.9 11.2 15.3
1993 100.0 3.5 35.9 28.0 4.6 2.5 60.6 12.8 6.0 11.0 16.0
1994 100.0 3.4 34.2 26.5 4.8 2.4 62.4 13.1 6.0 10.8 17.3
1995 100.0 3.3 32.8 25.3 4.7 2.3 63.9 13.8 6.0 10.9 17.7
1996 100.0 3.1 32.4 25.5 4.3 2.2 64.5 14.2 6.0 10.9 17.9
1997 100.0 2.4 31.9 25.2 4.1 2.1 65.7 14.5 6.0 10.8 18.7
1998 100.0 2.4 31.2 24.8 3.8 2.1 66.4 14.9 6.3 10.7 18.5
1999 100.0 2.4 29.9 24.0 3.4 2.0 67.7 15.6 6.4 10.8 18.6
2000 100.0 2.0 29.1 23.8 3.0 1.9 68.9 16.3 6.3 10.9 18.6
2001 100.0 1.9 27.6 22.7 2.6 2.0 70.5 16.2 6.5 11.4 19.0
2002 100.0 1.8 27.6 23.1 2.2 2.0 70.7 16.3 6.5 11.2 18.9
2003 100.0 1.7 26.6 22.5 1.8 1.9 71.7 16.6 6.3 11.7 19.3
2004 100.0 1.7 25.6 21.9 1.6 1.6 72.7 17.5 6.5 11.4 19.2
2005 100.0 1.8 24.6 21.1 1.6 1.6 73.6 18.2 6.4 11.3 19.2

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 3-8c. Gross Domestic Product by Industry
(At Market Prices)
Industry Services
Period Total Agri- Subtotal Subtotal Transport, Finance,
Electricity, Govern-
culture Manu- Construc- Storage and Insurance
Gas and Trade ment
facturing tion Communi- & Business
Water Services
cations Services
I. Amount (NT$ million at 2001 prices)
1981 2,646,160 163,624 1,026,855 790,358 137,902 46,601 1,455,681 345,576 137,625 381,998 344,197
1982 2,738,104 167,015 1,036,985 807,828 131,026 49,330 1,534,104 360,990 146,766 404,638 355,585
1983 2,965,923 171,282 1,146,760 909,950 128,910 58,723 1,647,881 393,084 161,349 425,485 367,914
1984 3,283,683 174,645 1,288,676 1,043,233 131,041 66,288 1,820,362 434,366 180,086 453,997 416,470
1985 3,448,649 178,248 1,327,623 1,073,020 132,653 74,773 1,942,778 460,180 191,017 479,723 449,128
1986 3,844,915 178,275 1,519,314 1,253,793 139,433 78,592 2,147,326 495,125 206,453 496,106 493,707
1987 4,331,641 189,503 1,706,361 1,417,444 153,900 87,124 2,435,777 558,630 228,878 525,412 584,660
1988 4,680,027 190,677 1,768,665 1,457,552 168,108 95,073 2,720,685 617,774 246,082 568,784 697,068
1989 5,075,619 188,718 1,829,927 1,498,141 183,145 99,988 3,056,974 673,769 261,635 609,355 835,341
1990 5,364,728 192,259 1,831,310 1,476,892 201,065 106,492 3,341,159 742,274 277,012 672,970 902,228
1991 5,771,492 195,208 1,939,640 1,564,863 210,242 116,099 3,636,644 810,943 296,031 737,260 942,377
1992 6,224,352 190,349 2,052,775 1,623,037 250,606 122,886 3,981,228 910,378 320,212 770,180 1,043,786
1993 6,653,676 199,367 2,118,636 1,637,324 285,354 130,683 4,335,673 997,608 341,214 812,836 1,156,085
1994 7,145,424 190,651 2,246,166 1,735,813 306,818 139,368 4,708,607 1,082,596 359,036 846,292 1,302,998
1995 7,609,029 195,826 2,350,777 1,829,485 312,471 146,775 5,062,426 1,174,247 381,146 906,943 1,398,363
1996 8,088,068 195,217 2,443,990 1,926,202 309,958 154,127 5,448,861 1,270,968 402,545 968,780 1,501,840
1997 8,621,225 191,424 2,574,962 2,036,949 323,707 164,339 5,854,839 1,351,146 427,430 997,452 1,674,096
1998 9,013,354 179,326 2,642,335 2,101,190 317,904 176,212 6,191,693 1,441,338 472,400 1,026,261 1,737,607
1999 9,531,425 184,228 2,784,414 2,255,877 301,789 183,411 6,562,783 1,542,665 557,707 1,058,004 1,805,689
2000 10,081,059 186,459 2,945,182 2,421,304 288,035 195,331 6,949,418 1,646,980 621,863 1,095,666 1,869,236
2001 9,862,183 182,826 2,724,049 2,241,237 251,810 194,639 6,955,308 1,593,282 636,122 1,122,707 1,871,126
2002 10,280,971 191,498 2,884,123 2,406,643 243,220 197,367 7,205,350 1,650,710 671,015 1,146,824 1,930,518
2003 10,633,860 191,376 2,992,793 2,530,574 229,646 202,743 7,449,691 1,695,070 697,526 1,183,962 2,021,306
2004 11,279,191 183,541 3,252,658 2,769,681 243,305 210,676 7,842,992 1,823,691 749,721 1,199,955 2,107,144
2005 11,740,073 176,020 3,423,096 2,929,214 243,381 222,844 8,140,957 1,940,183 783,228 1,212,824 2,165,826

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 3-8d. Gross Domestic Product by Industry(Continued)
(At Market Prices)
Industry Services
Period Total Agri- Subtotal Subtotal Transport, Finance,
culture Electricity, Govern-
Manu- Construc- Storage and Insurance
Gas and Trade ment
facturing tion Communi- & Business
Water Services
cations Services
II. Annual Real Growth Rate (%)
1982 3.5 2.1 1.0 2.2 -5.0 5.9 5.4 4.5 6.6 5.9 3.3
1983 8.3 2.6 10.6 12.6 -1.6 19.0 7.4 8.9 9.9 5.2 3.5
1984 10.7 2.0 12.4 14.6 1.7 12.9 10.5 10.5 11.6 6.7 13.2
1985 5.0 2.1 3.0 2.9 1.2 12.8 6.7 5.9 6.1 5.7 7.8
1986 11.5 0.0 14.4 16.8 5.1 5.1 10.5 7.6 8.1 3.4 9.9
1987 12.7 6.3 12.3 13.1 10.4 10.9 13.4 12.8 10.9 5.9 18.4
1988 8.0 0.6 3.7 2.8 9.2 9.1 11.7 10.6 7.5 8.3 19.2
1989 8.5 -1.0 3.5 2.8 8.9 5.2 12.4 9.1 6.3 7.1 19.8
1990 5.7 1.9 0.1 -1.4 9.8 6.5 9.3 10.2 5.9 10.4 8.0
1991 7.6 1.5 5.9 6.0 4.6 9.0 8.8 9.3 6.9 9.6 4.4
1992 7.8 -2.5 5.8 3.7 19.2 5.8 9.5 12.3 8.2 4.5 10.8
1993 6.9 4.7 3.2 0.9 13.9 6.3 8.9 9.6 6.6 5.5 10.8
1994 7.4 -4.4 6.0 6.0 7.5 6.6 8.6 8.5 5.2 4.1 12.7
1995 6.5 2.7 4.7 5.4 1.8 5.3 7.5 8.5 6.2 7.2 7.3
1996 6.3 -0.3 4.0 5.3 -0.8 5.0 7.6 8.2 5.6 6.8 7.4
1997 6.6 -1.9 5.4 5.7 4.4 6.6 7.5 6.3 6.2 3.0 11.5
1998 4.5 -6.3 2.6 3.2 -1.8 7.2 5.8 6.7 10.5 2.9 3.8
1999 5.7 2.7 5.4 7.4 -5.1 4.1 6.0 7.0 18.1 3.1 3.9
2000 5.8 1.2 5.8 7.3 -4.6 6.5 5.9 6.8 11.5 3.6 3.5
2001 -2.2 -1.9 -7.5 -7.4 -12.6 -0.4 0.1 -3.3 2.3 2.5 0.1
2002 4.2 4.7 5.9 7.4 -3.4 1.4 3.6 3.6 5.5 2.1 3.2
2003 3.4 -0.1 3.8 5.1 -5.6 2.7 3.4 2.7 4.0 3.2 4.7
2004 6.1 -4.1 8.7 9.4 5.9 3.9 5.3 7.6 7.5 1.4 4.2
2005 4.1 -4.1 5.2 5.8 0.0 5.8 3.8 6.4 4.5 1.1 2.8

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 3-9a. Expenditure on Gross National Product
(At Market Prices)
Net Factor National Consumption Gross Capital Formation Less:
Gross Exports of
Income from Gross Fixed Increase Domestic Imports
Period National Goods &
the Rest of Subtotal Private Government Subtotal Capital in Demand of Goods
Product Services
the World Formation Inventory & Services
I. Amount (NT$ million at current prices)
1952 17,316 -4 15,728 12,765 2,963 2,645 1,942 703 18,373 1,386 2,439
1955 30,178 -3 27,469 21,723 5,746 4,007 3,410 597 31,476 2,475 3,770
1960 63,140 -27 55,177 42,845 12,332 12,692 10,435 2,257 67,869 7,192 11,894
1965 113,523 -194 91,438 71,979 19,459 25,652 19,196 6,456 117,090 21,771 25,144
1970 229,150 -412 171,529 129,119 42,410 58,147 49,315 8,832 229,676 68,746 68,860
1975 595,048 -3,344 437,532 341,635 95,897 180,166 184,431 -4,265 617,698 233,701 253,007
1978 1,006,276 -2,331 663,295 507,194 156,101 281,356 257,282 24,074 944,651 519,372 455,416
1979 1,219,731 400 810,645 618,064 192,581 395,167 337,704 57,463 1,205,812 637,586 624,067
1980 1,520,166 -2,106 1,034,085 785,917 248,168 505,941 458,476 47,465 1,540,026 783,272 801,026
1981 1,803,637 -9,653 1,244,990 946,016 298,974 532,083 496,293 35,790 1,777,073 920,920 884,703
1982 1,939,891 -682 1,360,702 1,025,812 334,890 482,074 493,773 -11,699 1,842,776 952,471 854,674
1983 2,145,637 3,256 1,464,070 1,108,840 355,230 496,886 482,455 14,431 1,960,956 1,114,298 932,873
1984 2,417,806 25,400 1,605,570 1,216,997 388,573 524,406 501,316 23,090 2,129,976 1,317,482 1,055,052
1985 2,568,741 41,263 1,708,385 1,291,131 417,254 477,610 472,592 5,018 2,185,995 1,341,253 999,770
1986 2,982,365 70,592 1,837,723 1,396,230 441,493 508,874 525,679 -16,805 2,346,597 1,658,744 1,093,568
1987 3,365,162 65,980 2,061,024 1,574,038 486,986 676,715 632,379 44,336 2,737,739 1,855,409 1,293,966
1988 3,687,179 88,343 2,373,402 1,818,936 554,466 847,467 747,231 100,236 3,220,869 1,914,488 1,536,521
1989 4,123,857 90,428 2,797,872 2,150,321 647,551 940,242 886,383 53,859 3,738,114 1,953,257 1,657,942
1990 4,528,695 104,952 3,193,495 2,416,939 776,556 1,015,613 987,074 28,539 4,209,108 2,013,953 1,799,318
1991 5,059,138 117,096 3,578,835 2,699,590 879,245 1,145,160 1,091,345 53,815 4,723,995 2,280,505 2,062,458
1992 5,623,664 120,862 4,015,887 3,067,919 947,968 1,391,645 1,317,814 73,831 5,407,532 2,324,857 2,229,587
1993 6,207,950 113,804 4,416,005 3,424,085 991,920 1,581,910 1,521,892 60,018 5,997,915 2,608,915 2,512,684
1994 6,781,348 107,409 4,883,649 3,863,801 1,019,848 1,682,343 1,630,503 51,840 6,565,992 2,821,162 2,713,215
1995 7,363,955 111,198 5,308,385 4,219,880 1,088,505 1,827,756 1,800,902 26,854 7,136,141 3,366,997 3,250,381
1996 8,054,095 109,500 5,850,956 4,649,547 1,201,409 1,834,507 1,780,498 54,009 7,685,463 3,640,089 3,380,957
1997 8,699,750 89,611 6,361,053 5,045,523 1,315,530 2,072,505 1,955,615 116,890 8,433,558 4,011,417 3,834,836
1998 9,307,023 68,551 6,837,236 5,436,709 1,400,527 2,305,519 2,185,505 120,014 9,142,755 4,273,669 4,177,952
1999 9,731,411 90,518 7,119,437 5,756,790 1,362,647 2,279,174 2,229,266 49,908 9,398,611 4,476,849 4,234,567
2000 10,171,562 139,558 7,478,786 6,087,237 1,391,549 2,333,605 2,394,001 -60,396 9,812,391 5,256,538 5,036,925
2001 10,054,207 192,024 7,533,647 6,129,213 1,404,434 1,811,063 1,910,022 -98,959 9,344,710 4,821,226 4,303,753
2002 10,436,780 242,502 7,685,420 6,254,646 1,430,774 1,778,860 1,878,683 -99,823 9,464,280 5,256,596 4,526,598
2003 10,647,483 328,873 7,752,602 6,293,583 1,459,019 1,795,676 1,874,885 -79,209 9,548,278 5,750,795 4,980,463
2004 11,146,310 375,876 8,085,080 6,619,787 1,465,293 2,310,516 2,279,551 30,965 10,395,596 6,670,359 6,295,521
2005 11,425,549 293,966 8,432,715 6,938,405 1,494,310 2,251,594 2,269,727 -18,133 10,684,309 6,988,271 6,540,997
Source: Directorate-General of Budget Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan R.O.C.,Quarterly National Economic Trends,
Taiwan Area, Republic of China, No. 112, Feb. 2006.
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 3-9b. Expenditure on Gross National Product (Continued)
(At Market Prices)
Net Factor National Consumption Gross Capital Formation
Gross Exports of Less: Imports
Income from Gross Fixed Increase Domestic
Period National Goods & of Goods
the Rest of Subtotal Private Government Subtotal Capital in Demand
Product Services & Services
the World Formation Inventory
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 0.0 90.8 73.7 17.1 15.3 11.2 4.1 106.1 8.0 14.1
1955 100.0 0.0 91.0 72.0 19.0 13.3 11.3 2.0 104.3 8.2 12.5
1960 100.0 0.0 87.4 67.9 19.5 20.1 16.5 3.6 107.5 11.4 18.8
1965 100.0 -0.2 80.5 63.4 17.1 22.6 16.9 5.7 103.1 19.2 22.1
1970 100.0 -0.2 74.9 56.3 18.5 25.4 21.5 3.9 100.2 30.0 30.1
1975 100.0 -0.6 73.5 57.4 16.1 30.3 31.0 -0.7 103.8 39.3 42.5
1978 100.0 -0.2 65.9 50.4 15.5 28.0 25.6 2.4 93.9 51.6 45.3
1979 100.0 0.0 66.5 50.7 15.8 32.4 27.7 4.7 98.9 52.3 51.2
1980 100.0 -0.1 68.0 51.7 16.3 33.3 30.2 3.1 101.3 51.5 52.7
1981 100.0 -0.5 69.0 52.5 16.6 29.5 27.5 2.0 98.5 51.1 49.1
1982 100.0 0.0 70.1 52.9 17.3 24.9 25.5 -0.6 95.0 49.1 44.1
1983 100.0 0.2 68.2 51.7 16.6 23.2 22.5 0.7 91.4 51.9 43.5
1984 100.0 1.1 66.4 50.3 16.1 21.7 20.7 1.0 88.1 54.5 43.6
1985 100.0 1.6 66.5 50.3 16.2 18.6 18.4 0.2 85.1 52.2 38.9
1986 100.0 2.4 61.6 46.8 14.8 17.1 17.6 -0.6 78.7 55.6 36.7
1987 100.0 2.0 61.2 46.8 14.5 20.1 18.8 1.3 81.4 55.1 38.5
1988 100.0 2.4 64.4 49.3 15.0 23.0 20.3 2.7 87.4 51.9 41.7
1989 100.0 2.2 67.8 52.1 15.7 22.8 21.5 1.3 90.6 47.4 40.2
1990 100.0 2.3 70.5 53.4 17.1 22.4 21.8 0.6 92.9 44.5 39.7
1991 100.0 2.3 70.7 53.4 17.4 22.6 21.6 1.1 93.4 45.1 40.8
1992 100.0 2.1 71.4 54.6 16.9 24.7 23.4 1.3 96.2 41.3 39.6
1993 100.0 1.8 71.1 55.2 16.0 25.5 24.5 1.0 96.6 42.0 40.5
1994 100.0 1.6 72.0 57.0 15.0 24.8 24.0 0.8 96.8 41.6 40.0
1995 100.0 1.5 72.1 57.3 14.8 24.8 24.5 0.4 96.9 45.7 44.1
1996 100.0 1.4 72.6 57.7 14.9 22.8 22.1 0.7 95.4 45.2 42.0
1997 100.0 1.0 73.1 58.0 15.1 23.8 22.5 1.3 96.9 46.1 44.1
1998 100.0 0.7 73.5 58.4 15.0 24.8 23.5 1.3 98.2 45.9 44.9
1999 100.0 0.9 73.2 59.2 14.0 23.4 22.9 0.5 96.6 46.0 43.5
2000 100.0 1.4 73.5 59.8 13.7 22.9 23.5 -0.6 96.5 51.7 49.5
2001 100.0 1.9 74.9 61.0 14.0 18.0 19.0 -1.0 92.9 48.0 42.8
2002 100.0 2.3 73.6 59.9 13.7 17.0 18.0 -1.0 90.7 50.4 43.4
2003 100.0 3.1 72.8 59.1 13.7 16.9 17.6 -0.7 89.7 54.0 46.8
2004 100.0 3.4 72.5 59.4 13.1 20.7 20.5 0.3 93.3 59.8 56.5
2005 100.0 2.6 73.8 60.7 13.1 19.7 19.9 -0.2 93.5 61.2 57.2

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 3-9c. Expenditure on Gross National Product
(At Market Prices)
Net Factor National Consumption Gross Capital Formation Less:
Gross Exports of
Income from Gross Fixed Increase Domestic Imports
Period National Goods &
the Rest of Subtotal Private Government Subtotal Capital in Demand of Goods
Product Services
the World Formation Inventory & Services
I. Amount (NT$ million at 2001 prices)
1952 214,629 -49 211,886 138,905 72,981 18,054 14,590 3,464 229,940 10,416 25,678
1955 278,676 -23 271,822 176,200 95,622 19,753 17,749 2,004 291,575 12,007 24,883
1960 387,349 -99 366,161 228,414 137,747 41,608 35,835 5,773 407,769 21,903 42,224
1965 607,740 -663 554,928 372,835 182,093 75,920 61,143 14,777 630,848 59,737 82,182
1970 973,770 -1,403 849,217 569,547 279,670 165,905 145,732 20,173 1,015,122 170,226 210,175
1975 1,489,220 -7,931 1,230,281 890,066 340,215 317,723 323,540 -5,817 1,548,004 366,041 416,894
1978 2,134,171 -5,125 1,614,159 1,169,900 444,259 445,728 413,798 31,930 2,059,887 700,582 621,173
1979 2,320,662 840 1,782,861 1,301,802 481,059 532,077 466,435 65,642 2,314,938 745,130 740,246
1980 2,487,091 -3,572 1,889,446 1,371,090 518,356 578,240 533,522 44,718 2,467,686 804,384 781,407
1981 2,631,681 -14,479 1,977,368 1,436,582 540,786 584,784 554,001 30,783 2,562,152 881,114 797,106
1982 2,737,080 -1,024 2,079,713 1,504,027 575,686 544,323 555,105 -10,782 2,624,036 897,272 783,204
1983 2,970,603 4,680 2,219,367 1,616,821 602,546 560,055 547,612 12,443 2,779,422 1,053,252 866,751
1984 3,320,197 36,514 2,433,645 1,785,277 648,368 594,365 574,228 20,137 3,028,010 1,244,463 988,790
1985 3,508,069 59,420 2,580,147 1,891,714 688,433 551,731 547,968 3,763 3,131,878 1,270,589 953,818
1986 3,945,859 100,944 2,754,504 2,038,676 715,828 591,410 607,869 -16,459 3,345,914 1,637,498 1,138,497
1987 4,425,583 93,942 3,055,191 2,278,081 777,110 767,740 723,061 44,679 3,822,931 1,956,847 1,448,137
1988 4,804,279 124,252 3,428,081 2,581,964 846,117 930,866 830,694 100,172 4,358,947 2,058,343 1,737,263
1989 5,197,275 121,656 3,841,915 2,907,453 934,462 1,005,298 952,032 53,266 4,847,213 2,160,736 1,932,330
1990 5,500,689 135,961 4,189,551 3,138,106 1,051,445 1,054,492 1,025,153 29,339 5,244,043 2,171,432 2,050,747
1991 5,917,735 146,243 4,502,794 3,370,890 1,131,904 1,172,991 1,120,736 52,255 5,675,785 2,454,381 2,358,674
1992 6,368,691 144,339 4,857,143 3,682,634 1,174,509 1,402,016 1,329,871 72,145 6,259,159 2,620,046 2,654,853
1993 6,785,790 132,114 5,159,850 3,968,128 1,191,722 1,548,220 1,488,306 59,914 6,708,070 2,814,043 2,868,437
1994 7,265,175 119,751 5,493,187 4,307,534 1,185,653 1,655,876 1,605,421 50,455 7,149,063 2,958,216 2,961,855
1995 7,728,650 119,621 5,780,157 4,549,014 1,231,143 1,752,541 1,728,678 23,863 7,532,698 3,325,616 3,249,285
1996 8,202,259 114,191 6,172,004 4,852,013 1,319,991 1,811,139 1,759,792 51,347 7,983,143 3,549,979 3,445,054
1997 8,713,679 92,454 6,594,405 5,195,524 1,398,881 2,066,056 1,950,802 115,254 8,660,461 3,868,664 3,907,900
1998 9,082,817 69,463 6,967,138 5,517,204 1,449,934 2,244,092 2,125,181 118,911 9,211,230 3,969,278 4,167,154
1999 9,622,923 91,498 7,208,348 5,821,157 1,387,191 2,239,347 2,187,673 51,674 9,447,695 4,439,990 4,356,260
2000 10,220,467 139,408 7,485,235 6,088,178 1,397,057 2,326,665 2,384,927 -58,262 9,811,900 5,245,210 4,976,051
2001 10,054,207 192,024 7,533,647 6,129,213 1,404,434 1,811,063 1,910,022 -98,959 9,344,710 4,821,226 4,303,753
2002 10,523,914 242,943 7,705,760 6,272,364 1,433,396 1,798,165 1,898,046 -99,881 9,503,925 5,326,464 4,549,418
2003 10,964,129 330,269 7,773,250 6,331,619 1,441,631 1,806,586 1,880,911 -74,325 9,579,836 5,909,031 4,855,007
2004 11,651,078 371,887 8,012,993 6,579,120 1,433,873 2,236,856 2,209,612 27,244 10,249,849 6,785,144 5,755,802
2005 12,025,348 285,275 8,220,569 6,776,458 1,444,111 2,205,708 2,219,833 -14,125 10,426,277 7,255,113 5,941,317

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 3-9d. Expenditure on Gross National Product (Continued)
(At Market Prices)
Net Factor National Consumption Gross Capital Formation
Gross Exports of Less: Imports
Income from Gross Fixed Increase Domestic
Period National Goods & of Goods
the Rest of Subtotal Private Government Subtotal Capital in Demand
Product Services & Services
the World Formation Inventory
II. Annual Real Growth Rate (%)
1952 12.1 … 13.6 16.6 8.1 29.7 28.0 37.5 14.7 0.7 33.6
1955 8.2 … 7.1 5.8 9.5 -15.4 -13.7 -28.3 5.2 28.8 -14.1
1960 6.5 … 4.2 5.6 2.0 28.5 23.0 78.8 6.3 14.0 9.6
1965 11.1 … 9.5 11.4 5.8 28.0 21.8 61.7 11.4 26.0 23.6
1970 11.4 … 9.5 10.0 8.6 19.7 13.8 91.4 11.1 28.7 22.9
1975 4.4 … 6.8 4.7 12.9 -8.6 21.2 … 3.3 0.0 -5.0
1978 14.1 … 9.9 11.0 7.2 14.9 14.6 19.1 10.9 23.5 14.6
1979 8.7 … 10.5 11.3 8.3 19.4 12.7 105.6 12.4 6.4 19.2
1980 7.2 … 6.0 5.3 7.8 8.7 14.4 -31.9 6.6 8.0 5.6
1981 5.8 … 4.7 4.8 4.3 1.1 3.8 -31.2 3.8 9.5 2.0
1982 4.0 … 5.2 4.7 6.5 -6.9 0.2 … 2.4 1.8 -1.7
1983 8.5 … 6.7 7.5 4.7 2.9 -1.3 … 5.9 17.4 10.7
1984 11.8 680.2 9.7 10.4 7.6 6.1 4.9 61.8 8.9 18.2 14.1
1985 5.7 62.7 6.0 6.0 6.2 -7.2 -4.6 -81.3 3.4 2.1 -3.5
1986 12.5 69.9 6.8 7.8 4.0 7.2 10.9 … 6.8 28.9 19.4
1987 12.2 -6.9 10.9 11.7 8.6 29.8 19.0 … 14.3 19.5 27.2
1988 8.6 32.3 12.2 13.3 8.9 21.2 14.9 124.2 14.0 5.2 20.0
1989 8.2 -2.1 12.1 12.6 10.4 8.0 14.6 -46.8 11.2 5.0 11.2
1990 5.8 11.8 9.0 7.9 12.5 4.9 7.7 -44.9 8.2 0.5 6.1
1991 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.7 11.2 9.3 78.1 8.2 13.0 15.0
1992 7.6 -1.3 7.9 9.2 3.8 19.5 18.7 38.1 10.3 6.7 12.6
1993 6.5 -8.5 6.2 7.8 1.5 10.4 11.9 -17.0 7.2 7.4 8.0
1994 7.1 -9.4 6.5 8.6 -0.5 7.0 7.9 -15.8 6.6 5.1 3.3
1995 6.4 -0.1 5.2 5.6 3.8 5.8 7.7 -52.7 5.4 12.4 9.7
1996 6.1 -4.5 6.8 6.7 7.2 3.3 1.8 115.2 6.0 6.7 6.0
1997 6.2 -19.0 6.8 7.1 6.0 14.1 10.9 124.5 8.5 9.0 13.4
1998 4.2 -24.9 5.7 6.2 3.6 8.6 8.9 3.2 6.4 2.6 6.6
1999 5.9 31.7 3.5 5.5 -4.3 -0.2 2.9 -56.5 2.6 11.9 4.5
2000 6.2 52.4 3.8 4.6 0.7 3.9 9.0 … 3.9 18.1 14.2
2001 -1.6 37.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 -22.2 -19.9 69.9 -4.8 -8.1 -13.5
2002 4.7 26.5 2.3 2.3 2.1 -0.7 -0.6 14.7 1.7 10.5 5.7
2003 4.2 35.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 -0.9 … 0.8 10.9 6.7
2004 6.3 12.6 3.1 3.9 -0.5 23.8 17.5 … 7.0 14.8 18.6
2005 3.2 -23.3 2.6 3.0 0.7 -1.4 0.5 … 1.7 6.9 3.2

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 3-10a. Sources of Economic Growth: Expenditure Side
(Contribution to Economic Growth Rate) Unit: %
Economic Domestic Demand Net Exports
Period Growth Rate Gross Fixed Increase Exports of Less: Imports
Private Government
(Increase in Subtotal Capital in Subtotal Goods & of Goods
Consumption Consumption
Real GDP) Formation Inventory Services & Services
1952 100.00 127.68 85.95 23.80 13.84 4.09 -27.68 0.33 28.01
1955 100.00 68.06 45.78 39.32 -13.31 -3.73 31.94 12.69 -19.26
1960 100.00 104.40 52.59 11.63 29.11 11.07 -4.40 11.71 16.12
1965 100.00 105.48 62.07 16.33 17.88 9.19 -5.48 20.11 25.59
1970 100.00 101.29 51.73 22.26 17.67 9.64 -1.29 37.98 39.27
1975 100.00 69.24 56.60 55.22 80.20 -122.78 30.76 -0.25 -31.01
1978 100.00 78.98 44.89 11.59 20.49 1.99 21.02 51.84 30.82
1979 100.00 141.28 73.07 20.38 29.16 18.67 -41.28 24.68 65.96
1980 100.00 89.41 40.56 21.83 39.27 -12.25 10.59 34.68 24.09
1981 100.00 60.75 42.12 14.42 13.17 -8.96 39.25 49.35 10.10
1982 100.00 67.31 73.35 37.96 1.20 -45.21 32.69 17.57 -15.12
1983 100.00 68.21 49.51 11.79 -3.29 10.19 31.79 68.47 36.67
1984 100.00 78.23 53.01 14.42 8.38 2.42 21.77 60.17 38.41
1985 100.00 62.96 64.52 24.29 -15.92 -9.93 37.04 15.84 -21.20
1986 100.00 54.01 37.09 6.91 15.12 -5.10 45.99 92.59 46.60
1987 100.00 98.01 49.19 12.59 23.67 12.56 1.99 65.61 63.62
1988 100.00 153.86 87.23 19.81 30.89 15.93 -53.86 29.13 82.99
1989 100.00 123.43 82.28 22.33 30.67 -11.86 -23.43 25.88 49.31
1990 100.00 137.26 79.78 40.46 25.29 -8.28 -37.26 3.70 40.96
1991 100.00 106.14 57.23 19.78 23.50 5.63 -6.14 69.56 75.70
1992 100.00 128.82 68.84 9.41 46.18 4.39 -28.82 36.58 65.40
1993 100.00 104.56 66.50 4.01 36.90 -2.85 -4.56 45.19 49.75
1994 100.00 89.68 69.02 -1.23 23.82 -1.92 10.32 29.32 19.00
1995 100.00 82.75 52.09 9.81 26.59 -5.74 17.25 79.25 62.00
1996 100.00 94.03 63.25 18.55 6.50 5.74 5.97 46.84 40.87
1997 100.00 127.04 64.43 14.80 35.83 11.99 -27.04 59.77 86.81
1998 100.00 140.46 82.03 13.02 44.47 0.93 -40.46 25.66 66.11
1999 100.00 45.64 58.67 -12.11 12.06 -12.98 54.36 90.86 36.50
2000 100.00 66.26 48.58 1.80 35.89 -20.00 33.74 146.50 112.76
2001 (1) … … … … … … … … …
2002 100.00 38.02 34.18 6.92 -2.86 -0.22 61.98 120.64 58.66
2003 100.00 21.51 16.79 2.33 -4.86 7.24 78.49 165.09 86.60
2004 100.00 90.09 59.54 13.56 17.69 -0.70 9.91 55.57 45.66
2005 100.00 90.87 58.33 12.71 19.59 0.24 9.13 60.16 51.03
(1) Because the 2001 economic growth rate was negative, no meaningful value can be attributed to the contribution of these
sources of growth.
Source: See Table 3-1. 63
 3-10b. Sources of Economic Growth: Expenditure Side (Continued)
(Contribution to Economic Growth Rate) Unit: percentage point
Economic Domestic Demand Net Exports
Period Growth Rate Gross Fixed Increase Exports of Less: Imports
Private Government
(Increase in Subtotal Capital in Subtotal Goods & of Goods
Consumption Consumption
Real GDP) Formation Inventory Services & Services
1952 12.03 15.36 10.34 2.86 1.67 0.49 -3.33 0.04 3.37
1955 8.21 5.59 3.76 3.23 -1.09 -0.31 2.62 1.04 -1.58
1960 6.31 6.59 3.32 0.73 1.84 0.70 -0.28 0.74 1.02
1965 11.21 11.82 6.96 1.83 2.00 1.03 -0.61 2.25 2.87
1970 11.41 11.56 5.90 2.54 2.02 1.10 -0.15 4.33 4.48
1975 4.94 3.42 2.80 2.73 3.96 -6.07 1.52 -0.01 -1.53
1978 13.67 10.80 6.14 1.58 2.80 0.27 2.87 7.09 4.21
1979 8.44 11.92 6.17 1.72 2.46 1.58 -3.48 2.08 5.57
1980 7.36 6.58 2.99 1.61 2.89 -0.90 0.78 2.55 1.77
1981 6.24 3.79 2.63 0.90 0.82 -0.56 2.45 3.08 0.63
1982 3.47 2.34 2.55 1.32 0.04 -1.57 1.14 0.61 -0.53
1983 8.32 5.67 4.12 0.98 -0.27 0.85 2.65 5.70 3.05
1984 10.71 8.38 5.68 1.54 0.90 0.26 2.33 6.45 4.11
1985 5.02 3.16 3.24 1.22 -0.80 -0.50 1.86 0.80 -1.07
1986 11.49 6.21 4.26 0.79 1.74 -0.59 5.28 10.64 5.36
1987 12.66 12.41 6.23 1.59 3.00 1.59 0.25 8.31 8.05
1988 8.04 12.37 7.02 1.59 2.48 1.28 -4.33 2.34 6.67
1989 8.45 10.43 6.95 1.89 2.59 -1.00 -1.98 2.19 4.17
1990 5.70 7.82 4.54 2.30 1.44 -0.47 -2.12 0.21 2.33
1991 7.58 8.05 4.34 1.50 1.78 0.43 -0.47 5.27 5.74
1992 7.85 10.11 5.40 0.74 3.62 0.34 -2.26 2.87 5.13
1993 6.90 7.21 4.59 0.28 2.55 -0.20 -0.31 3.12 3.43
1994 7.39 6.63 5.10 -0.09 1.76 -0.14 0.76 2.17 1.40
1995 6.49 5.37 3.38 0.64 1.72 -0.37 1.12 5.14 4.02
1996 6.30 5.92 3.98 1.17 0.41 0.36 0.38 2.95 2.57
1997 6.59 8.37 4.25 0.98 2.36 0.79 -1.78 3.94 5.72
1998 4.55 6.39 3.73 0.59 2.02 0.04 -1.84 1.17 3.01
1999 5.75 2.62 3.37 -0.70 0.69 -0.75 3.12 5.22 2.10
2000 5.77 3.82 2.80 0.10 2.07 -1.15 1.95 8.45 6.50
2001 -2.17 -4.63 0.41 0.07 -4.71 -0.40 2.46 -4.21 -6.67
2002 4.25 1.61 1.45 0.29 -0.12 -0.01 2.63 5.12 2.49
2003 3.43 0.74 0.58 0.08 -0.17 0.25 2.69 5.67 2.97
2004 6.07 6.30 2.33 -0.07 3.09 0.96 -0.23 8.24 8.47
2005 4.09 1.56 1.75 0.09 0.09 -0.37 2.52 4.17 1.64

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 3-11a. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Owner

Gross Capital Formation Gross Fixed Capital Formation Increase in Inventory

Period Public Private Public Private Public Private
Total Government Subtotal Government Subtotal
Enterprises Sector Enterprises Sector Enterprises Enterprises
I. Amount (NT$ million)
1952 2,645 345 1,128 1,172 1,942 345 617 980 703 511 192
1955 4,007 550 1,360 2,097 3,410 550 1,295 1,565 597 65 532
1960 12,692 1,438 4,346 6,908 10,435 1,438 3,546 5,451 2,257 800 1,457
1965 25,652 2,410 5,689 17,553 19,196 2,410 4,091 12,695 6,456 1,598 4,858
1970 58,147 6,591 16,847 34,709 49,315 6,591 14,666 28,058 8,832 2,181 6,651
1975 180,166 25,419 78,835 75,912 184,431 25,419 74,910 84,102 -4,265 3,925 -8,190
1978 281,356 43,277 86,377 151,702 257,282 43,277 80,973 133,032 24,074 5,404 18,670
1979 395,167 51,994 109,335 233,838 337,704 51,994 106,114 179,596 57,463 3,221 54,242
1980 505,941 68,652 179,445 257,844 458,476 68,652 157,902 231,922 47,465 21,543 25,922
1981 532,083 79,300 188,119 264,664 496,293 79,300 163,297 253,696 35,790 24,822 10,968
1982 482,074 83,920 168,533 229,621 493,773 83,920 167,652 242,201 -11,699 881 -12,580
1983 496,886 78,929 153,757 264,200 482,455 78,929 151,273 252,253 14,431 2,484 11,947
1984 524,406 84,046 127,897 312,463 501,316 84,046 128,288 288,982 23,090 -391 23,481
1985 477,610 90,296 113,135 274,179 472,592 90,296 114,449 267,847 5,018 -1,314 6,332
1986 508,874 99,348 101,332 308,194 525,679 99,348 126,507 299,824 -16,805 -25,175 8,370
1987 676,715 113,513 140,322 422,880 632,379 113,513 139,832 379,034 44,336 490 43,846
1988 847,467 145,517 137,311 564,639 747,231 145,517 140,359 461,355 100,236 -3,048 103,284
1989 940,242 186,045 181,072 573,125 886,383 186,045 172,898 527,440 53,859 8,174 45,685
1990 1,015,613 240,534 254,046 521,033 987,074 240,534 241,061 505,479 28,539 12,985 15,554
1991 1,145,160 299,012 259,103 587,045 1,091,345 299,012 261,732 530,601 53,815 -2,629 56,444
1992 1,391,645 353,350 270,741 767,554 1,317,814 353,350 267,293 697,171 73,831 3,448 70,383
1993 1,581,910 430,008 246,120 905,782 1,521,892 430,008 253,923 837,961 60,018 -7,803 67,821
1994 1,682,343 476,640 235,288 970,415 1,630,503 476,640 226,758 927,105 51,840 8,530 43,310
1995 1,827,756 500,257 238,817 1,088,682 1,800,902 500,257 234,027 1,066,618 26,854 4,790 22,064
1996 1,834,507 491,749 219,255 1,123,503 1,780,498 491,749 216,728 1,072,021 54,009 2,527 51,482
1997 2,072,505 493,081 211,005 1,368,419 1,955,615 493,081 204,445 1,258,089 116,890 6,560 110,330
1998 2,305,519 500,707 198,566 1,606,246 2,185,505 500,707 221,273 1,463,525 120,014 -22,707 142,721
1999 2,279,174 516,998 265,729 1,496,447 2,229,266 516,998 246,903 1,465,365 49,908 18,826 31,082
2000 2,333,605 489,739 239,411 1,604,455 2,394,001 489,739 233,897 1,670,365 -60,396 5,514 -65,910
2001 1,811,063 456,836 222,733 1,131,494 1,910,022 456,836 234,582 1,218,604 -98,959 -11,849 -87,110
2002 1,778,860 399,733 233,538 1,145,589 1,878,683 399,733 226,774 1,252,176 -99,823 6,764 -106,587
2003 1,795,676 402,577 208,790 1,184,309 1,874,885 402,577 219,210 1,253,098 -79,209 -10,420 -68,789
2004 2,310,516 411,821 188,006 1,710,689 2,279,551 411,821 181,574 1,686,156 30,965 6,432 24,533
2005 2,251,594 417,199 219,548 1,614,847 2,269,727 417,199 207,465 1,645,063 -18,133 12,083 -30,216
Source: See Table 3-1.

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 3-11b. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Owner (Continued)

Gross Capital Formation Gross Fixed Capital Formation Increase in Inventory

Period Public Private Public Private Public Private
Total Government Subtotal Government Subtotal
Enterprises Sector Enterprises Sector Enterprises Enterprises
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 13.0 42.6 44.3 100.0 17.8 31.8 50.5 100.0 72.7 27.3
1955 100.0 13.7 33.9 52.3 100.0 16.1 38.0 45.9 100.0 10.9 89.1
1960 100.0 11.3 34.2 54.4 100.0 13.8 34.0 52.2 100.0 35.4 64.6
1965 100.0 9.4 22.2 68.4 100.0 12.6 21.3 66.1 100.0 24.8 75.2
1970 100.0 11.3 29.0 59.7 100.0 13.4 29.7 56.9 100.0 24.7 75.3
1975 100.0 14.1 43.8 42.1 100.0 13.8 40.6 45.6 … … …
1978 100.0 15.4 30.7 53.9 100.0 16.8 31.5 51.7 100.0 22.4 77.6
1979 100.0 13.2 27.7 59.2 100.0 15.4 31.4 53.2 100.0 5.6 94.4
1980 100.0 13.6 35.5 51.0 100.0 15.0 34.4 50.6 100.0 45.4 54.6
1981 100.0 14.9 35.4 49.7 100.0 16.0 32.9 51.1 100.0 69.4 30.6
1982 100.0 17.4 35.0 47.6 100.0 17.0 34.0 49.1 … … …
1983 100.0 15.9 30.9 53.2 100.0 16.4 31.4 52.3 100.0 17.2 82.8
1984 100.0 16.0 24.4 59.6 100.0 16.8 25.6 57.6 100.0 -1.7 101.7
1985 100.0 18.9 23.7 57.4 100.0 19.1 24.2 56.7 100.0 -26.2 126.2
1986 100.0 19.5 19.9 60.6 100.0 18.9 24.1 57.0 … … …
1987 100.0 16.8 20.7 62.5 100.0 18.0 22.1 59.9 100.0 1.1 98.9
1988 100.0 17.2 16.2 66.6 100.0 19.5 18.8 61.7 100.0 -3.0 103.0
1989 100.0 19.8 19.3 61.0 100.0 21.0 19.5 59.5 100.0 15.2 84.8
1990 100.0 23.7 25.0 51.3 100.0 24.4 24.4 51.2 100.0 45.5 54.5
1991 100.0 26.1 22.6 51.3 100.0 27.4 24.0 48.6 100.0 -4.9 104.9
1992 100.0 25.4 19.5 55.2 100.0 26.8 20.3 52.9 100.0 4.7 95.3
1993 100.0 27.2 15.6 57.3 100.0 28.3 16.7 55.1 100.0 -13.0 113.0
1994 100.0 28.3 14.0 57.7 100.0 29.2 13.9 56.9 100.0 16.5 83.5
1995 100.0 27.4 13.1 59.6 100.0 27.8 13.0 59.2 100.0 17.8 82.2
1996 100.0 26.8 12.0 61.2 100.0 27.6 12.2 60.2 100.0 4.7 95.3
1997 100.0 23.8 10.2 66.0 100.0 25.2 10.5 64.3 100.0 5.6 94.4
1998 100.0 21.7 8.6 69.7 100.0 22.9 10.1 67.0 100.0 -18.9 118.9
1999 100.0 22.7 11.7 65.7 100.0 23.2 11.1 65.7 100.0 37.7 62.3
2000 100.0 21.0 10.3 68.8 100.0 20.5 9.8 69.8 … … …
2001 100.0 25.2 12.3 62.5 100.0 23.9 12.3 63.8 … … …
2002 100.0 22.5 13.1 64.4 100.0 21.3 12.1 66.7 … … …
2003 100.0 22.4 11.6 66.0 100.0 21.5 11.7 66.8 … … …
2004 100.0 17.8 8.1 74.0 100.0 18.1 8.0 74.0 … … …
2005 100.0 18.5 9.8 71.7 100.0 18.4 9.1 72.5 … … …

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 3-12a. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Industry

Gross Fixed Capital Formation

Gross
Industry
Period Capital
Formation Total Agriculture Manu- Electricity,
Subtotal Mining Construction
facturing Gas & Water
I. Amount (NT$ million)

1981 532,083 496,293 14,871 231,053 3,606 145,445 71,097 10,905

1982 482,074 493,773 12,272 220,586 4,048 122,577 84,868 9,093
1983 496,886 482,455 12,699 213,319 3,500 118,139 82,715 8,965
1984 524,406 501,316 12,960 222,000 3,041 149,501 62,042 7,416
1985 477,610 472,592 12,583 188,906 3,105 127,947 50,709 7,145
1986 508,874 525,679 17,253 231,917 6,020 176,984 41,302 7,611
1987 676,715 632,379 18,826 272,808 4,621 209,653 49,960 8,574
1988 847,467 747,231 25,824 297,139 3,218 232,322 51,482 10,117
1989 940,242 886,383 29,155 332,888 3,838 245,062 72,302 11,686
1990 1,015,613 987,074 24,080 364,867 3,298 253,147 94,927 13,495
1991 1,145,160 1,091,345 23,605 377,276 3,905 271,882 87,180 14,309
1992 1,391,645 1,317,814 22,602 431,278 4,271 314,668 93,361 18,978
1993 1,581,910 1,521,892 23,084 462,726 4,507 330,209 106,069 21,941
1994 1,682,343 1,630,503 23,872 523,099 4,051 392,795 105,960 20,293
1995 1,827,756 1,800,902 24,055 621,709 3,812 473,611 124,106 20,180
1996 1,834,507 1,780,498 27,418 648,029 3,645 509,154 118,273 16,957
1997 2,072,505 1,955,615 26,513 788,118 3,348 640,401 126,282 18,087
1998 2,305,519 2,185,505 22,544 907,195 3,704 733,008 148,993 21,490
1999 2,279,174 2,229,266 26,386 961,279 3,431 768,803 168,493 20,552
2000 2,333,605 2,394,001 15,929 1,169,309 2,953 992,694 152,236 21,426
2001 1,811,063 1,910,022 17,736 812,915 2,236 652,802 140,847 17,030
2002 1,778,860 1,878,683 15,883 757,215 1,735 601,976 136,474 17,030
2003 1,795,676 1,874,885 16,500 771,429 1,795 610,829 144,627 14,178
2004 2,310,516 2,279,551 12,803 998,182 1,373 845,072 135,659 16,078
Source: See Table 3-1.

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 3-12b. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Industry (Continued)

Gross Fixed Capital Formation Increase in Inventory

Period Transportation Producers of Trade &

Production
& Trade Government Others Total Eating-Drinking Others
Industries
Communications Services Places
I. Amount (NT$ million)

1981 53,553 21,135 79,300 96,381 35,790 22,645 12,812 333

1982 59,084 23,450 83,920 94,461 -11,699 -5,846 -3,460 -2,393
1983 60,439 23,048 78,929 94,021 14,431 12,962 638 831
1984 50,278 23,489 84,046 108,543 23,090 23,331 -1,025 784
1985 51,267 21,784 90,296 107,756 5,018 4,334 -1,523 2,207
1986 46,310 24,148 99,348 106,703 -16,805 -17,567 592 170
1987 59,777 31,515 113,513 135,940 44,336 37,002 5,393 1,941
1988 68,739 44,716 145,517 165,296 100,236 86,980 12,683 573
1989 84,155 46,058 186,045 208,082 53,859 34,026 17,754 2,079
1990 102,841 37,074 240,534 217,678 28,539 47,487 -20,785 1,837
1991 125,051 39,597 299,012 226,804 53,815 31,563 20,153 2,099
1992 148,241 57,949 353,350 304,394 73,831 35,640 34,019 4,172
1993 142,471 66,749 430,008 396,854 60,018 943 58,174 901
1994 125,052 80,736 476,640 401,104 51,840 26,551 22,994 2,295
1995 122,936 94,544 500,257 437,401 26,854 22,495 2,366 1,993
1996 117,736 94,981 491,749 400,585 54,009 44,470 5,844 3,695
1997 148,461 100,562 493,081 398,880 116,890 90,025 23,475 3,390
1998 222,904 99,041 500,707 433,114 120,014 94,296 20,074 5,644
1999 202,837 87,093 516,998 434,673 49,908 83,161 -27,096 -6,157
2000 217,284 106,382 489,739 395,358 -60,396 -31,585 -36,033 7,222
2001 211,655 87,941 456,836 322,939 -98,959 -76,872 -23,450 1,363
2002 287,979 85,788 399,733 332,085 -99,823 -102,982 7,093 -3,934
2003 273,393 88,356 402,577 322,630 -79,209 -70,338 -11,246 2,375
2004 346,101 113,604 411,821 397,040 30,965 19,654 7,764 3,547

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 3-12c. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Industry (Continued)

Gross Fixed Capital Formation

Period Industry
Total Agriculture Electricity,
Subtotal Mining Manufacturing Construction
Gas & Water
II. Percentage (%)
1981 100.0 3.0 46.6 0.7 29.3 14.3 2.2
1982 100.0 2.5 44.7 0.8 24.8 17.2 1.8
1983 100.0 2.6 44.2 0.7 24.5 17.1 1.9
1984 100.0 2.6 44.3 0.6 29.8 12.4 1.5
1985 100.0 2.7 40.0 0.7 27.1 10.7 1.5
1986 100.0 3.3 44.1 1.1 33.7 7.9 1.4
1987 100.0 3.0 43.1 0.7 33.2 7.9 1.4
1988 100.0 3.5 39.8 0.4 31.1 6.9 1.4
1989 100.0 3.3 37.6 0.4 27.6 8.2 1.3
1990 100.0 2.4 37.0 0.3 25.6 9.6 1.4
1991 100.0 2.2 34.6 0.4 24.9 8.0 1.3
1992 100.0 1.7 32.7 0.3 23.9 7.1 1.4
1993 100.0 1.5 30.4 0.3 21.7 7.0 1.4
1994 100.0 1.5 32.1 0.2 24.1 6.5 1.2
1995 100.0 1.3 34.5 0.2 26.3 6.9 1.1
1996 100.0 1.5 36.4 0.2 28.6 6.6 1.0
1997 100.0 1.4 40.3 0.2 32.7 6.5 0.9
1998 100.0 1.0 41.5 0.2 33.5 6.8 1.0
1999 100.0 1.2 43.1 0.2 34.5 7.6 0.9
2000 100.0 0.7 48.8 0.1 41.5 6.4 0.9
2001 100.0 0.9 42.6 0.1 34.2 7.4 0.9
2002 100.0 0.8 40.3 0.1 32.0 7.3 0.9
2003 100.0 0.9 41.1 0.1 32.6 7.7 0.8
2004 100.0 0.6 43.8 0.1 37.1 6.0 0.7

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 3-12d. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Industry (Continued)

Gross Fixed Capital Formation Increase in Inventory

Period Transportation Producers of Trade &

Production
& Trade Government Others Total Eating-Drinking Others
Industries
Communications Services Places
II. Percentage (%)
1981 10.8 4.3 16.0 19.4 100.0 63.3 35.8 0.9
1982 12.0 4.7 17.0 19.1 … … … …
1983 12.5 4.8 16.4 19.5 100.0 89.8 4.4 5.8
1984 10.0 4.7 16.8 21.7 100.0 101.0 -4.4 3.4
1985 10.8 4.6 19.1 22.8 100.0 86.4 -30.4 44.0
1986 8.8 4.6 18.9 20.3 … … … …
1987 9.5 5.0 18.0 21.5 100.0 83.5 12.2 4.4
1988 9.2 6.0 19.5 22.1 100.0 86.8 12.7 0.6
1989 9.5 5.2 21.0 23.5 100.0 63.2 33.0 3.9
1990 10.4 3.8 24.4 22.1 100.0 166.4 -72.8 6.4
1991 11.5 3.6 27.4 20.8 100.0 58.7 37.4 3.9
1992 11.2 4.4 26.8 23.1 100.0 48.3 46.1 5.7
1993 9.4 4.4 28.3 26.1 100.0 1.6 96.9 1.5
1994 7.7 5.0 29.2 24.6 100.0 51.2 44.4 4.4
1995 6.8 5.2 27.8 24.3 100.0 83.8 8.8 7.4
1996 6.6 5.3 27.6 22.5 100.0 82.3 10.8 6.8
1997 7.6 5.1 25.2 20.4 100.0 77.0 20.1 2.9
1998 10.2 4.5 22.9 19.8 100.0 78.6 16.7 4.7
1999 9.1 3.9 23.2 19.5 100.0 166.6 -54.3 -12.3
2000 9.1 4.4 20.5 16.5 … … … …
2001 11.1 4.6 23.9 16.9 … … … …
2002 15.3 4.6 21.3 17.7 … … … …
2003 14.6 4.7 21.5 17.2 … … … …
2004 15.2 5.0 18.1 17.4 … … … …

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 3-13a. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Type of Capital Goods

Gross Fixed Capital Formation Increase in Inventory

Gross
Non- Other Machinery Intangible
Period Capital Residential Transport Raw Goods in Finished
Formation residential Construc- and Other Fixed Subtotal
Building Equipment Materials Process Goods
Building tion Equipment Assets
I. Amount (NT$ million)
1952 2,645 1,942 178 452 402 198 710 2 703 234 37 432
1955 4,007 3,410 430 688 711 144 1,428 9 597 358 -9 248
1960 12,692 10,435 1,414 2,091 2,044 1,020 3,792 74 2,257 1,449 9 799
1965 25,652 19,196 1,861 3,609 3,297 2,167 8,156 106 6,456 2,081 863 3,512
1970 58,147 49,315 4,544 7,313 7,089 7,321 22,787 261 8,832 3,618 1,363 3,851
1975 180,166 184,431 18,676 22,075 34,652 17,325 90,584 1,119 -4,265 -6,289 -415 2,439
1978 281,356 257,282 39,937 37,381 53,054 27,891 97,334 1,685 24,074 19,350 2,493 2,231
1979 395,167 337,704 49,419 51,660 61,292 36,544 137,001 1,788 57,463 23,423 9,791 24,249
1980 505,941 458,476 64,053 77,544 71,097 44,111 199,641 2,030 47,465 11,384 3,383 32,698
1981 532,083 496,293 71,366 83,295 70,244 41,702 227,436 2,250 35,790 -1,047 9,290 27,547
1982 482,074 493,773 68,353 81,141 72,920 52,963 215,546 2,850 -11,699 -4,332 -1,332 -6,035
1983 496,886 482,455 64,269 79,286 71,211 59,486 204,178 4,025 14,431 10,268 3,928 235
1984 524,406 501,316 72,018 80,899 79,273 57,783 206,308 5,035 23,090 1,228 4,655 17,207
1985 477,610 472,592 72,152 86,355 80,412 46,316 181,106 6,251 5,018 -12,317 6,215 11,120
1986 508,874 525,679 68,993 94,136 92,566 42,284 219,482 8,218 -16,805 -9,859 9,713 -16,659
1987 676,715 632,379 87,022 112,385 99,105 54,641 269,445 9,781 44,336 12,372 13,523 18,441
1988 847,467 747,231 103,669 135,587 118,449 69,114 306,870 13,542 100,236 42,979 14,798 42,459
1989 940,242 886,383 121,225 150,477 146,060 87,005 364,797 16,819 53,859 30,441 8,057 15,361
1990 1,015,613 987,074 113,624 154,967 199,232 85,605 412,152 21,494 28,539 44,674 -145 -15,990
1991 1,145,160 1,091,345 115,210 178,942 244,657 95,592 432,203 24,741 53,815 22,419 13,033 18,363
1992 1,391,645 1,317,814 171,703 207,353 290,647 125,970 492,907 29,234 73,831 4,632 23,976 45,223
1993 1,581,910 1,521,892 250,852 222,486 360,267 128,860 527,125 32,302 60,018 1,400 5,371 53,247
1994 1,682,343 1,630,503 237,929 247,583 387,658 119,880 595,729 41,724 51,840 8,439 20,377 23,024
1995 1,827,756 1,800,902 226,899 294,116 399,662 126,756 703,209 50,260 26,854 7,244 15,407 4,203
1996 1,834,507 1,780,498 184,791 292,515 408,027 106,288 735,745 53,132 54,009 7,528 10,508 35,973
1997 2,072,505 1,955,615 167,255 313,906 436,805 140,043 834,442 63,164 116,890 44,285 5,174 67,431
1998 2,305,519 2,185,505 155,543 327,140 485,518 168,906 960,029 88,369 120,014 44,451 27,100 48,463
1999 2,279,174 2,229,266 154,875 288,327 486,543 119,453 1,065,701 114,367 49,908 52,386 12,317 -14,795
2000 2,333,605 2,394,001 132,044 285,830 473,206 131,023 1,234,261 137,637 -60,396 -7,496 -5,567 -47,333
2001 1,811,063 1,910,022 113,112 217,688 452,328 132,424 856,857 137,613 -98,959 -37,657 -11,291 -50,011
2002 1,778,860 1,878,683 119,167 227,073 442,894 112,863 826,945 149,741 -99,823 -58,003 -24,650 -17,170
2003 1,795,676 1,874,885 124,328 209,978 450,148 116,062 815,486 158,883 -79,209 -23,881 -24,683 -30,645
2004 2,310,516 2,279,551 172,211 232,433 512,268 144,785 1,038,356 179,498 30,965 2,830 4,427 23,708
Source: See Table 3-1.

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 3-13b. Composition of Gross Capital Formation by Type of Capital Goods (Continued)

Gross Fixed Capital Formation Increase in Inventory

Non- Other Machinery
Period Residential Transport Raw Goods in Finished
residential Construc- and Other Subtotal
Building Equipment Materials Process Goods
Building tion Equipment
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 9.2 23.3 20.7 10.2 36.6 100.0 33.3 5.3 61.5
1955 100.0 12.6 20.2 20.9 4.2 41.9 100.0 60.0 -1.5 41.5
1960 100.0 13.6 20.0 19.6 9.8 36.3 100.0 64.2 0.4 35.4
1965 100.0 9.7 18.8 17.2 11.3 42.5 100.0 32.2 13.4 54.4
1970 100.0 9.2 14.8 14.4 14.8 46.2 100.0 41.0 15.4 43.6
1975 100.0 10.1 12.0 18.8 9.4 49.1 … … … …
1978 100.0 15.5 14.5 20.6 10.8 37.8 100.0 80.4 10.4 9.3
1979 100.0 14.6 15.3 18.1 10.8 40.6 100.0 40.8 17.0 42.2
1980 100.0 14.0 16.9 15.5 9.6 43.5 100.0 24.0 7.1 68.9
1981 100.0 14.4 16.8 14.2 8.4 45.8 100.0 -2.9 26.0 77.0
1982 100.0 13.8 16.4 14.8 10.7 43.7 … … … …
1983 100.0 13.3 16.4 14.8 12.3 42.3 100.0 71.2 27.2 1.6
1984 100.0 14.4 16.1 15.8 11.5 41.2 100.0 5.3 20.2 74.5
1985 100.0 15.3 18.3 17.0 9.8 38.3 100.0 -245.5 123.9 221.6
1986 100.0 13.1 17.9 17.6 8.0 41.8 … … … …
1987 100.0 13.8 17.8 15.7 8.6 42.6 100.0 27.9 30.5 41.6
1988 100.0 13.9 18.1 15.9 9.2 41.1 100.0 42.9 14.8 42.4
1989 100.0 13.7 17.0 16.5 9.8 41.2 100.0 56.5 15.0 28.5
1990 100.0 11.5 15.7 20.2 8.7 41.8 100.0 156.5 -0.5 -56.0
1991 100.0 10.6 16.4 22.4 8.8 39.6 100.0 41.7 24.2 34.1
1992 100.0 13.0 15.7 22.1 9.6 37.4 100.0 6.3 32.5 61.3
1993 100.0 16.5 14.6 23.7 8.5 34.6 100.0 2.3 8.9 88.7
1994 100.0 14.6 15.2 23.8 7.4 36.5 100.0 16.3 39.3 44.4
1995 100.0 12.6 16.3 22.2 7.0 39.0 100.0 27.0 57.4 15.7
1996 100.0 10.4 16.4 22.9 6.0 41.3 100.0 13.9 19.5 66.6
1997 100.0 8.6 16.1 22.3 7.2 42.7 100.0 37.9 4.4 57.7
1998 100.0 7.1 15.0 22.2 7.7 43.9 100.0 37.0 22.6 40.4
1999 100.0 6.9 12.9 21.8 5.4 47.8 100.0 105.0 24.7 -29.6
2000 100.0 5.5 11.9 19.8 5.5 51.6 … … … …
2001 100.0 5.9 11.4 23.7 6.9 44.9 … … … …
2002 100.0 6.3 12.1 23.6 6.0 44.0 … … … …
2003 100.0 6.6 11.2 24.0 6.2 43.5 … … … …
2004 100.0 7.6 10.2 22.5 6.4 45.6 … … … …

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 3-14a. The Finance of Gross Capital Formation

Gross National Savings Net Net

Gross Capital Borrowing
Provision for Capital Consumption Net National Savings (1) Transfers from (+)
Period Capital
from the or
Formation Total
Public Private Public Private Rest of the Lending to (-)
Government Government
Enterprises Sector Enterprises Sector World Abroad
I. Amount (NT$ million)
1952 2,645 2,641 … … … … … … … …
1955 4,007 4,373 … … … … … … … …
1960 12,692 11,174 … … … … … … … …
1965 25,652 23,400 … … … … … … … …
1970 58,147 58,178 … … … … … … … …
1975 180,166 157,804 … … … … … … … …
1978 281,356 341,905 … … … … … … … …
1979 395,167 401,095 … … … … … … … …
1980 505,941 482,658 … … … … … … … …
1981 532,083 555,255 20,087 43,763 96,067 97,006 41,091 15,752 … -23,172
1982 482,074 573,905 22,317 51,985 104,870 74,950 46,493 13,472 … -91,831
1983 496,886 679,875 24,502 58,657 116,001 94,128 57,314 26,437 … -182,989
1984 524,406 805,522 26,486 67,566 127,791 110,086 77,709 32,784 … -281,116
1985 477,610 850,443 29,054 81,097 138,829 102,847 60,472 30,635 … -372,833
1986 508,874 1,133,414 31,317 83,949 157,853 96,502 62,264 139,846 … -624,540
1987 676,715 1,281,948 35,493 89,308 182,301 166,941 55,647 115,191 … -605,233
1988 847,467 1,258,736 39,620 93,137 204,639 215,430 63,051 73,008 … -411,269
1989 940,242 1,269,864 45,282 98,282 230,755 261,429 50,076 36,814 … -329,622
1990 1,015,613 1,315,435 52,694 104,444 261,199 211,696 43,198 36,230 … -299,822
1991 1,145,160 1,473,571 62,040 122,309 299,071 94,456 67,695 128,486 … -328,411
1992 1,391,645 1,611,827 74,037 139,445 321,798 210,336 72,084 138,356 -9,900 -210,282
1993 1,581,910 1,769,905 89,237 148,309 360,002 212,822 79,972 190,557 -8,658 -179,337
1994 1,682,343 1,856,742 103,012 156,253 377,553 237,505 95,872 168,069 -9,097 -165,302
1995 1,827,756 1,978,072 119,253 152,174 422,824 143,522 158,448 159,017 -17,538 -132,778
1996 1,834,507 2,134,857 135,020 154,462 471,589 17,787 138,121 160,933 -17,939 -282,411
1997 2,072,505 2,275,293 151,462 161,628 517,597 82,800 103,429 217,533 -9,013 -193,775
1998 2,305,519 2,418,699 169,716 165,140 576,781 84,684 55,107 280,908 -6,056 -107,124
1999 2,279,174 2,537,204 186,702 164,385 649,657 -118,658 50,840 414,555 -5,583 -252,447
2000 2,333,605 2,611,440 203,896 165,431 757,814 -79,909 15,772 399,120 -8,964 -268,871
2001 1,811,063 2,428,116 220,478 168,007 858,839 -297,712 37,870 336,904 -4,125 -611,542
2002 1,778,860 2,665,189 236,176 173,575 903,636 -250,930 38,433 467,483 -3,320 -881,522
2003 1,795,676 2,801,295 250,148 180,198 947,840 -175,664 49,795 455,872 -2,375 -1,002,624
2004 2,310,516 2,933,375 271,374 178,551 998,307 -88,555 82,851 472,586 -2,507 620,285
(1) Including U.S. aid up to year-end 1968. U.S. aid terminated in June 1965, but what was already committed and in the pipeline continued
arriving until the end of 1968
Source: See Table 3-1. 73
 3-14b. The Finance of Gross Capital Formation (Continued)

Net Net
Gross National Savings
Gross Capital Borrowing
Period Capital Provision for Capital Consumption Net National Savings Transfers from (+)
from the or
Formation Total Public Private Public Private Rest of the Lending to (-)
Government Government
Enterprises Sector Enterprises Sector World Abroad
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 99.8 … … … … … … … …
1955 100.0 109.1 … … … … … … … …
1960 100.0 88.0 … … … … … … … …
1965 100.0 91.2 … … … … … … … …
1970 100.0 100.1 … … … … … … … …
1975 100.0 87.6 … … … … … … … …
1978 100.0 121.5 … … … … … … … …
1979 100.0 101.5 … … … … … … … …
1980 100.0 95.4 … … … … … … … …
1981 100.0 104.4 3.8 8.2 18.1 18.2 7.7 3.0 … …
1982 100.0 119.0 4.6 10.8 21.8 15.5 9.6 2.8 … …
1983 100.0 136.8 4.9 11.8 23.3 18.9 11.5 5.3 … …
1984 100.0 153.6 5.1 12.9 24.4 21.0 14.8 6.3 … …
1985 100.0 178.1 6.1 17.0 29.1 21.5 12.7 6.4 … …
1986 100.0 222.7 6.2 16.5 31.0 19.0 12.2 27.5 … …
1987 100.0 189.4 5.2 13.2 26.9 24.7 8.2 17.0 … …
1988 100.0 148.5 4.7 11.0 24.1 25.4 7.4 8.6 … …
1989 100.0 135.1 4.8 10.5 24.5 27.8 5.3 3.9 … …
1990 100.0 129.5 5.2 10.3 25.7 20.8 4.3 3.6 … …
1991 100.0 128.7 5.4 10.7 26.1 8.2 5.9 11.2 … …
1992 100.0 115.8 5.3 10.0 23.1 15.1 5.2 9.9 … …
1993 100.0 111.9 5.6 9.4 22.8 13.5 5.1 12.0 … …
1994 100.0 110.4 6.1 9.3 22.4 14.1 5.7 10.0 … …
1995 100.0 108.2 6.5 8.3 23.1 7.9 8.7 8.7 … …
1996 100.0 116.4 7.4 8.4 25.7 1.0 7.5 8.8 … …
1997 100.0 109.8 7.3 7.8 25.0 4.0 5.0 10.5 … …
1998 100.0 104.9 7.4 7.2 25.0 3.7 2.4 12.2 … …
1999 100.0 111.3 8.2 7.2 28.5 -5.2 2.2 18.2 … …
2000 100.0 111.9 8.7 7.1 32.5 -3.4 0.7 17.1 … …
2001 100.0 134.1 12.2 9.3 47.4 -16.4 2.1 18.6 … …
2002 100.0 149.8 13.3 9.8 50.8 -14.1 2.2 26.3 … …
2003 100.0 156.0 13.9 10.0 52.8 -9.8 2.8 25.4 … …
2004 100.0 127.0 11.7 7.7 43.2 -3.8 3.6 20.5 … …

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 3-15. Savings as Percentage of National Income and GNP
Amount unit: NT$ million
National Income Gross National Gross National
Net Savings (1) (A)/(B) x 100 (C)/(D) x 100
Period (At Factor Cost) Savings Product
(A) (%) (%)
(B) (C) (D)
1952 1,718 14,566 11.8 2,641 17,316 15.3
1955 2,682 24,488 11.0 4,373 30,178 14.5
1960 6,601 50,590 13.0 11,174 63,140 17.7
1965 15,428 90,610 17.0 23,400 113,523 20.6
1970 40,950 176,824 23.2 58,178 229,150 25.4
1975 109,692 457,507 24.0 157,804 595,048 26.5
1978 251,799 764,682 32.9 341,905 1,006,276 34.0
1979 292,950 922,867 31.7 401,095 1,219,731 32.9
1980 353,055 1,168,136 30.2 482,658 1,520,166 31.8
1981 395,338 1,405,458 28.1 555,255 1,803,637 30.8
1982 394,733 1,527,040 25.8 573,905 1,939,891 29.6
1983 480,715 1,679,940 28.6 679,875 2,145,637 31.7
1984 583,679 1,913,415 30.5 805,522 2,417,806 33.3
1985 601,463 2,043,151 29.4 850,443 2,568,741 33.1
1986 860,295 2,418,044 35.6 1,133,414 2,982,365 38.0
1987 974,846 2,725,180 35.8 1,281,948 3,365,162 38.1
1988 921,340 2,979,257 30.9 1,258,736 3,687,179 34.1
1989 895,545 3,330,945 26.9 1,269,864 4,123,857 30.8
1990 897,098 3,662,427 24.5 1,315,435 4,528,695 29.0
1991 990,151 4,082,988 24.3 1,473,571 5,059,138 29.1
1992 1,076,547 4,524,995 23.8 1,611,827 5,623,664 28.7
1993 1,172,357 4,990,033 23.5 1,769,905 6,207,950 28.5
1994 1,219,924 5,472,464 22.3 1,856,742 6,781,348 27.4
1995 1,283,821 5,958,507 21.5 1,978,072 7,363,955 26.9
1996 1,373,786 6,606,475 20.8 2,134,857 8,054,095 26.5
1997 1,444,606 7,148,691 20.2 2,275,293 8,699,750 26.2
1998 1,507,062 7,679,150 19.6 2,418,699 9,307,023 26.0
1999 1,536,460 8,044,134 19.1 2,537,204 9,731,411 26.1
2000 1,484,299 8,368,633 17.7 2,611,440 10,171,562 25.7
2001 1,180,792 8,184,912 14.4 2,428,116 10,054,207 24.2
2002 1,351,802 8,461,407 16.0 2,665,189 10,436,780 25.5
2003 1,423,109 8,616,434 16.5 2,801,295 10,647,483 26.3
2004 1,485,143 8,991,341 16.5 2,933,375 11,146,310 26.3
2005 1,357,716 9,192,869 14.8 2,857,655 11,425,549 25.0
(1) See note (1) of Table 3-14a.
Source: See Table 3-1.
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 3-16a. Household Income, Disposable Income and Savings
Unit: NT$ million
Item 1952 1960 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997

A. Gross national product 17,316 63,140 595,048 1,520,166 2,568,741 4,528,695 7,363,955 8,054,095 8,699,750
Less: Provisions for consumption 923 4,573 48,112 129,603 248,980 418,337 694,251 761,071 830,687
of fixed capital
Indirect taxes 1,957 8,027 89,805 223,667 286,281 453,479 724,289 707,519 746,018
Plus: Subsidies 130 50 376 1,240 9,671 5,548 13,092 20,970 25,646
B. National income (at factor cost) 14,566 50,590 457,507 1,168,136 2,043,151 3,662,427 5,958,507 6,606,475 7,148,691
Less: Savings of public enterprises … … … … 60,472 43,198 158,448 138,121 103,429
Savings of private business … … … … 30,635 36,230 159,017 160,933 217,533
Business profit tax … … … … … 152,424 175,079 161,053 175,459
Gov't income from property … … … … … 118,371 76,099 130,496 163,048
and enterprises
Private transfers from … … … … … 9,768 29,185 34,260 17,538
enterprises, net
Compulsory fees, fines and … … … … … 2,930 3,743 4,072 4,444
penalities
Plus: Current transfers from residents … … … … 34,739 65,606 252,465 309,989 325,888
Current transfers from the … … … … 4,770 44,207 61,250 67,843 80,914
rest of the world
C. Household (personal) income … … … … 1,814,893 3,409,319 5,670,651 6,355,372 6,874,042
Less: Current transfers to the … … … … 14,489 63,837 137,229 135,249 145,036
rest of the world
Current transfers to residents … … … … 31,372 56,290 125,033 137,740 143,424
Direct taxes … … … … 70,392 266,279 365,675 375,891 499,215
D. Household disposable income … … … … 1,698,640 3,022,913 5,042,714 5,706,492 6,086,367
Less: Consumption expenditure … … … … 1,291,131 2,416,939 4,219,880 4,649,547 5,045,523
Savings … … … … 407,509 605,974 822,834 1,056,945 1,040,844
Source: See Table 3-1.

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 3-16b. Household Income, Disposable Income and Savings (Continued)
Unit: NT$ million
Item 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

A. Gross national product 9,307,023 9,731,411 10,171,562 10,054,207 10,436,780 10,647,483 11,146,310
Less: Provisions for consumption 911,637 1,000,744 1,127,141 1,247,324 1,313,387 1,378,186 1,448,232
of fixed capital
Indirect taxes 763,598 726,094 721,550 680,937 715,860 708,866 761,457
Plus: Subsidies 47,362 39,561 45,762 58,966 53,874 56,003 54,720
B. National income (at factor cost) 7,679,150 8,044,134 8,368,633 8,184,912 8,461,407 8,616,434 8,991,341
Less: Savings of public enterprises 55,107 50,840 15,772 37,870 38,433 49,795 82,851
Savings of private business 280,908 414,555 399,120 336,904 467,483 455,872 472,586
Business profit tax 212,668 207,452 231,931 247,781 184,439 236,241 271,656
Gov't income from property 248,432 90,291 124,018 67,636 130,221 221,948 191,169
and enterprises
Private transfers from 29,044 72,547 75,693 109,096 203,606 170,953 121,039
enterprises, net
enterprises Compulsory fees, 10,993 12,631 15,005 17,015 17,688 16,776 17,393
fines and penalities
Plus: Current transfers from residents 357,949 450,324 423,047 486,467 577,492 549,466 531,179
Current transfers from the 94,982 97,488 95,642 84,837 88,038 90,419 102,952
rest of the world
C. Household (personal) income 7,294,929 7,743,630 8,025,783 7,939,914 8,085,067 8,104,734 8,468,778
Less: Current transfers to the 147,876 173,742 180,039 179,209 175,246 183,075 230,606
rest of the world
Current transfers to residents 176,060 181,026 164,913 157,680 188,501 183,285 200,183
Direct taxes 447,921 442,349 444,278 370,082 369,858 351,685 399,941
D. Household disposable income 6,523,072 6,946,513 7,236,553 7,232,943 7,351,462 7,386,689 7,638,048
Less: Consumption expenditure 5,436,709 5,756,790 6,087,237 6,129,213 6,254,646 6,293,583 6,619,787
Savings 1,086,363 1,189,723 1,149,316 1,103,730 1,096,816 1,093,106 1,018,261

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 3-17. Household Propensity to Consume and to Save
Amount unit: NT$ million
Average Annual Increase in
Household Average Marginal Marginal
Household Household Propensity
Disposable Propensity Disposable Propensity Propensity
Period Consumption Savings to Consumption Savings
Income to Save Income to Consume to Save
Consume
(A) (B) (C) (B)/(A) (C)/(A) (D) (E) (F) (E)/(D) (F)/(D)
1981 1,187,505 946,016 241,489 0.80 0.20 … … … … …
1982 1,285,630 1,025,812 259,818 0.80 0.20 98,125 79,796 18,329 0.81 0.19
1983 1,411,676 1,108,840 302,836 0.79 0.21 126,046 83,028 43,018 0.66 0.34
1984 1,580,097 1,216,997 363,100 0.77 0.23 168,421 108,157 60,264 0.64 0.36
1985 1,698,640 1,291,131 407,509 0.76 0.24 118,543 74,134 44,409 0.63 0.37
1986 1,957,913 1,396,230 561,683 0.71 0.29 259,273 105,099 154,174 0.41 0.59
1987 2,211,105 1,574,038 637,067 0.71 0.29 253,192 177,808 75,384 0.70 0.30
1988 2,388,787 1,818,936 569,851 0.76 0.24 177,682 244,898 -67,216 1.38 -0.38
1989 2,697,547 2,150,321 547,226 0.80 0.20 308,760 331,385 -22,625 1.07 -0.07
1990 3,022,913 2,416,939 605,974 0.80 0.20 325,366 266,618 58,748 0.82 0.18
1991 3,399,104 2,699,590 699,514 0.79 0.21 376,191 282,651 93,540 0.75 0.25
1992 3,723,690 3,067,919 655,771 0.82 0.18 324,586 368,329 -43,743 1.13 -0.13
1993 4,113,091 3,424,085 689,006 0.83 0.17 389,401 356,166 33,235 0.91 0.09
1994 4,582,279 3,863,801 718,478 0.84 0.16 469,188 439,716 29,472 0.94 0.06
1995 5,042,714 4,219,880 822,834 0.84 0.16 460,435 356,079 104,356 0.77 0.23
1996 5,706,492 4,649,547 1,056,945 0.81 0.19 663,778 429,667 234,111 0.65 0.35
1997 6,086,367 5,045,523 1,040,844 0.83 0.17 379,875 395,976 -16,101 1.04 -0.04
1998 6,523,072 5,436,709 1,086,363 0.83 0.17 436,705 391,186 45,519 0.90 0.10
1999 6,946,513 5,756,790 1,189,723 0.83 0.17 423,441 320,081 103,360 0.76 0.24
2000 7,236,553 6,087,237 1,149,316 0.84 0.16 290,040 330,447 -40,407 1.14 -0.14
2001 7,232,943 6,129,213 1,103,730 0.85 0.15 -3,610 41,976 -45,586 … …
2002 7,351,462 6,254,646 1,096,816 0.85 0.15 118,519 125,433 -6,914 1.06 -0.06
2003 7,386,689 6,293,583 1,093,106 0.85 0.15 35,227 38,937 -3,710 1.11 -0.11
2004 7,638,048 6,619,787 1,018,261 0.87 0.13 251,359 326,204 -74,845 1.30 -0.30
Source: See Table 3-1.

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 3-18. Marginal Capital/Output Ratio
Amount unit: NT$ million at 2001 prices
Gross Domestic Product Capital Formation (1) Marginal Capital/Output Ratio
Annual Gross Capital Gross Fixed Gross Capital Gross Fixed
Period Amount Capital Capital
Increase Formation Formation
Formation Formation
(A) (B) (C) (D) (C)/(B) (D)/(B)
1952 214,678 23,057 13,919 11,399 0.60 0.49
1955 278,699 21,152 23,358 20,564 1.10 0.97
1960 387,448 22,997 32,368 29,140 1.41 1.27
1965 608,403 61,306 59,319 50,179 0.97 0.82
1970 975,173 99,885 138,627 128,086 1.39 1.28
1975 1,497,151 70,492 347,741 267,008 4.93 3.79
1978 2,139,296 257,281 387,870 361,070 1.51 1.40
1979 2,319,822 180,526 445,728 413,798 2.47 2.29
1980 2,490,663 170,841 532,077 466,435 3.11 2.73
1981 2,646,160 155,497 578,240 533,522 3.72 3.43
1982 2,738,104 91,944 584,784 554,001 6.36 6.03
1983 2,965,923 227,819 544,323 555,105 2.39 2.44
1984 3,283,683 317,760 560,055 547,612 1.76 1.72
1985 3,448,649 164,966 594,365 574,228 3.60 3.48
1986 3,844,915 396,266 551,731 547,968 1.39 1.38
1987 4,331,641 486,726 591,410 607,869 1.22 1.25
1988 4,680,027 348,386 767,740 723,061 2.20 2.08
1989 5,075,619 395,592 930,866 830,694 2.35 2.10
1990 5,364,728 289,109 1,005,298 952,032 3.48 3.29
1991 5,771,492 406,764 1,054,492 1,025,153 2.59 2.52
1992 6,224,352 452,860 1,172,991 1,120,736 2.59 2.47
1993 6,653,676 429,324 1,402,016 1,329,871 3.27 3.10
1994 7,145,424 491,748 1,548,220 1,488,306 3.15 3.03
1995 7,609,029 463,605 1,655,876 1,605,421 3.57 3.46
1996 8,088,068 479,039 1,752,541 1,728,678 3.66 3.61
1997 8,621,225 533,157 1,811,139 1,759,792 3.40 3.30
1998 9,013,354 392,129 2,066,056 1,950,802 5.27 4.97
1999 9,531,425 518,071 2,244,092 2,125,181 4.33 4.10
2000 10,081,059 549,634 2,239,347 2,187,673 4.07 3.98
2001 9,862,183 -218,876 2,326,665 2,384,927 -10.63 -10.90
2002 10,280,971 418,788 1,811,063 1,910,022 4.32 4.56
2003 10,633,860 352,889 1,798,165 1,898,046 5.10 5.38
2004 11,279,191 645,331 1,806,586 1,880,911 2.80 2.91
2005 11,740,073 460,882 2,236,856 2,209,612 4.85 4.79
(1) Figures refer to previous year.
Source: See Table 3-1.
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 3-19a. Distribution of Personal Income by Household in Taiwan Area
Unit: %
Households divided into
1974 1976 1981 1985 1990 1994 1995 1996
five groups of equal size
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
1. Lowest fifth 8.84 8.91 8.80 8.37 7.45 7.28 7.30 7.23
2. Second fifth 13.49 13.64 13.76 13.59 13.22 12.97 12.96 13.00
3. Third fifth 16.99 17.48 17.62 17.52 17.51 17.41 17.37 17.50
4. Fourth fifth 22.05 22.71 22.78 22.88 23.22 23.18 23.38 23.38
5. Highest fifth 38.63 37.26 37.04 37.64 38.60 39.16 38.99 38.89
Ratio of highest fifth's
4.37 4.18 4.21 4.50 5.18 5.38 5.34 5.38
Income to lowest fifth's
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.,Report on the Survey of Family Income and
Expenditure in Taiwan Area, Republic of China, 2004.
3-20a. Changes in Household Expenditure in Taiwan Area
Unit: %

Item 1974 1976 1981 1985 1990 1994 1995 1996

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

1. Food, beverage and tobacco 49.40 46.38 39.44 38.20 32.33 26.05 25.50 26.08
2. Clothing and footwear 6.15 6.83 6.80 5.89 5.92 4.90 4.60 4.49
3. Rent, fuel and power 20.71 21.45 24.13 23.54 24.62 25.65 24.91 25.30
4. Family furniture and equipment 3.79 3.87 4.58 4.12 4.27 4.56 4.57 4.58
5. Medical care and health expenses 3.92 4.61 4.50 5.26 4.82 8.49 10.37 9.84
6. Transportation and communications 3.99 4.99 6.89 8.30 8.83 9.87 10.00 10.17
7. Education and recreation 6.06 6.38 8.30 9.52 13.34 13.48 13.12 12.97
8. Others 5.98 5.49 5.36 5.17 5.87 7.00 6.93 6.57
Source: See Table 3-19a.

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 3-19b. Distribution of Personal Income by Household in Taiwan Area (Continued)
Unit: %
Households divided into
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
five groups of equal size
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
1. Lowest fifth 7.24 7.12 7.13 7.07 6.43 6.67 6.72 6.67
2. Second fifth 12.91 12.84 12.91 12.82 12.08 12.30 12.37 12.46
3. Third fifth 17.46 17.53 17.51 17.47 17.04 16.99 16.91 17.41
4. Fourth fifth 23.25 23.24 23.21 23.41 23.33 22.95 23.17 23.25
5. Highest fifth 39.14 39.26 39.24 39.23 41.11 41.09 40.83 40.21
Ratio of highest fifth's
5.41 5.51 5.50 5.55 6.39 6.16 6.07 6.03
Income to lowest fifth's

3-20b. Changes in Household Expenditure in Taiwan Area (Continued)

Unit: %

Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

1. Food, beverage and tobacco 25.74 25.77 25.15 24.21 24.34 24.05 24.00 23.71
2. Clothing and footwear 4.50 4.48 4.08 3.83 3.64 3.56 3.52 3.47
3. Rent, fuel and power 25.10 25.24 24.91 25.15 24.60 23.71 23.96 23.06
4. Family furniture and equipment 4.38 4.17 4.03 3.96 3.91 3.71 3.55 3.73
5. Medical care and health expenses 9.98 10.32 10.97 11.09 11.53 12.28 12.70 12.91
6. Transportation and communications 10.42 10.60 11.11 11.37 11.69 12.23 12.12 12.54
7. Education and recreation 13.11 12.81 12.96 13.51 13.32 13.52 13.12 13.31
8. Others 6.77 6.61 6.80 6.88 6.97 6.94 7.03 7.26

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4. AGRICULTURE
 4-1. Area of Cultivated Land
Unit: 1,000 ha.
Area of Total
Paddy Field Total Multiple-
Cultivated
Period Upland Field Crop Area Cropping Index
Land Double-Cropping Single-Cropping (B) (B/A x 100)
Total
(A) Field Field
1952 876 534 325 209 343 1,521 173.6
1955 873 533 333 200 340 1,508 172.7
1960 869 526 329 197 344 1,600 184.1
1965 890 537 337 199 353 1,680 188.8
1970 905 529 336 193 376 1,656 183.0
1975 917 516 342 174 401 1,659 180.9
1978 918 517 369 148 401 1,549 168.7
1979 915 515 369 147 400 1,494 163.3
1980 907 509 361 149 398 1,400 154.4
1981 900 503 354 149 397 1,398 155.3
1982 891 502 363 138 389 1,380 154.9
1983 894 501 353 148 393 1,334 149.2
1984 892 497 348 149 395 1,285 144.1
1985 888 495 346 148 393 1,257 141.6
1986 887 495 346 148 393 1,267 142.8
1987 886 488 345 143 399 1,261 142.3
1988 895 484 344 139 412 1,216 135.9
1989 895 480 340 140 415 1,184 132.3
1990 890 477 341 136 413 1,155 129.8
1991 884 473 333 140 411 1,127 127.5
1992 876 465 328 137 411 1,089 124.3
1993 875 464 330 134 411 1,077 123.1
1994 872 461 329 132 411 1,035 118.7
1995 873 459 329 130 414 1,036 118.7
1996 872 456 328 128 416 998 114.4
1997 865 455 325 130 410 995 115.0
1998 859 451 323 128 408 963 112.1
1999 855 444 321 123 411 963 112.6
2000 851 442 317 125 409 904 106.2
2001 849 439 316 123 410 877 103.3
2002 847 435 314 121 412 850 100.4
2003 844 433 319 114 411 797 94.4
2004 836 428 329 99 408 737 88.2
2005 833 426 329 97 408 760 91.2
Source: The data are provided by the Council of Agriculture, R.O.C.

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 4-2. Agricultural Population by Owner and Tenant
Unit: 1,000 persons
Agricultural Population Cultivating Farm Household
End of
% of Total Full Part Percentage (%)
Year Tenant
Population Owner Owner Full Owner Part Owner Tenant
1952 - - 4,257 1,598 1,113 1,546 37.5 26.1 36.3
1955 - - 4,603 2,708 1,084 811 58.8 23.5 17.6
1960 - - 5,373 3,463 1,157 753 64.5 21.5 14.0
1965 - - 5,739 3,837 1,179 723 66.9 20.5 12.6
1970 - - 5,997 4,642 737 618 77.4 12.3 10.3
1975 5,785 35.8 5,598 4,572 540 486 81.7 9.6 8.7
1978 5,765 33.6 5,638 4,668 492 478 82.8 8.7 8.5
1979 5,744 32.9 5,639 4,776 428 435 84.7 7.6 7.7
1980 5,389 30.3 5,288 4,353 556 379 82.3 10.5 7.2
1981 5,101 28.1 4,964 4,189 436 339 84.4 8.8 6.8
1982 4,980 27.0 4,876 4,218 348 310 86.5 7.1 6.4
1983 4,318 23.0 4,283 3,569 459 255 83.3 10.7 6.0
1984 4,277 22.5 4,250 3,469 508 273 81.6 12.0 6.4
1985 4,685 24.3 4,146 3,384 496 266 81.6 12.0 6.4
1986 4,292 22.1 4,249 3,534 494 221 83.2 11.6 5.2
1987 4,068 20.7 4,025 3,343 468 214 83.1 11.6 5.3
1988 3,819 19.2 3,781 3,218 397 166 85.1 10.5 4.4
1989 3,671 18.3 3,634 3,133 371 130 86.2 10.2 3.6
1990 4,289 21.1 4,262 3,609 371 282 84.7 8.7 6.6
1991 4,200 20.5 4,159 3,379 537 243 81.2 12.9 5.8
1992 4,081 19.7 4,039 3,423 429 187 84.7 10.6 4.6
1993 3,993 19.1 3,947 3,295 464 188 83.5 11.8 4.8
1994 4,007 19.0 3,963 3,287 525 151 82.9 13.2 3.8
1995 3,930 18.5 3,902 3,321 385 196 85.1 9.9 5.0
1996 3,716 17.4 3,688 3,180 340 168 86.2 9.2 4.6
1997 3,721 17.3 3,693 3,190 338 165 86.4 9.2 4.5
1998 3,728 17.0 3,699 3,192 343 165 86.3 9.3 4.5
1999 3,747 17.0 3,724 3,213 343 167 86.3 9.2 4.5
2000 3,669 16.5 3,648 3,060 395 194 83.9 10.8 5.3
2001 3,687 16.5 3,666 3,027 452 187 82.6 12.3 5.1
2002 3,665 16.3 3,643 3,027 437 180 83.1 12.0 4.9
2003 3,044 15.1 3,382 2,887 356 139 85.4 10.5 4.1
2004 3,225 14.3 3,206 2,713 371 122 84.6 11.6 3.8
Source: See Table 4-1.

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 4-3. Cultivated Land, Agricultural Population and Employment

Area of
Number of Agricultural Agricultural Area of Cultivated Land (ha.)
Cultivated
Period Farm Families Population Employment
Land (household) (1,000 persons) (1,000 persons) Per Farm Per Capita on Per Agricultural
(ha.) Family Farm Employment
1952 876,100 679,750 - 1,642 1.29 - 0.53
1955 873,002 732,555 - 1,667 1.19 - 0.52
1960 869,223 785,592 - 1,742 1.11 - 0.50
1965 889,563 847,242 - 1,748 1.05 - 0.51
1970 905,263 880,274 - 1,681 1.03 - 0.54
1975 917,111 897,739 5,785 1,681 1.02 0.16 0.55
1978 918,143 908,502 5,765 1,553 1.01 0.16 0.59
1979 915,393 918,152 5,744 1,380 1.00 0.16 0.66
1980 907,353 891,115 5,389 1,277 1.02 0.17 0.71
1981 900,602 847,997 5,101 1,257 1.06 0.18 0.72
1982 890,830 828,751 4,980 1,284 1.07 0.18 0.69
1983 894,326 815,883 4,318 1,317 1.10 0.21 0.68
1984 891,655 803,830 4,277 1,286 1.11 0.21 0.69
1985 887,660 779,897 4,685 1,297 1.14 0.19 0.68
1986 887,451 769,366 4,292 1,317 1.15 0.21 0.67
1987 886,281 756,745 4,068 1,226 1.17 0.22 0.72
1988 894,974 738,742 3,819 1,113 1.21 0.23 0.80
1989 894,601 723,191 3,671 1,066 1.24 0.24 0.84
1990 890,090 859,772 4,289 1,064 1.04 0.21 0.84
1991 884,443 824,256 4,206 1,093 1.07 0.21 0.81
1992 875,951 797,745 4,081 1,065 1.10 0.21 0.82
1993 874,535 822,395 3,993 1,005 1.06 0.22 0.87
1994 872,307 807,791 4,007 976 1.08 0.22 0.89
1995 873,378 792,125 3,930 954 1.10 0.22 0.92
1996 872,159 779,427 3,716 918 1.12 0.23 0.97
1997 864,817 780,246 3,721 878 1.11 0.23 0.98
1998 858,756 782,136 3,728 822 1.10 0.23 1.04
1999 855,073 787,407 3,747 776 1.09 0.23 1.10
2000 851,495 721,161 3,669 740 1.18 0.23 1.15
2001 848,743 726,575 3,687 706 1.17 0.23 1.20
2002 847,334 724,949 3,665 709 1.17 0.23 1.20
2003 844,097 … 3,044 696 … … 1.21
2004 835,507 … 3,225 642 … … 1.30
2005 833,176 … … 591 … … 1.41
Source: See Table 4-1.
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 4-4. Indices of Agricultural Production

Index (2001=100) Annual Growth Rate (%)

Period General Agri- General Agri-
Forestry Fisheries Livestock Forestry Fisheries Livestock
Index culture Index culture
1952 22.23 55.20 497.02 8.65 6.31 11.19 9.75 28.56 16.63 7.60
1955 26.39 60.85 517.98 12.89 8.49 2.87 -0.47 1.23 17.67 3.77
1960 32.90 73.40 841.85 17.57 10.88 0.64 1.40 3.17 4.89 -3.64
1965 43.23 94.22 1,267.89 23.90 14.76 6.60 6.62 2.54 2.08 7.40
1970 54.57 105.17 1,231.81 41.09 23.34 6.89 4.45 5.86 8.74 9.84
1975 61.69 110.43 958.95 55.84 26.99 -1.38 -2.98 -9.15 9.65 -5.41
1978 73.55 114.25 799.19 68.64 40.38 0.30 -4.67 1.89 5.61 5.09
1979 79.35 118.52 753.58 75.65 45.66 7.88 3.74 -5.71 10.21 13.08
1980 80.20 115.97 678.14 76.78 48.36 1.07 -2.16 -10.01 1.49 5.91
1981 79.12 113.14 704.56 73.81 49.25 -1.35 -2.43 3.90 -3.87 1.84
1982 80.53 114.13 644.82 75.33 51.16 1.79 0.87 -8.48 2.06 3.88
1983 83.78 110.72 762.25 77.47 58.61 4.03 -2.98 18.21 2.84 14.57
1984 86.38 111.46 658.82 82.15 62.02 3.11 0.67 -13.57 6.04 5.81
1985 89.02 112.31 593.10 85.67 66.25 3.05 0.76 -9.98 4.28 6.82
1986 88.73 106.48 657.17 90.84 68.48 -0.32 -5.19 10.80 6.03 3.36
1987 95.81 110.91 609.40 103.14 74.65 7.98 4.16 -7.27 13.54 9.02
1988 97.29 112.43 395.03 107.34 75.29 1.55 1.37 -35.18 4.08 0.86
1989 97.10 111.89 279.04 102.00 78.96 -0.19 -0.48 -29.36 -4.98 4.87
1990 99.27 106.91 238.75 108.36 84.91 2.23 -4.45 -14.44 6.24 7.54
1991 100.69 109.63 223.57 100.24 92.52 1.44 2.55 -6.36 -7.49 8.95
1992 98.32 105.09 134.92 96.71 94.75 -2.36 -4.14 -39.65 -3.53 2.41
1993 104.25 112.25 140.85 102.76 98.88 6.03 6.81 4.39 6.26 4.37
1994 101.06 108.31 106.33 90.62 104.49 -3.06 -3.51 -24.51 -11.81 5.66
1995 104.83 110.48 124.11 94.41 109.73 3.73 2.00 16.72 4.18 5.02
1996 105.00 110.18 102.24 90.00 114.17 0.16 -0.27 -17.62 -4.67 4.04
1997 103.63 111.94 115.00 91.76 105.67 -1.30 1.60 12.48 1.95 -7.44
1998 97.94 102.69 145.66 91.85 97.87 -5.49 -8.27 26.66 0.11 -7.39
1999 99.06 109.65 122.42 89.95 94.31 1.14 6.78 -15.95 -2.08 -3.63
2000 101.24 104.53 120.77 98.34 99.69 2.20 -4.67 -1.34 9.34 5.70
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 -1.22 -4.33 -17.20 1.68 0.31
2002 104.08 105.46 111.56 108.14 98.13 4.08 5.46 11.56 8.14 -1.87
2003 104.26 102.72 121.47 115.79 96.17 0.17 -2.60 8.88 7.07 -2.00
2004 99.85 97.63 121.26 107.54 96.05 -4.23 -4.96 -0.17 -7.12 -0.12
2005 94.06 88.37 94.84 105.34 93.00 -5.80 -9.48 -21.79 -2.05 -3.18
Source: See Table 4-1.

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 4-5a. Area and Output of Principal Crops

Rice (brown) Sweet Potatoes Wheat

Harvested Yield Harvested Yield Harvested Yield
Period Production Production Production
Area Per Ha. Area Per Ha. Area Per Ha.
1,000 ha. 1,000 m.t. kg. 1,000 ha. 1,000 m.t. kg. ha. 1,000 m.t. kg.
1952 (1) 785.7 1,570 1,998 (1) 233.5 2,090 8,953 (1) 14.6 16,604 1,139
1955 (1) 750.7 1,615 2,151 (1) 245.5 2,437 9,928 (1) 12.8 19,304 1,503
1960 (1) 766.4 1,912 2,495 (1) 235.4 2,979 12,654 (1) 25.2 45,574 1,808
1965 (1) 772.9 2,348 3,038 234.1 3,131 13,377 11.1 23,492 2,113
1970 (1) 776.1 2,463 3,173 228.7 3,441 15,043 2.0 3,664 1,829
1975 (1) 790.2 2,494 3,156 156.7 2,403 15,337 1.3 3,042 2,401
1978 752.3 2,444 3,249 91.7 1,463 15,964 1.2 2,395 2,081
1979 720.6 2,450 3,400 74.3 1,225 16,476 1.0 2,521 2,580
1980 637.4 2,354 3,692 62.3 1,055 16,949 1.1 2,839 2,496
1981 667.1 2,375 3,560 54.4 834 15,314 1.0 2,710 2,658
1982 659.4 2,483 3,765 45.5 741 16,293 1.0 2,314 2,297
1983 645.5 2,485 3,850 36.1 560 15,514 1.2 1,570 1,287
1984 586.7 2,244 3,825 27.8 424 15,269 1.0 2,360 2,321
1985 563.7 2,174 3,856 23.2 369 15,899 1.1 2,125 2,018
1986 531.6 1,974 3,713 21.1 324 15,386 1.1 3,693 3,258
1987 501.5 1,900 3,790 20.7 345 16,630 1.3 4,702 3,651
1988 471.1 1,845 3,916 15.3 255 16,612 0.9 2,957 3,437
1989 475.5 1,865 3,922 12.3 206 16,768 0.9 3,039 3,537
1990 454.3 1,807 3,977 11.7 200 16,952 1.1 2,932 2,703
1991 428.8 1,819 4,241 12.8 224 17,523 1.2 3,581 3,012
1992 397.2 1,628 4,099 11.7 204 17,392 1.4 4,326 3,086
1993 390.9 1,820 4,655 11.0 188 17,098 1.4 4,921 3,490
1994 366.3 1,679 4,583 10.2 181 17,917 1.4 4,440 3,249
1995 363.5 1,687 4,640 10.6 196 18,438 1.3 4,429 3,367
1996 347.8 1,577 4,536 10.5 204 19,421 0.1 193 3,367
1997 364.2 1,663 4,565 10.7 208 19,501 0.0 85 4,269
1998 357.7 1,489 4,164 9.7 187 19,292 0.0 66 3,667
1999 353.1 1,559 4,414 10.0 218 21,940 0.0 88 4,608
2000 339.6 1,540 4,535 9.3 198 21,314 0.0 127 3,510
2001 331.6 1,396 4,210 9.3 189 20,402 0.1 234 3,426
2002 306.8 1,461 4,760 8.8 191 21,714 0.1 262 3,617
2003 272.1 1,338 4,918 9.0 200 22,201 0.1 264 3,503
2004 237.0 1,165 4,914 8.2 175 21,453 0.1 238 3,221
2005 269.0 1,188 4,414 10.2 214 20,918 0.1 196 3,156
(1) Planted Area.
Source: See Table 4-1.
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 4-5b. Area and Output of Principal Crops (Continued)

Soybeans Peanuts Tea

Harvested Yield Harvested Yield Harvested Yield
Period Production Production Production
Area Per Ha. Area Per Ha. Area Per Ha.
1,000 ha. m.t. kg. 1,000 ha. m.t. kg. 1,000 ha. m.t. kg.
1952 (1) 24.3 14,627 602 (1) 81.0 60,037 741 38.0 11,582 305
1955 (1) 34.5 24,151 700 (1) 96.0 66,572 693 42.8 14,680 343
1960 (1) 59.7 52,653 882 (1) 100.5 102,167 1,017 45.7 17,365 380
1965 53.2 65,709 1,236 103.6 125,817 1,214 34.6 20,730 599
1970 42.7 65,174 1,525 87.5 122,198 1,397 33.3 27,648 831
1975 41.4 61,920 1,495 64.1 91,470 1,427 31.4 26,092 830
1978 24.5 40,824 1,668 57.7 92,183 1,598 27.7 25,854 933
1979 19.3 31,782 1,644 53.9 85,881 1,593 27.3 27,055 993
1980 15.3 25,934 1,692 53.3 86,126 1,617 27.1 24,479 902
1981 10.3 15,883 1,543 50.9 81,713 1,607 26.5 25,223 951
1982 7.8 12,043 1,548 50.6 82,832 1,636 26.0 24,051 925
1983 5.6 8,592 1,536 46.0 62,546 1,361 26.3 24,308 923
1984 5.5 9,546 1,725 51.7 86,994 1,683 26.5 24,365 918
1985 7.1 12,211 1,717 52.9 89,105 1,683 24.3 23,203 954
1986 9.3 14,890 1,605 49.2 77,150 1,569 24.2 23,890 988
1987 9.0 18,043 2,002 64.5 111,700 1,732 22.7 25,578 1,129
1988 7.7 14,641 1,901 45.6 83,335 1,826 23.4 23,557 1,006
1989 5.7 10,956 1,915 34.1 64,770 1,898 22.3 22,130 995
1990 4.2 8,140 1,945 34.4 64,980 1,892 22.7 22,299 983
1991 4.0 8,333 2,061 40.0 83,816 2,097 22.4 21,380 956
1992 3.9 8,562 2,173 37.0 75,579 2,045 20.8 20,164 969
1993 5.4 12,715 2,355 32.0 76,462 2,387 21.1 20,515 970
1994 5.7 12,005 2,110 35.2 80,583 2,289 19.7 24,485 1,243
1995 3.8 8,894 2,313 39.2 92,225 2,355 19.9 20,892 1,048
1996 5.0 9,693 1,921 34.0 79,918 2,353 20.0 23,321 1,169
1997 2.0 4,722 2,382 33.3 84,185 2,529 19.6 23,505 1,198
1998 0.7 1,463 2,136 30.0 68,325 2,274 19.3 22,641 1,173
1999 0.2 352 2,169 26.5 67,155 2,535 19.1 21,119 1,103
2000 0.2 294 1,912 29.6 79,128 2,670 19.7 20,349 1,033
2001 0.2 328 1,954 25.2 56,087 2,228 17.9 19,837 1,108
2002 0.2 368 2,184 25.4 77,455 3,050 18.3 20,345 1,110
2003 0.2 341 2,195 25.3 73,462 2,908 18.2 20,675 1,138
2004 0.1 280 2,081 21.8 68,302 3,135 17.5 20,192 1,156
2005 0.1 213 2,128 22.1 53,948 2,438 17.1 18,803 1,102
(1) Planted area.

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 4-5c. Area and Output of Principal Crops (Continued)

Banana Pineapple Citrus Fruits

Harvested Yield Harvested Yield Harvested Yield
Period Production Production Production
Area Per Ha. Area Per Ha. Area Per Ha.
1,000 ha. m.t. kg. 1,000 ha. m.t. kg. 1,000 ha. m.t. kg.
1952 15.7 106,856 6,811 5.8 62,760 10,731 4.6 27,770 6,024
1955 10.7 84,677 7,934 5.7 70,537 12,437 5.2 30,235 5,763
1960 12.7 114,216 8,987 9.7 166,730 17,108 8.1 52,866 6,527
1965 27.4 460,094 16,765 11.1 231,005 20,829 14.7 114,434 7,788
1970 39.0 461,829 11,838 12.8 338,191 26,525 22.0 209,115 9,514
1975 10.8 196,585 18,165 12.2 318,978 26,251 33.0 347,778 10,549
1978 9.6 182,079 18,971 9.0 249,627 27,826 33.5 373,663 11,170
1979 9.9 226,769 22,883 8.1 244,777 30,320 32.8 398,828 12,147
1980 9.3 214,323 23,125 7.4 228,804 31,121 32.7 374,383 11,450
1981 8.8 185,309 21,147 6.5 181,039 27,882 34.0 388,945 11,439
1982 8.7 202,942 23,459 4.9 144,900 29,511 33.3 391,281 11,757
1983 8.8 196,255 22,287 3.8 115,194 29,982 32.4 379,486 11,696
1984 8.6 203,281 23,742 4.1 123,609 29,843 32.7 354,004 10,824
1985 8.3 198,596 23,950 4.7 149,745 32,024 32.9 418,863 12,731
1986 7.5 150,730 20,001 5.3 157,941 29,612 34.0 386,819 11,362
1987 8.6 204,486 23,789 5.7 193,337 33,900 38.3 522,860 13,638
1988 10.0 228,725 22,909 6.2 228,127 36,676 40.2 559,526 13,914
1989 9.7 198,442 20,488 6.0 230,738 38,494 41.5 568,659 13,708
1990 9.5 201,440 21,311 6.1 234,629 38,497 41.5 528,941 12,752
1991 9.3 196,663 21,040 6.4 241,477 37,866 40.7 544,251 13,372
1992 9.6 195,970 20,431 5.7 226,279 39,612 41.7 526,599 12,638
1993 9.3 212,748 22,772 6.4 277,263 43,363 40.7 506,731 12,446
1994 8.2 184,287 22,355 6.5 252,234 38,943 38.4 467,980 12,199
1995 7.9 172,633 21,932 6.3 256,421 40,614 34.6 472,409 13,671
1996 6.5 140,997 21,663 6.3 274,113 43,197 34.2 463,022 13,538
1997 8.8 204,736 23,267 6.7 300,686 44,633 35.2 494,701 14,069
1998 9.3 215,639 23,140 7.2 316,057 43,837 35.0 481,703 13,776
1999 9.0 212,531 23,718 7.3 348,450 47,474 33.5 486,475 14,522
2000 8.8 198,455 22,464 8.0 357,535 44,960 31.7 440,382 13,888
2001 9.0 204,724 22,830 8.6 388,691 45,144 32.7 463,473 14,188
2002 9.6 226,521 23,663 9.1 416,280 45,717 32.4 459,574 14,193
2003 9.6 223,061 23,316 9.9 447,807 45,350 31.8 529,080 16,656
2004 9.2 189,900 20,754 10.4 458,499 44,175 32.0 547,814 17,121
2005 8.8 148,715 16,808 10.7 439,872 41,213 32.2 471,563 14,624

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 4-5d. Area and Output of Principal Crops (Continued)

Sugarcane (2)
Harvested Sugarcane Yield Refined Sugar Brown Sugar
Period
Area Production Per Ha. Production Yield Per Ha. Production Yield Per Ha.
1,000 ha. 1,000 m.t. kg. m.t. kg. m.t. kg.
1952 98.0 4,801 49,003 520,453 6,986 8,007 2,437
1955 77.9 6,089 78,121 733,160 10,490 14,833 5,273
1960 95.5 6,736 70,505 774,376 8,374 17,808 5,791
1965 110.7 9,490 85,730 1,005,547 9,533 33,698 6,465
1970 86.2 5,991 69,460 588,286 7,123 23,677 6,467
1975 99.2 7,687 77,487 715,823 7,510 23,040 5,920
1978 105.6 7,941 75,194 727,404 7,187 29,210 6,645
1979 105.4 9,363 86,560 845,139 8,256 20,016 6,652
1980 107.2 8,851 82,569 829,639 7,911 16,186 6,953
1981 102.5 8,422 82,174 727,716 7,273 16,775 6,883
1982 100.5 8,275 82,349 727,557 7,462 23,773 7,980
1983 89.0 7,070 79,464 621,048 7,197 12,116 4,518
1984 81.2 6,545 80,589 619,374 7,781 10,909 6,755
1985 82.6 6,823 75,086 662,030 8,150 9,301 6,663
1986 64.2 6,002 93,547 570,404 9,024 7,615 8,007
1987 62.9 5,163 82,096 479,200 7,713 5,228 6,870
1988 70.9 6,767 95,511 584,261 8,350 8,396 9,476
1989 67.3 6,628 98,434 616,536 9,306 9,923 9,214
1990 65.5 5,581 85,270 475,348 7,326 3,735 6,553
1991 60.0 4,536 75,600 409,092 6,840 978 6,293
1992 61.6 5,668 91,934 476,890 7,748 452 4,520
1993 61.8 4,577 74,067 398,992 6,459 77 3,080
1994 60.1 5,275 87,738 467,782 7,783 86 3,440
1995 58.1 4,661 80,197 408,093 7,021 … …
1996 52.1 4,190 81,211 391,544 7,520 … …
1997 47.8 3,902 81,673 347,683 7,277 … …
1998 45.3 3,560 78,610 311,699 6,883 … …
1999 40.0 3,256 81,337 276,409 6,910 … …
2000 37.0 2,894 78,299 259,471 7,021 … …
2001 31.6 2,180 68,916 188,862 5,970 … …
2002 27.3 1,973 72,203 171,964 6,293 … …
2003 22.8 1,696 74,501 151,043 6,636 … …
2004 14.1 1,129 80,032 103,867 7,360 … …
2005 10.6 875 82,616 75,439 7,119 … …
(2) Crop year.

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 4-5e. Area and Output of Principal Crops (Continued)

Asparagus Mushroom Watermelon

Harvested Yield Harvested Yield Harvested Yield
Period Production Production Production
Area Per Ha. Area Per Sq.m. Area Per Ha.
ha. m.t. kg. 1,000 sq.m. m.t. kg. ha. m.t. kg.
1952 - - - - - - (1) 3,206 26,790 8,355
1955 - - - - - - (1) 3,695 24,772 6,703
1960 - - - - - - (1) 6,240 48,315 7,742
1965 (1) 9,533 16,776 1,760 8,565 32,430 3.79 (1) 7,317 77,329 10,569
1970 (1) 12,588 112,331 8,924 8,290 39,021 4.71 (1) 13,715 225,843 16,469
1975 17,384 80,113 4,607 5,906 48,802 8.26 (1) 12,907 210,897 16,339
1978 12,567 97,393 7,750 11,699 119,460 10.21 (1) 18,331 216,925 11,848
1979 13,475 102,837 7,631 10,434 103,426 9.91 (1) 19,462 313,491 16,421
1980 12,428 112,871 9,082 7,945 76,159 9.61 (1) 19,923 341,410 17,136
1981 12,369 81,338 6,576 6,437 66,947 10.40 (1) 19,336 307,786 15,918
1982 11,236 52,808 4,700 5,136 59,716 11.63 (1) 19,927 282,986 14,201
1983 9,500 45,638 4,804 4,221 56,783 13.45 18,799 223,901 11,910
1984 9,400 54,143 5,760 4,274 59,562 13.94 21,969 238,452 10,859
1985 9,903 62,068 6,268 4,318 59,853 13.86 19,575 284,521 14,535
1986 9,326 41,836 4,485 4,130 55,219 13.37 24,166 353,206 14,616
1987 7,120 40,091 5,630 3,794 45,474 11.99 22,954 359,147 15,646
1988 6,419 32,868 5,120 2,631 32,738 12.44 23,614 375,081 15,883
1989 5,249 25,092 4,781 2,109 27,359 12.97 21,364 327,893 15,348
1990 3,190 17,924 5,619 1,478 19,780 13.39 19,045 255,371 13,409
1991 2,437 12,424 5,099 1,267 16,081 12.69 21,549 350,038 16,244
1992 1,755 9,130 5,202 940 11,619 12.36 20,198 337,100 16,690
1993 1,525 7,951 5,222 639 8,217 12.86 20,537 350,579 17,073
1994 1,471 7,423 5,051 548 7,136 13.02 18,851 296,491 15,730
1995 1,420 7,617 5,364 490 5,945 12.13 18,363 307,743 16,757
1996 1,523 7,560 4,971 622 8,387 13.50 19,429 338,401 17,420
1997 1,564 7,308 4,672 601 7,222 12.01 18,735 300,004 16,010
1998 1,484 6,344 4,273 498 6,035 12.12 19,034 310,643 16,322
1999 1,538 7,457 4,838 395 4,805 12.18 19,420 382,286 19,685
2000 1,562 7,901 5,050 339 4,315 12.73 17,357 354,856 20,446
2001 1,538 7,365 4,790 403 4,933 12.24 16,842 330,082 19,599
2002 1,430 6,954 4,864 436 5,217 11.97 19,757 434,289 21,982
2003 1,253 6,325 5,046 408 4,883 11.97 15,727 335,919 21,360
2004 1,149 5,900 5,133 458 5,643 12.33 14,700 314,945 21,425
2005 1,055 4,635 4,410 418 5,117 12.24 12,448 212,488 17,273
(1) Planted area.

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 4-6 Allocations of Various Kinds of Chemical Fertilizer
Unit: m.t.
Calcium Calcium
Ammonium Potassium Potassium
Period Total Ammonium Urea Super- Compound Others
Sulphate Chloride Sulphate
Nitrate phosphate
1952 458,369 178,586 68,230 - 72,502 22,154 - - 116,897
1955 562,560 284,238 16 537 110,756 32,064 2,518 - 132,431
1960 664,872 315,342 39,428 17,295 132,774 45,673 4,955 - 109,405
1965 797,446 363,264 47,309 93,715 181,025 51,001 5,139 3,200 52,793
1970 678,581 333,689 36,650 63,974 138,435 53,859 7,843 37,268 6,863
1975 1,240,827 523,361 26,914 151,403 275,450 93,047 56 169,956 640
1978 1,162,785 524,315 13,820 126,648 223,728 93,210 15 180,510 539
1979 1,252,947 569,696 13,781 128,493 222,400 105,594 - 211,617 1,366
1980 1,359,808 566,619 23,000 178,126 271,962 88,235 - 231,456 410
1981 1,244,757 429,719 22,442 192,303 260,121 124,783 - 213,725 1,664
1982 1,057,105 433,780 13,340 114,401 164,998 107,183 - 219,208 4,195
1983 1,169,768 426,790 18,809 160,704 191,985 97,537 3,428 268,126 2,389
1984 1,238,030 469,073 24,328 171,428 189,402 91,496 4,015 286,728 1,560
1985 1,309,872 486,379 34,116 177,304 201,190 94,254 4,435 309,925 2,269
1986 1,324,282 441,220 31,539 159,853 250,090 83,414 4,288 352,135 1,743
1987 1,286,056 415,745 20,473 137,171 214,088 69,022 4,775 421,565 3,217
1988 1,338,048 410,173 16,963 200,504 213,913 64,533 6,707 420,137 5,118
1989 1,337,816 379,388 17,427 195,208 213,916 62,831 6,800 454,684 7,562
1990 1,358,860 367,112 16,845 198,121 215,524 63,692 5,443 483,839 8,284
1991 1,409,426 376,766 15,400 198,997 196,720 63,412 5,483 543,933 8,715
1992 1,365,929 336,214 16,351 189,650 185,205 60,708 5,276 562,900 9,625
1993 1,386,792 361,734 16,525 178,109 176,473 57,420 5,330 584,112 7,089
1994 1,376,652 343,602 15,585 183,914 163,655 53,751 8,345 601,407 6,393
1995 1,382,139 342,137 16,469 205,923 172,936 56,858 6,232 575,883 5,701
1996 1,391,665 324,612 16,425 205,577 149,429 59,411 6,428 625,980 3,803
1997 1,203,163 272,703 15,037 182,367 122,766 63,518 8,292 534,509 3,971
1998 1,195,734 257,658 10,514 173,169 131,999 66,340 7,254 540,741 8,059
1999 1,213,310 299,556 15,577 161,544 122,598 62,507 6,777 543,246 1,505
2000 1,257,699 334,657 17,197 178,367 137,792 61,621 9,199 518,813 53
2001 1,294,910 341,877 17,300 128,509 164,316 58,300 10,548 570,688 3,372
2002 1,248,294 323,116 17,684 127,158 143,076 50,775 10,400 565,892 10,193
2003 1,143,355 186,731 6,630 112,438 135,470 38,702 10,526 624,439 28,419
2004 1,195,465 232,652 6,836 113,914 117,192 43,180 7,714 646,088 27,889
2005 1,141,483 240,192 6,360 84,968 105,458 29,833 7,012 636,019 31,641
Source: See Table 4-1.

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 4-7. Forest Areas and Reserves

Forest Areas (1,000 ha.) Forest Reserves

Period Conifers Hardwoods Trees (1,000 m3) Bamboo
Total Conifers Hardwoods and Total Conifers Hardwoods (1,000 poles)
Mixture Bamboo
1952 1,790 181 264 1,345 203,870 68,577 135,293 488,751
1955 1,768 179 263 1,326 199,603 68,428 131,175 513,039
1960 2,097 413 55 1,629 238,913 98,988 139,926 459,025
1965 2,164 432 55 1,677 239,288 97,432 141,856 459,025
1970 2,224 449 55 1,720 240,872 96,745 144,127 459,025
1975 2,224 449 55 1,720 240,872 96,745 144,127 459,025
1978 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 459,025
1979 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1980 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1981 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1982 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1983 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1984 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1985 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1986 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1987 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1988 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1989 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1990 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1991 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1992 1,865 417 158 1,291 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1993 1,866 417 158 1,292 326,421 124,550 (1) 201,871 1,168,713
1994 2,102 439 393 1,271 358,239 125,428 (1) 232,811 1,127,831
1995 2,102 439 393 1,271 358,239 125,428 (1) 232,811 1,127,831
1996 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
1997 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
1998 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
1999 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
2000 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
2001 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
2002 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
2003 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
2004 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
2005 2,102 439 395 1,267 357,492 125,428 (1) 232,064 1,108,921
(1) Including conifer hardwood mixture.
Source: See Table 4-1.
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 4-8. Forestry Production

Saw-timber (m3) Millwood

Firewood Bamboo
Period of Industry
Total Conifers Hardwoods (m3) (1,000 pcs.)
(m3)
1952 448,570 235,574 212,996 193,880 - -
1955 480,954 295,841 185,113 135,474 7,583 -
1960 822,326 483,246 339,080 173,807 11,636 -
1965 1,116,915 779,030 337,885 198,951 13,742 -
1970 1,111,156 729,008 382,148 242,458 13,784 90,329
1975 854,731 543,441 311,290 248,329 11,003 104,592
1978 675,241 422,129 253,112 93,954 14,169 79,147
1979 654,165 411,952 242,213 91,984 12,153 75,582
1980 582,663 355,627 227,036 86,071 10,292 42,293
1981 530,242 331,789 198,453 64,898 10,060 58,095
1982 494,937 297,736 197,201 67,782 9,183 52,588
1983 616,070 383,450 232,620 78,703 7,162 73,994
1984 562,637 343,153 219,484 68,484 8,016 69,264
1985 474,584 295,889 178,695 62,394 6,856 90,607
1986 498,675 298,330 200,345 63,739 7,446 117,299
1987 422,644 263,524 159,120 67,571 6,312 71,721
1988 253,312 141,492 111,820 57,059 6,058 58,840
1989 157,289 94,504 62,785 33,926 6,355 27,255
1990 113,830 66,744 47,086 25,966 5,796 30,988
1991 74,190 49,752 24,438 19,320 4,319 (1) 13,182
1992 71,910 56,550 15,360 18,515 3,235 12,946
1993 46,924 40,724 6,200 6,015 2,140 7,802
1994 37,821 29,954 7,867 3,136 1,850 3,343
1995 35,603 31,522 4,081 12,044 2,157 5,173
1996 36,118 33,066 3,051 6,145 2,163 3,661
1997 32,778 30,038 2,739 4,667 1,233 6,626
1998 29,154 26,015 3,139 5,043 1,426 5,888
1999 23,332 18,359 4,973 4,299 1,717 4,082
2000 21,134 16,189 4,945 4,760 1,550 896
2001 26,401 13,919 12,482 5,953 594 1,727
2002 31,074 14,470 16,605 3,957 868 297
2003 26,098 19,508 6,590 14,995 665 55
2004 30,372 16,561 13,810 9,642 574 27
2005 31,389 19,759 11,629 12,675 673 53

(1) Prior to 1991(including 1991), Raw-timber of industry refered to metric ton.

Source: See Table 4-1.
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 4-9. Fisheries Production
Unit: m.t.

Far-sea Offshore Coastal Marine Inland Water Inland

Period Total
Fisheries Fisheries Fisheries Aquaculture Fisheries Aquaculture

1951 104,181 16,330 23,036 38,792 … 1,057 24,966

1956 193,410 43,988 60,148 45,308 6,093 1,486 36,387
1961 312,432 106,147 112,926 34,522 9,924 1,483 47,430
1966 425,277 169,260 167,718 28,615 12,313 1,173 46,198
1971 650,187 293,014 247,429 30,515 17,466 1,440 60,323
1976 810,602 325,327 314,453 32,733 30,936 2,629 104,524
1981 911,679 321,567 346,206 39,265 31,002 2,715 170,924
1984 1,002,598 369,448 334,130 51,299 40,350 2,711 204,659
1985 1,037,721 413,692 316,418 54,467 36,067 2,409 214,668
1986 1,094,589 463,376 306,181 56,736 28,266 2,183 237,847
1987 1,236,172 573,933 300,649 53,906 29,520 2,255 275,909
1988 1,360,868 699,266 308,114 49,090 34,617 3,424 266,357
1989 1,371,692 734,441 333,799 49,821 37,073 3,877 212,681
1990 1,455,499 766,985 292,394 48,362 36,507 3,495 307,756
1991 1,316,653 714,263 266,945 41,232 31,192 2,327 260,694
1992 1,326,979 737,638 280,513 45,399 33,958 1,781 227,690
1993 1,423,973 834,964 258,602 43,443 35,105 1,688 250,171
1994 1,255,275 683,780 242,274 39,799 33,185 1,457 254,780
1995 1,296,867 709,542 255,982 43,497 33,230 1,212 253,404
1996 1,239,634 668,979 256,655 41,032 34,889 444 237,635
1997 1,307,008 748,256 247,575 40,576 31,354 412 238,835
1998 1,348,152 839,190 209,721 43,609 26,033 467 229,132
1999 1,363,867 854,667 205,640 39,911 24,035 580 239,034
2000 1,357,351 886,859 169,520 44,016 28,282 557 228,117
2001 1,316,904 795,622 158,969 48,923 26,763 609 286,018
2002 1,405,092 823,534 185,030 49,251 28,729 608 317,939
2003 1,498,983 877,663 192,681 63,430 34,386 475 330,348
2004 1,258,009 677,703 196,820 56,070 28,094 255 299,066
2005 1,317,348 756,613 200,730 52,781 34,746 207 272,270
Source: See Table 4-1.

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 4-10a. Livestock Production
Unit: head
Cattle Hog Goat
Period Number at Number Number Number at Number Number Number at Number Number
Year-End Born Slaughtered Year-End Born Slaughtered Year-End Born Slaughtered
1952 383,390 34,679 16,209 2,610,929 2,079,172 1,258,167 181,146 54,652 22,530
1955 412,018 38,524 17,116 2,799,369 2,081,959 1,770,957 126,856 42,865 20,781
1960 420,573 37,729 19,459 3,164,571 2,369,051 2,139,633 132,422 48,274 29,441
1965 376,745 27,584 28,485 2,935,503 2,983,004 2,694,925 156,793 57,816 38,430
1970 284,677 26,967 54,093 2,900,725 4,251,869 4,319,801 167,727 61,305 45,570
1975 249,329 39,379 21,408 3,314,823 4,907,420 4,224,657 191,434 85,881 49,083
1978 159,240 33,260 58,423 4,322,165 6,978,074 6,204,549 198,254 58,583 33,249
1979 142,829 42,054 46,880 5,417,706 8,780,914 7,427,575 187,687 75,884 22,710
1980 133,813 26,182 32,530 4,820,201 6,754,536 7,750,098 183,602 73,128 22,088
1981 128,171 25,039 30,758 4,825,862 7,223,874 7,738,018 176,849 74,656 22,659
1982 129,441 26,258 33,282 5,182,487 7,391,936 7,940,732 177,120 76,728 22,276
1983 129,852 27,429 37,562 5,888,198 8,696,700 8,482,357 196,987 84,340 22,910
1984 130,342 35,827 33,569 6,569,313 10,639,207 9,264,780 217,214 107,465 25,337
1985 143,204 35,398 24,172 6,673,983 10,986,431 10,380,258 231,159 120,010 22,548
1986 153,322 39,198 21,561 7,057,099 11,541,119 10,529,594 237,252 128,127 21,069
1987 171,759 47,479 23,174 7,129,034 11,391,918 11,295,604 207,022 135,007 21,276
1988 176,275 53,951 26,256 6,954,322 11,546,204 11,020,942 195,869 121,340 27,931
1989 165,136 49,917 33,658 7,783,276 12,641,051 11,078,268 179,003 112,294 33,167
1990 154,238 44,736 27,328 8,565,250 13,856,175 12,121,873 172,593 89,556 24,155
1991 152,856 44,075 27,229 10,089,137 16,133,503 13,525,987 175,346 92,055 25,542
1992 157,873 43,179 29,573 9,754,460 14,474,248 13,310,000 201,833 107,410 34,449
1993 165,601 40,833 26,412 9,844,920 14,811,785 13,225,000 293,629 150,912 76,814
1994 164,270 38,697 28,829 10,065,552 15,596,885 13,860,000 310,283 199,647 121,881
1995 164,825 41,566 33,961 10,508,502 16,975,316 14,180,000 318,404 201,555 179,591
1996 163,114 38,529 33,168 10,698,366 16,821,874 14,310,000 309,129 193,113 222,060
1997 166,393 39,985 32,770 7,966,887 12,919,492 11,400,000 315,216 191,008 225,781
1998 165,399 36,407 29,377 6,538,596 9,153,615 9,800,000 273,217 155,536 202,721
1999 165,248 42,096 25,840 7,243,194 9,851,753 8,980,000 237,295 133,162 183,869
2000 161,700 41,052 24,505 7,494,954 10,731,976 9,990,000 202,491 117,680 169,365
2001 152,507 38,437 25,286 7,164,605 11,301,063 10,420,000 184,717 107,315 148,658
2002 149,459 35,485 26,517 6,793,941 10,540,165 10,060,000 161,858 95,066 139,815
2003 148,870 41,912 27,617 6,778,799 10,273,138 9,460,000 155,565 83,856 128,851
2004 145,023 35,353 25,589 6,818,970 11,894,736 9,410,000 249,362 138,172 122,533
2005 137,942 32,344 30,226 7,171,536 11,981,992 9,499,457 263,542 152,321 133,017
Source: See Table 4-1.

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 4-10b. Livestock Production (Continued)

Dairy Cattle Chicken Duck

Number at Number at Number Number at Number Chicken Eggs Duck Eggs
Period Milk
Year-End Year-End Slaughtered Year-End Slaughtered (1,000 pieces) (1,000 pieces)
(m.t.)
(head) (1,000 head) (1,000 head) (1,000 head) (1,000 head)
1955 839 1,857 6,513 13,026 3,323 6,647 128,577 166,169
1960 1,916 4,689 7,650 15,300 3,822 7,643 193,100 191,084
1965 3,716 13,650 9,868 19,737 5,378 10,756 235,714 367,042
1970 4,430 16,123 14,822 29,644 6,798 13,597 574,961 463,518
1975 14,035 46,189 24,756 56,044 7,716 18,599 980,332 478,756
1978 11,834 44,615 38,360 91,463 10,123 26,407 1,743,175 517,664
1979 11,280 44,418 38,941 94,253 9,995 27,381 1,875,003 524,489
1980 11,045 47,740 41,394 104,685 9,928 27,585 2,023,649 475,522
1981 12,159 50,154 43,899 115,670 10,457 32,026 2,048,760 476,204
1982 13,920 55,859 48,475 122,353 12,192 33,932 2,119,955 469,376
1983 15,361 58,022 60,137 154,815 11,349 35,901 3,070,472 485,235
1984 18,195 66,933 60,786 155,000 10,576 34,456 3,273,463 476,318
1985 22,752 87,879 59,313 154,686 10,211 31,894 3,344,729 453,247
1986 27,309 109,723 66,101 155,917 11,179 34,347 3,339,487 429,246
1987 33,986 144,390 68,978 174,400 12,915 39,745 3,546,186 450,752
1988 40,140 173,407 77,651 193,018 12,229 37,717 3,432,113 404,249
1989 44,926 182,421 84,259 215,940 13,125 39,952 3,844,170 393,907
1990 46,342 203,830 76,979 226,556 10,624 39,900 4,032,185 422,464
1991 49,433 225,656 79,120 233,971 10,661 36,295 3,895,379 393,937
1992 53,295 246,069 87,691 257,666 14,719 40,558 4,754,761 391,648
1993 57,652 278,476 92,329 288,243 13,315 45,483 4,916,374 455,354
1994 58,812 289,574 97,827 301,914 12,843 40,886 5,200,777 472,555
1995 66,377 317,806 101,838 319,820 13,084 42,580 5,718,590 517,945
1996 62,846 315,927 110,535 345,509 12,977 41,759 6,139,072 538,845
1997 65,284 330,469 117,565 389,966 11,863 41,156 7,104,433 531,669
1998 66,514 338,368 120,510 389,524 11,513 35,719 7,157,707 520,188
1999 66,175 338,005 121,512 385,563 11,649 35,208 7,274,451 485,629
2000 66,140 358,049 117,885 389,770 10,624 34,099 7,270,033 478,452
2001 65,125 345,970 117,310 376,196 10,104 32,142 7,325,125 481,789
2002 64,517 357,804 118,846 377,522 10,124 31,012 7,069,644 472,326
2003 59,467 354,421 113,048 371,420 10,111 31,040 7,018,647 477,041
2004 54,615 322,715 108,444 377,959 9,768 32,247 6,998,992 417,126
2005 53,151 303,496 105,018 337,632 11,769 33,596 6,314,144 487,549

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 4-11a. Changes in Agricultural Exports and Imports by Product Category
A. Exports
Quantity (m.t.) Value (US$ 1,000)
Item
2005 2004 Change (%) 2005 2004 Change (%)
Total 1,601,592 1,689,168 -5.2 3,582,293 3,554,228 0.8
Crop Products 661,531 811,035 -18.4 730,808 708,523 3.1
Cereals & Their Prep. 49,043 48,857 0.4 83,414 78,047 6.9
Oil Seeds & Flours 3,338 5,226 -36.1 1,865 2,766 -32.6
Vegetables & Their Prep. 76,951 88,154 -12.7 97,587 113,312 -13.9
Fruits & Their Prep. 68,110 89,547 -23.9 83,168 86,184 -3.5
Flowers & Flower Seeds 38,815 40,664 -4.5 71,673 64,488 11.1
Sugar & Its Prep. 31,470 21,977 43.2 26,871 20,544 30.8
Tea 9,943 8,820 12.7 20,664 21,227 -2.7
Tobacco & Its Prep. 6,838 3,027 125.9 15,756 9,793 60.9
Wine 7,061 6,736 4.8 16,260 14,705 10.6
Others 369,962 498,026 -25.7 313,550 297,458 5.4
Livestock Products 216,313 205,530 5.2 1,181,633 1,163,082 1.6
Meat & Offal 8,134 4,556 78.5 35,595 19,394 83.5
Dairy Products 1,440 1,088 32.4 3,011 3,049 -1.3
Feathers 14,424 13,064 10.4 145,780 135,133 7.9
Wool & Other Animal Hair 13,460 15,246 -11.7 89,476 100,716 -11.2
Hides, Skins, & Their Prep. 103,400 106,931 -3.3 817,932 826,639 -1.1
Others 75,455 64,645 16.7 89,840 78,151 15.0
Fishery Products 625,679 558,293 12.1 1,542,092 1,535,946 0.4
Fish & Their Prep. 600,621 520,476 15.4 1,429,863 1,412,881 1.2
Crustacea & Their Prep. 2,067 2,416 -14.4 22,569 29,160 -22.6
Mollusca & Their Prep. 18,565 29,134 -36.3 57,111 62,874 -9.2
Others 4,426 6,267 -29.4 32,548 31,032 4.9
Forestry Products 98,069 114,310 -14.2 127,761 146,677 -12.9
Wood & Its Prep. 90,351 106,777 -15.4 116,420 135,729 -14.2
Bamboo 3,207 3,389 -5.4 1,506 1,691 -10.9
Others 4,511 4,144 8.9 9,834 9,257 6.2
Source: See Table 4-1.

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 4-11b. Changes in Agricultural Exports and Imports by Product Category (Continued)
B. Imports
Quantity (m.t.) Value (US$ 1,000)
Item
2005 2004 Change (%) 2005 2004 Change (%)
Total 19,142,447 18,591,245 3.0 9,355,094 8,862,024 5.6
Crop Products 13,454,115 12,715,000 5.8 5,572,093 5,203,537 7.1
Cereals & Their Prep. 6,774,489 6,485,499 4.5 1,276,138 1,329,269 -4.0
Oil Seeds & Flours 2,503,662 2,085,045 20.1 737,054 731,883 0.7
Vegetables & Their Prep. 466,210 340,040 37.1 236,488 184,107 28.5
Fruits & Their Prep. 486,396 419,054 16.1 505,083 423,489 19.3
Roots,Tubers, & Their Prep. 312,421 405,348 -22.9 85,692 79,930 7.2
Plants & Medicinal Herbs 50,722 45,489 11.5 84,987 59,898 41.9
Flowers & Flower Seeds 9,374 7,925 18.3 17,251 15,169 13.7
Sugar & Its Prep. 958,003 1,120,864 -14.5 248,587 190,949 30.2
Tea 22,059 20,887 5.6 30,016 27,027 11.1
Tobacco & Its Prep. 33,607 30,000 12.0 642,233 565,934 13.5
Cotton 302,610 259,080 16.8 325,523 357,015 -8.8
Wine 194,922 180,319 8.1 491,883 402,627 22.2
Others 1,339,640 1,315,451 1.8 891,159 836,242 6.6
Livestock Products 910,946 912,543 -0.2 1,898,317 1,812,159 4.8
Meat & Offal 248,998 240,074 3.7 560,604 460,924 21.6
Dairy Products 147,296 154,355 -4.6 389,325 366,373 6.3
Feathers 17,002 18,152 -6.3 88,679 91,528 -3.1
Wool & Other Animal Hair 24,239 28,881 -16.1 99,891 116,771 -14.5
Hides, Skins, & Their Prep. 214,395 233,327 -8.1 511,044 547,524 -6.7
Others 259,016 237,755 8.9 248,773 229,039 8.6
Fishery Products 381,407 386,561 -1.3 567,308 526,063 7.8
Fish & Their Prep. 73,611 72,664 1.3 165,355 149,866 10.3
Crustacea & Their Prep. 15,789 16,816 -6.1 91,388 87,145 4.9
Mollusca & Their Prep. 23,318 25,927 -10.1 88,621 76,842 15.3
Fish Meal for Feed 220,976 227,734 -3.0 153,954 156,406 -1.6
Others 47,712 43,420 9.9 67,990 55,804 21.8
Forestry Products 4,395,979 4,577,141 -4.0 1,317,377 1,320,266 -0.2
Wood & Its Prep. 4,204,388 4,384,813 -4.1 1,131,403 1,145,161 -1.2
Bamboo 8,295 7,852 5.6 949 845 12.3
Others 183,297 184,476 -0.6 185,025 174,260 6.2

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 5-1. Principal Mineral Reserves
End of 2005

Ore Locality Unit Reserves

Coal Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Nantou, Chiayi 1,000 m.t. 102,647
Gold Juifang, Chinkuashih (Taipei prefecture) 1,000 m.t. 5,800
Copper Juifang, Chinkuashih (Taipei prefecture), Chimei (Hualien) 1,000 m.t. 4,700
Pyrites Chihsingshan, Chinkuashih (Taipei prefecture), Tananao (Yilan), Tungmeng (Hualien) 1,000 m.t. 1,770
Placer Magnetite Chinshan, Tanshui (Taipei prefecture), Chuwei (Taoyuan), Chiayi (Tainan) m.t. 106,000
Limonite Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chihsingshan (Taipei prefecture) m.t. 754,000
Manganese Simaoshan (Yilan) m.t. 300,000
Ilmenite (10%) Tainan, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei m.t. 573,000
Zircon Ore (40%) Tainan, Chiayi, Hsinchu m.t. 71,500
Monazite (2%) Tainan, Chiayi, Hsinchu m.t. 45,000
Sulphur Chihsingshan (Taipei prefecture), Chinshan, Peitou (Yangmingshan) 1,000 m.t. 1,549
Asbestos Fengtien (Hualien) m.t. 52,300
Dolomite Hualien 1,000 m.t. 110,162
Marble Yilan, Hualien, Taitung million m.t. 297,172
Talc Yilan, Hualien 1,000 m.t. 1,864
Bauxite Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung 1,000 m.t. 5,000
Limestone Yilan, Hualien, Taitung, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu 1,000 m.t. 327,864
Petroleum Miaoli, Hsinchu, Pachangchi, Chiayi, Shinying, Tainan 1,000 kl 364
3
Natural Gas Miaoli, Hsinchu, Pachangchi, Chiayi, Shinying, Tainan million m 8,171

Source: The data are provided by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.
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 5-2. Indices and Growth Rate of Industrial Production

Indices (2001 = 100) Annual Growth Rate (%)

Period Electric- Housing Electric- Housing

General Manufac- General Manufac-
Mining ity, Gas & Bldg. Mining ity, Gas & Bldg.
Index turing Index turing
& Water Const. & Water Const.
1952 0.92 134.38 0.74 1.11 - 26.0 35.1 32.1 6.7 -
1955 1.38 144.98 1.16 1.45 - 14.0 13.0 10.5 5.1 -
1960 2.22 222.97 1.97 2.47 - 13.8 12.7 14.5 13.3 -
1965 4.27 334.44 3.76 4.08 - 16.3 3.7 16.8 9.4 -
1970 10.16 368.31 9.59 8.45 - 20.2 1.0 22.3 19.0 -
1975 18.46 328.87 17.44 14.59 - 9.4 4.5 7.9 10.1 -
1978 31.63 347.70 30.82 22.16 - 22.5 -2.5 24.1 16.9 -
1979 33.64 332.13 32.57 23.86 - 6.4 -4.5 5.7 7.7 -
1980 35.95 332.87 34.59 25.82 - 6.9 0.2 6.2 8.2 -
1981 37.21 303.71 35.86 25.49 116.43 3.5 -8.8 3.7 -1.3 -
1982 36.89 272.99 36.16 26.02 80.92 -0.9 -10.1 0.8 2.1 -30.5
1983 41.56 265.34 41.15 28.93 77.05 12.7 -2.8 13.8 11.2 -4.8
1984 46.48 256.52 46.27 31.12 86.12 11.8 -3.3 12.4 7.6 11.8
1985 47.72 235.66 47.45 33.15 86.43 2.7 -8.1 2.6 6.5 0.4
1986 54.40 220.27 54.70 36.90 78.30 14.0 -6.5 15.3 11.3 -9.4
1987 60.18 213.30 60.76 40.85 75.92 10.6 -3.2 11.1 10.7 -3.0
1988 62.74 208.73 62.96 44.40 90.00 4.3 -2.1 3.6 8.7 18.5
1989 65.10 185.70 65.24 47.30 95.74 3.8 -11.0 3.6 6.5 6.4
1990 64.96 162.96 64.77 50.60 96.34 -0.2 -12.2 -0.7 7.0 0.6
1991 69.76 148.21 69.58 55.39 99.73 7.4 -9.1 7.4 9.5 3.5
1992 72.84 142.06 72.28 58.91 116.83 4.4 -4.1 3.9 6.4 17.1
1993 75.65 140.70 74.10 64.32 149.76 3.9 -1.0 2.5 9.2 28.2
1994 80.65 141.28 78.34 69.37 185.55 6.6 0.4 5.7 7.9 23.9
1995 (1) 84.51 (1) 136.59 82.47 73.68 177.85 4.8 -3.3 5.3 6.2 -4.1
1996 86.09 126.55 84.67 77.73 146.79 - - 2.7 5.5 -17.5
1997 91.39 126.49 90.79 82.49 123.07 6.2 -0.05 7.2 6.1 -16.2
1998 94.49 118.72 93.68 88.79 123.75 3.4 -6.1 3.2 7.6 0.6
1999 101.45 109.20 100.98 91.80 131.93 7.4 -8.0 7.8 3.4 6.6
2000 108.47 99.95 109.12 98.89 112.60 6.9 -8.5 8.1 7.7 -14.7
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 -7.8 0.1 -8.4 1.1 -11.2
2002 107.92 108.28 109.39 103.31 79.34 7.9 8.3 9.4 3.3 -20.7
2003 115.58 100.24 117.46 107.20 86.38 7.1 -7.4 7.4 3.8 8.9
2004 126.96 95.81 129.85 110.36 90.64 9.8 -4.4 10.5 2.9 4.9
2005 132.20 86.38 135.05 114.46 100.95 4.1 -9.8 4.0 3.7 11.4
(1) Figures for 1995 and before exclude quarrying.
Source: See Table 5-1.

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 5-3. Indices of Private and Public Industrial Production
Base: 2001 = 100
Electricity, Housing &
General Index Mining Manufacturing
Period Gas & Water Bldg. Const.

Private Public Private Public Private Public Public Private

1982 34.58 52.35 450.34 157.81 33.39 78.69 29.35 80.92

1983 39.12 58.07 435.73 154.38 38.13 87.70 32.64 77.05
1984 44.29 61.69 402.61 158.30 43.26 92.53 35.11 86.12
1985 45.47 63.25 379.44 140.78 44.49 92.88 37.40 86.43
1986 52.68 67.11 359.00 129.47 52.05 95.54 41.63 78.30
1987 58.39 73.52 324.35 136.73 57.97 103.93 46.08 75.92
1988 60.28 80.23 287.24 148.49 59.66 113.81 50.09 90.00
1989 62.68 82.81 218.86 148.24 62.04 116.34 56.25 95.74
1990 62.66 81.84 172.11 143.67 62.02 108.90 60.06 96.34
1991 67.91 83.89 169.79 121.63 67.30 107.15 65.20 99.73
1992 70.82 88.18 173.27 109.43 69.79 113.10 68.45 116.83
1993 72.87 95.96 171.97 108.14 71.02 123.65 74.23 149.76
1994 78.07 99.75 168.13 111.68 75.50 124.54 80.08 185.55
1995 83.03 95.40 155.93 113.57 80.89 107.43 85.09 177.85
1996 85.22 92.47 138.34 111.15 83.82 97.01 87.69 146.79
1997 90.74 96.09 143.76 101.40 90.18 99.07 92.60 123.07
1998 93.62 100.84 131.97 100.40 93.13 100.82 99.58 123.75
1999 101.26 102.64 116.09 101.70 100.59 105.28 99.40 131.93
2000 109.56 101.65 110.54 88.44 109.79 101.73 102.02 112.60
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 109.95 95.10 113.19 102.94 110.99 91.86 98.83 79.34
2003 118.02 100.18 102.52 97.76 118.98 100.77 99.54 86.38
2004 130.28 106.03 100.70 90.49 131.44 112.37 98.74 90.64
2005 136.23 106.78 105.39 65.71 137.23 111.20 102.80 100.95

Source: See Table 5-1.

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 5-4. Distribution of Industrial Production by Ownership
(Based on Value Added at 2001 Prices)

Electricity, Housing &

Total Mining Manufacturing
Gas & Water Bldg. Const.
Period

Total Private Public Subtotal Private Public Subtotal Private Public Public Private

1990 100.00 83.09 16.91 100.00 25.44 74.56 100.00 86.18 13.82 100.00 100.00
1991 100.00 83.88 16.12 100.00 28.16 71.84 100.00 87.31 12.69 100.00 100.00
1992 100.00 83.48 16.52 100.00 32.32 67.68 100.00 87.11 12.89 100.00 100.00
1993 100.00 82.70 17.30 100.00 30.82 69.18 100.00 86.28 13.72 100.00 100.00
1994 100.00 83.13 16.87 100.00 29.67 70.33 100.00 86.91 13.09 100.00 100.00
1995 100.00 84.56 15.44 100.00 27.78 72.22 100.00 89.18 10.82 100.00 100.00
1996 100.00 85.32 14.68 100.00 57.50 42.50 100.00 90.44 9.56 100.00 100.00
1997 100.00 85.62 14.38 100.00 60.65 39.35 100.00 90.88 9.12 100.00 100.00
1998 100.00 85.41 14.59 100.00 58.83 41.17 100.00 91.00 9.00 100.00 100.00
1999 100.00 86.15 13.85 100.00 55.37 44.63 100.00 91.28 8.72 100.00 100.00
2000 100.00 87.18 12.82 100.00 57.60 42.40 100.00 92.20 7.80 100.00 100.00
2001 100.00 86.31 13.69 100.00 52.09 47.91 100.00 91.63 8.37 100.00 100.00
2002 100.00 87.94 12.06 100.00 54.45 45.55 100.00 92.97 7.03 100.00 100.00
2003 100.00 88.14 11.86 100.00 53.27 46.73 100.00 92.82 7.18 100.00 100.00
2004 100.00 88.57 11.43 100.00 54.75 45.25 100.00 92.76 7.24 100.00 100.00
2005 100.00 88.95 11.05 100.00 63.55 36.45 100.00 93.11 6.89 100.00 100.00

Source: See Table 5-1.

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 5-5a. Indices of Industrial Production by Light and Heavy Industry

Beverage Wood &

Manufacturing Wearing Furniture & Pulp, Paper &
Food & Textile Leather Bambo
Index Apparel Fixtures Paper Products
Period Tobacco Products
Heavy Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Heavy Light Heavy Light
Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind.
I. Index (Base: 2001 = 100)
1994 66.07 116.37 111.93 129.69 97.49 186.95 251.28 171.25 186.66 176.94 79.72 95.57
1995 72.42 113.35 114.13 124.01 95.89 170.00 209.97 138.46 169.92 149.75 90.26 97.81
1996 75.50 112.70 112.30 120.27 99.41 157.85 192.79 129.27 162.83 141.40 84.69 99.26
1997 83.63 112.35 103.69 121.94 104.95 151.55 171.09 131.38 160.74 139.78 93.48 103.35
1998 88.36 109.30 97.61 112.31 108.54 151.37 147.37 120.72 147.88 140.54 91.52 103.76
1999 97.62 110.25 97.18 102.29 112.80 144.20 137.50 113.91 166.12 142.65 99.45 107.21
2000 108.62 110.48 99.51 94.77 112.71 129.94 128.42 106.39 119.78 145.21 104.36 109.08
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 113.73 97.46 92.48 87.21 94.99 90.14 103.39 82.23 99.07 81.05 107.49 104.04
2003 124.64 97.67 89.44 92.20 87.20 81.60 98.60 70.18 91.13 69.98 108.99 114.10
2004 140.89 99.43 88.31 73.32 85.45 74.67 100.51 67.29 102.66 69.03 108.97 119.99
2005 148.92 96.84 89.83 77.46 73.97 61.22 96.08 60.00 92.42 62.46 99.51 121.53
II. Annual Growth Rate (%)
1995 9.6 -2.6 2.0 -4.4 -1.6 -9.1 -16.4 -19.1 -9.0 -15.4 13.2 2.3
1996 4.3 -0.6 -1.6 -3.0 3.7 -7.1 -8.2 -6.6 -4.2 -5.6 -6.2 1.5
1997 10.8 -0.3 -7.7 1.4 5.6 -4.0 -11.3 1.6 -1.3 -1.1 10.4 4.1
1998 5.7 -2.7 -5.9 -7.9 3.4 -0.1 -13.9 -8.1 -8.0 0.5 -2.1 0.4
1999 10.5 0.9 -0.4 -8.9 3.9 -4.7 -6.7 -5.6 12.3 1.5 8.7 3.3
2000 11.3 0.2 2.4 -7.4 -0.1 -9.9 -6.6 -6.6 -27.9 1.8 4.9 1.7
2001 -7.9 -9.5 0.5 5.5 -11.3 -23.0 -22.1 -6.0 -16.5 -31.1 -4.2 -8.3
2002 13.7 -2.5 -7.5 -12.8 -5.0 -9.9 3.4 -17.8 -0.9 -19.0 7.5 4.0
2003 9.6 0.2 -3.3 5.7 -8.2 -9.5 -4.6 -14.7 -8.0 -13.7 1.4 9.7
2004 13.0 1.8 -1.3 -20.5 -2.0 -8.5 1.9 -4.1 12.7 -1.4 -0.02 5.2
2005 5.7 -2.6 1.7 5.6 -13.4 -18.0 -4.4 -10.8 -10.0 -9.5 -8.68 1.3
Source: See Table 5-1.

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 5-5b. Indices of Industrial Production by Light and Heavy Industry (Continued)

Petroleum
Printing Chemical Chemical Plastic Non-metallic Basic Metal
& Coal Rubber Products
Processings Materials Products Products Mineral Products Metal Products
Period Products
Light Heavy Heavy Light Heavy Light Heavy Light Light Heavy Light Heavy Heavy
Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind.
I. Index (Base: 2001 = 100)
1994 85.50 64.61 94.33 86.14 53.41 38.25 67.91 138.76 114.48 85.40 156.16 73.35 101.00
1995 82.95 68.47 93.45 89.83 65.39 43.04 72.54 140.62 103.99 87.36 156.15 76.03 107.67
1996 80.38 72.47 104.26 93.89 70.93 51.82 79.36 135.30 108.65 84.75 144.19 80.80 109.55
1997 84.44 77.27 118.97 99.65 73.27 66.56 86.12 132.44 112.41 93.47 143.24 98.06 111.98
1998 95.38 79.51 114.72 99.63 76.47 64.78 93.69 122.72 105.83 97.00 136.48 101.26 110.92
1999 94.12 87.03 116.65 103.75 82.88 75.91 101.39 117.74 113.46 94.05 131.19 108.29 118.21
2000 100.02 93.12 119.01 107.44 87.29 98.33 104.57 115.44 111.30 103.36 121.50 111.24 117.62
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 98.65 106.26 102.50 102.39 113.19 97.49 115.10 110.57 103.87 109.37 96.09 110.76 105.44
2003 108.25 113.00 106.86 111.86 131.66 89.95 134.72 121.65 105.04 108.20 103.82 114.72 106.20
2004 117.83 120.92 112.64 116.62 154.81 93.94 142.90 138.41 107.75 114.00 109.24 120.81 114.90
2005 126.17 120.79 106.07 113.46 160.31 101.48 142.61 132.22 100.95 112.50 104.69 113.88 112.22
II. Annual Growth Rate (%)
1995 -3.0 6.0 -0.9 4.3 22.4 12.5 6.8 1.3 -9.2 2.3 0.0 3.7 6.6
1996 -3.1 5.8 11.6 4.5 8.5 20.4 9.4 -3.8 4.5 -3.0 -7.7 6.3 1.7
1997 5.1 6.6 14.1 6.1 3.3 28.4 8.5 -2.1 3.5 10.3 -0.7 21.4 2.2
1998 13.0 2.9 -3.6 0.0 4.4 -2.7 8.8 -7.3 -5.9 3.8 -4.7 3.3 -0.9
1999 -1.3 9.5 1.7 4.1 8.4 17.2 8.2 -4.1 7.2 -3.0 -3.9 6.9 6.6
2000 6.3 7.0 2.0 3.6 5.3 29.5 3.1 -2.0 -1.9 9.9 -7.4 2.7 -0.5
2001 0.0 7.4 -16.0 -6.9 14.6 1.7 -4.4 -13.4 -10.2 -3.3 -17.7 -10.1 -15.0
2002 -1.4 6.3 2.5 2.4 13.2 -2.5 15.1 10.6 3.9 9.4 -3.9 10.8 5.4
2003 9.7 6.3 4.3 9.2 16.3 -7.7 17.0 10.0 1.1 -1.1 8.0 3.6 0.7
2004 8.8 7.0 5.4 4.3 17.6 4.4 6.1 13.8 2.6 5.4 5.2 5.3 8.2
2005 7.1 -0.1 -5.8 -2.7 3.6 8.0 -0.2 -4.5 -6.3 -1.3 -4.2 -5.7 -2.3

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 5-5c. Indices of Industrial Production by Light and Heavy Industry (Continued)

Computer, Electrical &

Electronic
Machinery & Communication Electronic Transportation Precision Miscellaneous
Components &
Equipment Equipment, Audio & Machinery and Equipment Instrument Industries
Period Accessoriest
Video Equipment Equipment
Heavy Light Heavy Light Heavy Heavy Light Heavy Light Heavy Light Light
Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind.
I. Index (Base: 2001 = 100)
1994 96.17 … 32.86 … 55.29 93.44 138.51 118.73 191.16 96.34 … 122.33
1995 101.49 … 39.73 … 67.32 93.60 130.64 120.77 190.06 96.37 … 122.93
1996 106.14 … 46.48 … 69.38 89.65 132.02 114.13 184.55 87.82 … 119.57
1997 114.79 … 57.67 … 76.64 96.53 124.24 118.27 175.53 85.08 … 119.28
1998 109.19 … 71.38 … 81.38 104.75 109.50 117.83 189.28 84.14 … 109.13
1999 113.34 114.94 83.11 240.21 96.48 123.86 115.58 109.35 162.92 100.67 103.17 106.75
2000 118.03 115.06 98.45 207.34 121.79 116.08 113.62 113.81 155.21 116.03 121.84 112.90
2001 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2002 108.01 123.95 103.97 73.03 127.47 116.86 89.49 115.94 95.58 115.83 125.56 103.55
2003 115.51 120.65 109.66 46.45 147.04 123.79 91.30 129.59 95.75 135.15 150.62 106.69
2004 136.03 141.12 103.23 70.45 181.87 135.89 92.34 151.57 110.75 177.01 187.17 107.69
2005 140.37 138.29 107.94 15.92 210.21 130.30 82.67 158.26 118.33 156.00 249.53 107.85
II. Annual Growth Rate (%)
1995 5.5 .. 20.9 … 21.8 0.2 -5.7 1.7 -0.6 0.0 … 0.5
1996 4.6 .. 17.0 … 3.1 -4.2 1.1 -5.5 -2.9 -8.9 … -2.7
1997 8.1 .. 24.1 … 10.5 7.7 -5.9 3.6 -4.9 -3.1 … -0.2
1998 -4.9 .. 23.8 … 6.2 8.5 -11.9 -0.4 7.8 -1.1 … -8.5
1999 3.8 .. 16.4 … 18.6 18.2 5.6 -7.2 -13.9 19.6 … -2.2
2000 4.1 0.1 18.5 -13.7 26.2 -6.3 -1.7 4.1 -4.7 15.3 18.1 5.8
2001 -15.3 -13.1 1.6 -51.8 -17.9 -13.9 -12.0 -12.1 -35.6 -13.8 -17.9 -11.4
2002 8.0 24.0 4.0 -27.0 27.5 16.9 -10.5 15.9 -4.4 15.8 25.6 3.5
2003 6.9 -2.7 5.5 -36.4 15.4 5.9 2.0 11.8 0.2 16.7 20.0 3.0
2004 17.8 17.0 -5.9 51.7 23.7 9.8 1.1 17.0 15.7 31.0 24.3 0.9
2005 3.2 -2.0 4.6 -77.4 15.6 -4.1 -10.5 4.4 6.8 -11.9 33.3 0.1

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Electric Wheat Alcoholic Cotton Motor Polyester Poly

Paper Cement Motorcycle
Power Flour Beverages Yarn Vehicles Filament Styrene
Period
million 1,000
m.t. hl. m.t. m.t. set set m.t. m.t.
k.w.h. m.t.
1952 1,420 16,026 558,086 13,576 25,912 446 - - - -
1955 1,966 133,362 808,048 25,111 41,255 590 - - - -
1960 3,628 189,819 981,443 40,381 83,037 1,183 - - - -
1965 6,455 256,557 1,225,582 54,420 133,407 2,511 3,261 56,046 - -
1970 13,213 330,414 1,784,729 104,849 214,577 4,541 9,290 131,124 - -
1975 22,894 425,919 2,633,600 130,884 266,641 6,795 31,278 319,260 - -
1978 34,433 451,816 3,829,166 131,674 394,168 11,461 77,177 639,486 - -
1979 37,896 425,142 4,219,608 158,862 450,796 11,897 116,103 746,322 - -
1980 40,813 416,069 4,365,768 171,025 490,278 14,062 132,580 723,612 - -
1981 40,150 459,526 1,911,495 158,569 423,587 14,342 130,166 669,088 182,339 78,671
1982 40,900 494,904 2,002,271 161,316 467,710 13,432 126,435 576,576 188,038 83,383
1983 45,517 498,576 1,941,421 164,794 458,450 14,810 149,252 647,297 218,229 100,222
1984 49,286 512,772 2,143,039 181,349 481,523 14,234 165,655 651,231 290,446 131,063
1985 52,553 519,991 2,083,660 191,799 515,313 14,418 152,275 655,570 374,588 138,151
1986 59,028 571,627 2,159,451 285,877 616,859 14,806 172,978 763,308 455,505 205,813
1987 65,514 619,392 2,248,266 320,167 698,095 15,663 250,277 941,184 541,477 233,742
1988 71,643 620,466 2,295,100 344,258 782,014 17,281 272,533 1,079,358 540,587 238,133
1989 80,263 619,343 2,409,304 350,250 762,639 18,043 318,872 1,101,990 596,820 319,907
1990 86,123 621,624 2,474,830 333,648 820,183 18,458 355,973 1,055,297 675,693 290,931
1991 94,610 629,286 2,343,801 369,891 886,873 19,399 403,756 1,174,083 754,205 480,801
1992 100,529 635,375 2,539,326 354,548 957,736 21,464 436,166 1,345,041 902,644 527,551
1993 109,911 653,720 2,407,707 327,119 949,942 23,971 396,294 1,501,973 1,033,172 592,968
1994 118,917 682,307 2,391,442 351,357 1,031,314 22,722 414,483 1,633,336 1,178,925 626,235
1995 126,973 711,259 2,374,858 336,451 1,056,678 22,478 394,960 1,695,064 1,248,582 671,459
1996 134,997 707,930 2,301,433 355,946 965,940 21,537 366,544 1,414,219 1,297,770 807,759
1997 143,661 761,551 2,377,203 365,080 1,094,454 21,522 375,638 1,510,394 1,429,010 780,368
1998 155,450 745,886 2,204,660 363,947 1,096,675 19,652 402,342 1,268,969 1,614,849 764,224
1999 160,570 738,221 2,481,986 353,590 1,102,046 18,283 345,360 1,138,978 1,671,322 764,647
2000 175,165 785,492 2,507,449 337,566 1,106,420 17,572 371,083 1,123,163 1,632,139 710,862
2001 178,358 784,254 2,482,423 313,601 994,837 18,128 268,891 871,696 1,584,080 865,953
2002 187,910 781,230 562,226 306,360 992,163 19,363 329,702 848,701 1,706,654 847,959
2003 197,138 798,050 482,353 286,715 1,034,714 18,474 392,108 1,138,457 1,670,139 858,104
2004 206,084 796,735 477,235 279,885 1,055,041 19,050 429,141 1,222,736 1,662,954 817,390
2005 214,215 801,643 397,480 261,438 1,063,582 19,891 439,175 1,242,086 1,401,079 830,251
Source: See Table 5-1.

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Telephone Portable Mobile Integrated Foundry Computer Printed Circuit

Re-bar Monitor
Sets Computer Phone Circuits Wafer Disk Board
Period
1,000 1,000 1,000 N.T.$
m.t. set set set set
pcs. pcs. pcs. million
1952 - - - - - - - - -
1955 - - - - - - - - -
1960 - - - - - - - - -
1965 - 30,404 - - - - - - -
1970 - 82,125 - - - - - - -
1975 - 229,610 - - - - - - -
1978 - 500,388 - - - - - - -
1979 - 939,054 - - - - - - -
1980 - 1,758,129 - - - - - - -
1981 2,199,772 2,004,746 - 196,865 - - - - 3,011
1982 2,133,136 3,448,802 - 539,171 - - - - 3,855
1983 2,186,520 25,989,423 - 1,787,705 - - - - 4,830
1984 2,154,568 11,783,470 - 3,212,274 - - - - 7,664
1985 1,797,573 11,502,836 - 3,174,589 - - - - 7,457
1986 2,124,551 22,288,340 - 4,449,313 - - - - 9,127
1987 2,622,449 21,417,113 - 6,133,069 - - - - 11,693
1988 3,225,761 18,324,239 45,000 7,168,334 - - - - 16,011
1989 4,161,224 16,522,409 134,000 7,639,914 - - 725 - 18,986
1990 5,005,771 13,992,431 217,233 8,568,773 - - 821 - 24,350
1991 5,488,654 11,214,437 534,012 9,192,351 - - 924 - 28,176
1992 6,550,281 10,975,179 861,750 11,479,890 - - 975 - 32,440
1993 7,550,915 10,681,796 977,776 12,744,531 - - 1,884 - 41,406
1994 7,412,439 8,729,229 1,341,525 14,069,543 431 2,530,740 3,687 5,909 54,232
1995 6,553,158 8,010,010 2,269,530 17,751,239 731 3,378,203 3,804 13,319 79,850
1996 5,956,985 6,235,838 3,785,944 18,669,498 2,473 3,754,227 3,276 21,726 94,393
1997 6,379,018 8,584,456 4,669,065 20,461,312 24,933 4,228,173 3,921 76,579 115,142
1998 6,996,805 7,736,597 7,020,283 16,406,445 79,336 3,967,541 3,201 424,930 138,305
1999 6,246,994 6,629,451 9,952,710 9,321,168 777,419 3,912,228 4,372 2,291,457 144,883
2000 6,737,839 4,722,353 13,059,784 5,692,488 4,761,392 5,002,725 7,309 5,002,594 192,718
2001 6,283,554 1,910,975 14,130,083 6,752,657 9,654,198 4,924,226 5,568 7,001,310 156,699
2002 7,274,269 215,200 14,462,189 5,104,868 21,887,249 6,160,036 6,379 7,734,428 165,159
2003 6,242,349 352,470 10,511,723 3,964,237 32,096,558 6,369,812 8,215 9,510,468 180,914
2004 6,586,521 472,769 6,789,799 3,087,629 32,760,058 7,519,921 10,676 10,759,361 185,134
2005 6,334,733 160,231 4,560,074 2,076,031 36,107,425 8,189,008 11,559 11,015,886 224,270

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Total System (Hydro, Thermal, and Nuclear)
Power Generation
Number of Installed System Peak System Average
Period Capacity Factor (kwh) per
Plants Capacity (kw) Load (kw) Load (kw)
Installed kw (2)
1952 32 331,545 231,675 156,975 50.8 4,594
1955 35 493,414 336,113 224,470 50.1 4,385
1960 37 709,191 635,224 413,019 58.1 5,104
1965 35 1,186,196 1,066,225 736,921 63.6 5,574
1970 37 2,720,261 2,131,400 1,508,300 61.4 5,377
1975 42 5,300,394 3,765,200 2,613,400 53.0 4,654
1978 46 7,682,705 5,629,700 3,930,678 55.6 4,892
1979 46 8,182,705 6,069,800 4,326,020 56.0 4,906
1980 46 9,055,705 6,702,700 4,646,292 55.3 4,904
1981 47 10,158,650 6,796,700 4,583,293 49.1 4,130
1982 48 11,868,614 6,918,000 4,668,837 43.8 3,723
1983 50 12,412,594 7,807,500 5,196,018 44.3 3,725
1984 51 12,959,494 8,517,400 5,610,863 47.1 3,970
1985 53 15,969,794 8,716,300 5,999,518 42.5 3,573
1986 55 16,594,494 9,900,300 6,738,687 42.8 3,593
1987 53 16,588,824 11,113,400 7,478,849 47.1 3,959
1988 54 16,588,934 12,330,600 8,155,828 51.3 4,342
1989 56 16,593,554 13,421,700 8,779,613 55.0 4,654
1990 56 16,882,874 14,510,500 9,400,651 58.4 4,936
1991 56 18,382,874 15,320,700 10,232,816 59.9 5,057
1992 57 19,246,805 16,703,900 10,688,144 59.6 5,031
1993 56 19,354,725 17,666,200 11,619,168 61.7 5,201
1994 58 20,983,225 18,610,200 12,588,625 63.2 5,345
1995 59 21,897,970 19,932,900 13,454,251 63.7 5,372
1996 58 23,762,670 21,761,500 14,227,337 63.0 5,323
1997 68 25,735,412 22,237,000 15,096,765 62.2 5,200
1998 69 26,679,782 23,829,800 16,320,113 63.9 5,401
1999 70 28,480,432 24,205,700 16,639,433 61.4 5,173
2000 72 29,634,482 25,854,200 17,817,780 61.0 5,140
2001 72 30,136,062 26,289,800 18,043,197 60.1 5,045
2002 76 31,915,412 27,116,500 18,938,502 60.5 5,064
2003 77 33,289,562 28,593,700 19,841,358 60.9 5,090
2004 79 34,598,032 29,034,300 20,633,553 58.1 4,875
2005 80 36,121,604 30,942,900 21,651,023 60.7 5,086
(1) Excluding generating capacity provided by private-sector firm
(2) Since 1999, including IPPs and hydro power plants entrusted by local government to Taipower for operation
Source: The data are provided by the Taiwan Power Company, R.O.C
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I. Hydro
Power Generation
Number of Installed System Peak System Average
Period Capacity Factor (kwh) per
Plants Capacity (kw) Load (kw) Load (kw)
Installed kw (2)
1952 24 276,615 224,574 136,085 53.8 4,865
1955 25 351,365 318,940 174,780 50.6 4,436
1960 26 448,215 441,492 235,073 52.4 4,599
1965 26 628,470 524,052 295,165 47.0 4,114
1970 28 901,170 740,600 324,800 44.1 3,865
1975 29 1,364,970 1,416,000 597,500 43.7 3,791
1978 29 1,391,470 1,380,600 563,856 41.2 3,608
1979 29 1,391,470 1,397,100 518,703 37.3 3,265
1980 29 1,385,570 1,186,500 330,749 23.8 2,093
1981 29 1,387,275 1,378,100 544,455 39.3 3,458
1982 29 1,387,275 1,358,600 543,090 39.3 3,437
1983 31 1,431,265 1,440,400 567,055 40.2 3,519
1984 31 1,479,865 1,289,600 502,050 34.8 3,028
1985 33 2,489,165 1,832,900 787,734 36.7 3,204
1986 35 2,563,865 2,010,100 844,792 33.6 2,935
1987 33 2,557,865 2,378,600 809,869 31.7 2,769
1988 34 2,557,975 2,240,000 698,146 27.4 2,397
1989 35 2,562,295 2,529,200 760,105 29.7 2,602
1990 34 2,561,795 2,373,300 932,232 36.5 3,187
1991 34 2,561,795 2,247,000 626,265 24.5 2,142
1992 35 2,576,665 2,338,500 947,873 37.1 3,249
1993 35 2,575,985 3,152,100 764,380 29.8 2,599
1994 37 3,648,485 3,475,300 1,012,002 29.3 2,556
1995 38 4,183,430 3,745,800 1,011,195 25.5 2,224
1996 38 4,288,430 3,758,400 1,027,072 24.2 2,121
1997 38 4,288,430 3,615,300 1,089,386 25.5 2,225
1998 39 4,421,900 3,782,600 1,208,175 28.0 2,345
1999 39 4,421,900 3,722,100 1,017,956 23.1 2,017
2000 39 4,421,900 3,126,600 1,006,758 22.8 2,000
2001 39 4,421,900 3,110,700 1,043,152 23.7 2,067
2002 41 4,510,650 2,109,700 725,789 16.3 1,419
2003 41 4,510,650 2,381,600 783,499 17.5 1,522
2004 41 4,509,670 2,228,900 742,729 16.5 1,446
2005 42 4,571,650 2,331,200 900,059 20.0 1,748

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II. Thermal
Power Generation
Number of Installed System Peak System Average
Period Capacity Factor (kwh) per
Plants Capacity (kw) Load (kw) Load (kw)
Installed kw (2)
1952 8 54,930 47,086 20,890 37.1 3,352
1955 10 142,049 110,496 49,690 48.1 4,209
1960 11 260,976 263,049 177,946 68.0 5,974
1965 9 557,726 567,672 441,756 83.4 7,307
1970 9 1,819,091 1,618,900 1,183,500 68.8 6,023
1975 13 3,935,424 2,928,700 2,015,900 56.5 4,951
1978 16 5,019,235 4,364,500 3,078,213 61.3 5,374
1979 16 5,519,235 4,364,500 3,121,856 61.7 5,407
1980 16 6,398,135 5,181,200 3,426,190 59.7 5,240
1981 16 6,514,375 5,302,200 2,877,583 44.7 3,917
1982 17 7,239,339 5,289,100 2,696,389 41.1 3,420
1983 17 7,739,329 5,978,200 2,558,423 35.5 2,960
1984 17 7,286,629 4,933,200 2,422,698 35.1 2,921
1985 17 8,336,629 4,986,500 2,067,315 28.3 2,343
1986 17 8,886,629 6,741,000 2,944,456 35.5 2,860
1987 17 8,886,959 6,593,100 3,038,952 36.1 2,996
1988 17 8,886,959 7,426,900 4,111,244 48.7 4,064
1989 18 8,887,259 8,009,400 4,925,875 57.9 4,855
1990 19 9,177,079 7,869,700 4,866,362 56.3 4,702
1991 19 10,677,079 9,103,000 5,739,174 59.4 4,998
1992 19 11,526,140 10,231,700 6,043,680 57.7 4,842
1993 18 11,634,740 10,699,500 7,089,240 62.4 5,242
1994 18 12,190,740 10,851,400 7,754,663 67.0 5,659
1995 18 12,570,540 12,569,800 8,569,708 70.0 5,899
1996 17 14,330,240 13,225,100 9,063,976 67.3 5,668
1997 27 16,302,982 14,505,200 10,029,567 66.4 5,503
1998 27 17,113,882 15,534,900 11,069,949 67.8 5,696
1999 28 18,914,532 16,550,900 11,408,336 64.0 5,378
2000 30 20,068,582 18,413,000 12,599,222 63.3 5,312
2001 30 20,570,162 19,417,200 13,108,037 63.3 5,294
2002 31 22,258,362 20,482,000 13,873,753 63.2 5,268
2003 33 23,632,512 22,079,500 14,791,754 63.8 5,308
2004 34 24,939,562 23,343,500 15,571,761 59.5 4,980
2005 35 26,448,194 24,712,400 16,366,958 62.3 5,197

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III. Nuclear
Power Generation
Number of Installed System Peak System Average
Period Capacity Factor (kwh) per
Plants Capacity (kw) Load (kw) Load (kw)
Installed kw

1979 1 1,272,000 1,182,400 685,462 53.9 4,721

1980 1 1,272,000 1,192,400 889,353 69.9 6,142
1981 2 2,257,000 2,094,700 1,161,255 60.2 5,274
1982 2 3,242,000 2,779,000 1,429,367 52.7 4,422
1983 2 3,242,000 2,921,400 2,070,540 66.6 5,595
1984 3 4,193,000 3,912,100 2,686,115 75.3 6,347
1985 3 5,144,000 4,238,500 3,144,469 67.9 5,707
1986 3 5,144,000 4,856,200 2,949,439 59.8 5,023
1987 3 5,144,000 4,856,200 3,630,028 73.5 6,182
1988 3 5,144,000 4,701,000 3,346,438 67.8 5,714
1989 3 5,144,000 4,551,000 3,093,632 62.6 5,268
1990 3 5,144,000 4,772,000 3,602,057 72.9 6,134
1991 3 5,144,000 4,828,000 3,867,376 78.3 6,586
1992 3 5,144,000 4,852,000 3,696,590 74.9 6,312
1993 3 5,144,000 4,784,000 3,765,548 76.2 6,413
1994 3 5,144,000 4,878,000 3,821,960 77.4 6,509
1995 3 5,144,000 4,879,400 3,873,348 78.4 6,596
1996 3 5,144,000 4,918,100 4,136,288 83.6 7,063
1997 3 5,144,000 4,928,200 3,977,812 80.5 6,774
1998 3 5,144,000 4,901,000 4,041,989 81.8 6,883
1999 3 5,144,000 4,870,600 4,213,133 85.3 7,175
2000 3 5,144,000 4,951,000 4,211,800 85.2 7,912
2001 3 5,144,000 4,925,700 3,892,007 78.8 6,628
2002 3 5,144,000 4,879,500 4,338,960 87.8 7,389
2003 3 5,144,000 4,946,000 4,266,106 86.3 7,265
2004 3 5,144,000 4,946,000 4,319,063 87.4 7,375
2005 3 5,144,000 4,918,200 4,384,005 88.7 7,466

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Power Generation Power Consumption

Period Residential & Loss
Total Hydro Thermal Nuclear Wind Total (1) Industry (2) Commercial
Customers
I. Amount (million kwh)
1952 1,420 1,231 189 - - 1,076 817 259 344
1955 1,966 1,531 435 - - 1,497 1,156 341 469
1960 3,628 2,065 1,563 - - 3,136 2,545 591 492
1965 6,455 2,585 3,870 - - 5,672 4,557 1,115 783
1970 13,213 2,846 10,367 - - 11,964 9,242 2,722 1,197
1975 22,894 5,235 17,659 - - 21,217 16,095 5,122 1,625
1978 34,433 4,940 26,965 2,528 - 31,864 24,044 7,820 2,501
1979 37,896 4,544 27,347 6,005 - 35,321 26,865 8,456 2,503
1980 40,813 2,905 30,096 7,812 - 37,947 28,816 9,131 2,786
1981 40,150 4,769 25,208 10,173 - 37,448 28,138 9,310 2,620
1982 40,899 4,758 23,620 12,521 - 38,156 28,112 10,044 2,655
1983 45,517 4,967 22,412 18,138 - 42,319 30,849 11,470 3,098
1984 49,286 4,410 21,281 23,595 - 45,827 33,737 12,090 3,193
1985 52,556 6,900 18,110 27,546 - 47,919 34,927 12,992 2,873
1986 59,031 7,400 25,794 25,837 - 53,813 39,840 13,973 2,937
1987 65,515 7,095 26,621 31,799 - 59,175 43,639 15,536 3,702
1988 71,641 6,133 36,113 29,395 - 65,228 47,030 18,198 3,885
1989 76,909 6,658 43,151 27,100 - 69,252 49,210 20,042 4,812
1990 82,350 8,167 42,629 31,554 - 74,345 51,841 22,504 5,355
1991 89,639 5,486 50,275 33,878 - 80,977 55,717 25,260 6,042
1992 93,885 8,326 53,088 32,471 - 85,290 58,041 27,249 5,886
1993 101,784 6,696 62,102 32,986 - 92,085 61,156 30,929 5,915
1994 110,276 8,865 67,931 33,480 - 98,561 65,214 33,347 6,435
1995 117,859 8,858 75,071 33,930 - 105,368 68,931 36,437 6,848
1996 124,973 9,022 79,618 36,333 - 111,140 72,114 39,026 7,670
1997 132,248 9,543 87,859 34,846 - 118,299 78,238 40,061 7,820
1998 142,964 10,584 96,972 35,408 - 128,130 83,049 45,081 8,658
1999 145,761 8,917 99,937 36,907 - 131,726 86,844 44,882 8,622
2000 156,511 8,843 110,672 36,996 - 142,413 94,768 47,645 8,735
2001 158,058 9,138 114,820 34,094 6 143,623 94,807 48,816 8,610
2002 165,901 6,358 121,526 38,009 8 151,193 100,435 50,758 9,417
2003 173,810 6,863 129,566 37,371 10 159,380 106,043 53,336 8,751
2004 181,245 6,524 136,769 37,939 13 167,478 113,293 54,185 8,937
2005 189,663 7,885 143,295 38,404 79 175,293 117,648 57,645 9,036
(1) Excluding Taipower use in consumption since 1970.
(2) Including irrigation.
Source: See Table 5-7a.
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Power Generation Power Consumption Loss of total

Residential &
Period power
Total Hydro Thermal Nuclear Wind Total Industry Commercial
generation (%)
Customers
II. Percentage (%)
1952 100.0 86.7 13.3 - - 100.0 75.9 24.1 24.2
1955 100.0 77.9 22.1 - - 100.0 77.3 22.7 23.9
1960 100.0 56.9 43.1 - - 100.0 81.2 18.8 13.6
1965 100.0 40.1 59.9 - - 100.0 80.3 19.7 12.1
1970 100.0 21.5 78.5 - - 100.0 77.2 22.8 9.1
1975 100.0 22.9 77.1 - - 100.0 75.9 24.1 7.1
1978 100.0 14.4 78.3 7.3 - 100.0 75.5 24.5 7.3
1979 100.0 12.0 72.2 15.8 - 100.0 76.1 23.9 6.6
1980 100.0 7.1 73.7 19.2 - 100.0 75.9 24.1 6.8
1981 100.0 11.9 62.8 25.3 - 100.0 75.1 24.9 6.5
1982 100.0 11.6 57.8 30.6 - 100.0 73.7 26.3 6.5
1983 100.0 10.9 49.2 39.9 - 100.0 72.9 27.1 6.8
1984 100.0 8.9 43.2 47.9 - 100.0 73.6 26.4 6.5
1985 100.0 13.1 34.5 52.4 - 100.0 72.9 27.1 5.5
1986 100.0 12.5 43.7 43.8 - 100.0 74.0 26.0 5.0
1987 100.0 10.8 40.6 48.6 - 100.0 73.8 26.2 5.7
1988 100.0 8.6 50.4 41.0 - 100.0 72.1 27.9 5.4
1989 100.0 8.7 56.1 35.2 - 100.0 71.1 28.9 6.3
1990 100.0 9.9 51.8 38.3 - 100.0 69.7 30.3 6.5
1991 100.0 6.1 56.1 37.8 - 100.0 68.8 31.2 6.7
1992 100.0 8.9 56.5 34.6 - 100.0 68.1 31.9 6.3
1993 100.0 6.6 61.0 32.4 - 100.0 66.4 33.6 5.8
1994 100.0 8.0 61.6 30.4 - 100.0 66.2 33.8 6.0
1995 100.0 7.5 63.7 28.8 - 100.0 65.4 34.6 5.8
1996 100.0 7.2 63.7 29.1 - 100.0 64.9 35.1 6.1
1997 100.0 7.2 66.4 26.3 - 100.0 66.1 33.9 5.9
1998 100.0 7.4 67.8 24.8 - 100.0 64.8 35.2 6.1
1999 100.0 6.1 68.6 25.3 - 100.0 65.9 34.1 5.9
2000 100.0 5.7 70.7 23.6 - 100.0 66.5 33.5 5.6
2001 100.0 5.8 72.6 21.6 0.004 100.0 66.0 34.0 5.4
2002 100.0 3.8 73.3 22.9 0.005 100.0 66.4 33.6 5.7
2003 100.0 3.9 74.5 21.5 0.006 100.0 66.5 33.5 5.0
2004 100.0 3.6 75.5 20.9 0.007 100.0 67.6 32.4 4.9
2005 100.0 4.2 75.6 20.2 0.042 100.0 67.1 32.9 4.8

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 5-9. Power Consumption by Industry
Unit: million kwh
Metals &
Period Total (1) Mining Food Textile Chemicals Ceramics Others
Machinery

1952 799 65 74 43 357 29 165 66

1955 1,111 78 111 80 434 35 285 88
1960 2,481 177 202 165 1,001 113 603 220
1965 4,392 296 337 318 1,620 316 1,023 482
1970 9,011 292 630 1,069 3,009 716 1,920 1,375
1975 15,803 339 814 2,629 5,070 1,124 3,136 2,691
1978 23,601 460 1,121 3,493 7,036 1,857 5,491 4,143
1979 26,247 537 1,217 3,741 7,627 2,100 6,335 4,690
1980 28,081 620 1,262 3,874 7,957 2,469 6,843 5,056
1981 27,478 713 1,236 3,912 7,872 2,540 5,885 5,320
1982 27,388 659 1,314 4,069 7,787 2,378 5,530 5,651
1983 30,029 661 1,432 4,435 8,206 2,540 6,217 6,538
1984 32,725 737 1,526 4,837 9,131 2,549 6,864 7,081
1985 33,802 519 1,596 5,014 9,607 2,560 6,891 7,615
1986 38,487 268 1,821 5,668 10,768 2,778 8,439 8,745
1987 41,873 235 1,996 6,084 11,241 2,948 9,274 10,095
1988 45,222 209 2,164 6,355 11,790 3,327 10,007 11,370
1989 47,464 182 2,223 6,419 11,810 3,523 10,943 12,364
1990 50,231 171 2,372 6,304 12,449 3,620 11,799 13,516
1991 53,957 177 2,575 6,709 12,680 3,768 13,005 15,043
1992 56,371 191 2,647 6,654 12,479 4,032 13,998 16,370
1993 59,286 204 2,759 6,591 12,655 4,318 14,657 18,102
1994 63,308 213 2,851 6,952 13,385 4,442 15,628 19,837
1995 66,889 210 2,924 6,844 13,986 4,373 17,414 21,138
1996 69,891 184 2,959 7,103 13,942 4,174 18,928 22,601
1997 75,974 190 2,928 7,471 14,440 4,158 22,545 24,242
1998 80,985 353 2,889 8,123 17,090 4,096 25,103 23,331
1999 84,700 334 2,861 8,375 17,474 3,958 27,473 24,225
2000 92,506 319 3,004 8,640 17,808 3,847 32,137 26,751
2001 92,565 293 2,989 8,083 17,557 3,718 32,597 27,328
2002 98,109 367 3,102 8,315 18,038 3,843 35,926 28,518
2003 103,627 431 3,191 8,133 18,829 3,905 39,166 29,972
2004 113,293 444 3,261 8,016 19,357 4,295 43,849 34,071
2005 117,648 443 3,304 7,296 19,053 4,656 47,721 35,175
(1) Excluding irrigation.
Source: See Table 5-7a.
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 5-10a. Supply of Commercial Energy
Unit: 1,000 K.L. Oil Equivalent
Domestic Production
Period Total Hydro-Electric
Subtotal Coal Natural Gas Crude Oil
Power
1955 2,740.3 2,038.9 1,625.3 381.4 28.5 3.7
1960 4,536.6 3,271.4 2,729.4 514.3 25.4 2.3
1965 6,735.3 4,456.5 3,482.0 644.0 309.7 20.8
1970 11,892.9 4,841.9 3,081.8 711.4 947.2 101.5
1975 17,077.1 5,259.7 2,163.6 1,306.9 1,574.5 214.8
1978 28,819.8 5,428.4 1,986.7 1,233.6 1,961.3 246.8
1979 29,844.6 5,132.1 1,873.7 1,134.5 1,893.3 230.6
1980 34,292.5 4,669.5 1,772.9 726.7 1,958.5 211.4
1981 32,964.1 4,726.7 1,684.9 1,190.1 1,668.9 182.8
1982 31,780.0 4,386.8 1,642.0 1,187.7 1,418.1 139.0
1983 35,450.2 4,384.8 1,540.4 1,239.0 1,470.8 134.6
1984 38,095.1 4,101.4 1,385.2 1,100.2 1,480.0 136.0
1985 39,511.5 4,445.2 1,279.9 1,720.5 1,326.8 118.1
1986 41,608.7 4,345.5 1,188.4 1,842.8 1,208.9 105.4
1987 45,828.6 4,172.1 1,032.8 1,768.2 1,222.7 148.4
1988 51,392.4 3,907.2 844.2 1,528.5 1,394.7 139.8
1989 52,800.0 3,740.4 540.4 1,659.9 1,405.0 135.1
1990 58,605.2 3,845.8 325.2 2,033.9 1,304.3 182.4
1991 58,493.5 2,731.4 277.3 1,368.2 975.6 110.3
1992 64,124.0 3,222.9 230.7 2,074.4 845.8 72.0
1993 68,387.5 2,778.9 225.9 1,669.0 818.5 65.5
1994 73,034.2 3,369.9 196.4 2,207.4 897.5 68.6
1995 79,676.5 3,361.2 162.0 2,205.6 931.2 62.3
1996 83,297.6 3,298.8 101.6 2,246.5 891.0 59.7
1997 88,282.9 3,345.5 68.3 2,376.4 850.2 50.7
1998 92,457.8 3,612.7 54.5 2,635.0 869.2 54.0
1999 98,875.9 3,177.6 63.2 2,221.3 846.1 47.1
2000 105,089.2 3,036.3 57.3 2,203.3 738.5 37.2
2001 108,516.3 3,158.0 - 2,277.7 839.7 40.6
2002 113,200.8 2,507.8 - 1,579.8 877.0 51.1
2003 121,194.3 2,580.1 - 1,712.7 821.7 45.8
2004 134,082.1 2,445.3 - 1,628.4 772.4 44.6
2005 135,483.8 2,538.5 - 1,964.7 541.4 32.4
Source: The data are provided by the Energy Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.

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 5-10b. Supply of Commercial Energy (Continued)
Unit: 1,000 K.L. Oil Equivalent
Import
Period Crude Oil and Liquefied
Subtotal Coal Nuclear
Petroleum Products Natural Gas
1955 701.4 701.4 - - -
1960 1,265.2 1,265.2 - - -
1965 2,278.8 2,278.8 - - -
1970 7,051.0 6,937.3 113.7 - -
1975 11,817.4 11,738.9 78.5 - -
1978 23,391.3 21,726.6 1,001.5 - 663.2
1979 24,712.5 21,240.3 1,900.0 - 1,572.2
1980 29,623.0 24,143.1 3,443.3 - 2,036.6
1981 28,237.4 22,115.9 3,471.7 - 2,649.8
1982 27,393.2 20,072.3 4,070.7 - 3,250.1
1983 31,065.4 21,707.9 4,661.8 - 4,695.7
1984 33,993.7 22,424.4 5,461.4 - 6,107.9
1985 35,066.2 20,619.2 7,311.3 - 7,135.7
1986 37,263.3 22,834.7 7,736.5 - 6,692.1
1987 41,656.6 23,291.4 10,136.1 - 8,229.1
1988 47,485.3 27,246.2 12,625.3 - 7,613.8
1989 49,059.6 29,829.6 12,206.2 - 7,023.8
1990 54,759.4 32,297.2 13,357.1 941.2 8,163.9
1991 55,762.1 31,400.3 13,318.2 2,277.5 8,766.1
1992 60,901.1 34,129.2 15,986.1 2,378.8 8,407.0
1993 65,608.7 36,254.9 18,264.7 2,555.4 8,533.6
1994 69,664.3 38,511.8 19,291.6 3,199.1 8,661.8
1995 76,315.4 43,188.4 20,708.3 3,646.2 8,772.4
1996 79,998.8 44,457.7 22,375.5 3,779.1 9,386.5
1997 84,937.4 45,203.5 26,097.9 4,626.8 9,009.3
1998 88,845.1 47,429.3 26,649.7 5,618.9 9,147.2
1999 95,698.2 50,876.0 29,523.4 5,756.3 9,542.5
2000 102,052.8 53,461.7 32,645.2 6,381.8 9,564.1
2001 105,358.3 54,627.6 35,085.6 6,830.3 8,814.8
2002 110,693.0 55,719.8 37,447.5 7,700.8 9,824.9
2003 118,614.1 61,479.7 39,443.4 8,030.8 9,660.2
2004 131,636.8 68,371.5 43,559.2 9,896.7 9,809.3
2005 132,945.2 69,416.5 43,289.4 10,310.3 9,929.0

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 5-11a. Final Demand for Commercial Energy
Unit: 1,000 K.L. Oil Equivalent
Domestic Consumption
Period Grand Total Electric Power Coal and Its
Total
Subtotal Hydro-Electric Thermal-Electric Nuclear Cogeneration Products

1955 2,740.3 2,387.0 449.6 291.9 157.7 - - 1,418.2

1960 4,018.7 3,321.3 449.6 291.9 157.7 - - 2,028.1
1965 6,735.5 5,779.4 1,627.9 550.0 1,077.9 - - 2,485.0
1970 11,892.9 9,870.7 3,051.6 649.5 2,402.1 - - 2,894.2
1975 17,077.1 15,915.8 5,405.0 1,217.8 4,187.2 - - 1,898.8
1978 28,819.7 24,712.9 8,312.9 1,147.5 6,548.5 616.9 - 2,391.2
1979 29,844.6 26,816.3 9,238.7 1,062.9 6,702.8 1,473.0 - 2,252.6
1980 34,292.5 29,579.4 9,911.3 679.1 7,329.1 1,903.1 - 2,505.3
1981 32,964.1 28,521.6 9,760.2 1,115.7 6,160.4 2,484.1 - 2,558.3
1982 31,780.0 27,708.4 10,130.6 1,113.9 5,792.4 3,048.3 175.9 2,138.7
1983 35,450.2 30,372.3 11,308.7 1,158.1 5,553.8 4,389.3 207.5 2,651.7
1984 38,095.0 32,636.1 12,365.2 1,030.9 5,421.4 5,722.9 190.1 2,673.9
1985 39,511.5 34,487.2 12,988.5 1,591.2 4,601.6 6,599.7 196.0 3,057.7
1986 41,608.7 37,717.3 14,552.3 1,703.6 6,471.7 6,186.7 190.3 3,324.4
1987 45,828.6 40,675.1 16,099.8 1,616.2 6,753.1 7,521.6 209.0 3,474.5
1988 51,392.5 44,424.9 17,837.8 1,408.8 9,030.6 7,017.6 380.8 4,378.4
1989 52,646.6 46,848.5 19,449.4 1,513.5 10,541.4 6,404.5 989.9 4,258.8
1990 58,605.2 49,662.8 20,856.3 1,854.1 10,347.9 7,442.4 1,211.9 4,303.6
1991 58,493.4 52,810.8 23,108.2 1,251.5 12,215.3 8,018.2 1,623.3 4,462.2
1992 64,124.0 56,148.4 24,560.2 1,899.7 12,720.5 7,698.7 2,241.3 4,847.2
1993 68,387.6 59,177.6 26,075.2 1,522.5 14,185.1 7,784.9 2,582.7 5,149.1
1994 73,034.2 63,718.9 27,889.3 1,989.5 15,312.2 7,806.7 2,780.9 5,288.8
1995 79,676.5 66,630.4 29,630.4 1,982.5 16,635.0 7,885.0 3,127.9 5,303.2
1996 83,297.6 70,019.6 31,450.7 2,012.7 17,393.3 8,409.4 3,635.4 5,480.3
1997 88,282.9 73,649.5 34,135.2 2,151.1 19,690.4 8,155.2 4,138.5 5,803.6
1998 92,457.8 77,258.2 36,591.3 2,317.9 21,694.1 8,046.4 4,532.9 6,219.9
1999 98,875.9 81,947.6 39,880.0 2,024.6 23,582.1 8,697.7 5,575.6 5,966.4
2000 105,089.1 87,353.5 44,193.7 2,019.1 25,553.4 8,764.6 7,856.6 6,584.7
2001 108,516.3 91,360.2 45,179.4 2,093.4 26,564.4 8,101.8 8,419.7 7,083.0
2002 113,200.8 96,687.7 47,383.4 1,457.0 27,969.9 9,061.3 8,895.2 7,458.2
2003 121,194.3 99,870.6 49,657.5 1,583.2 29,472.8 8,929.5 9,672.0 7,503.5
2004 134,082.1 104,825.0 52,153.1 1,514.8 30,676.6 9,125.0 10,836.7 8,066.6
2005 135,483.8 108,145.9 54,638.8 1,827.0 32,684.5 9,233.0 10,894.3 7,755.2
Source: See Table 5-10a.
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 5-11b. Final Demand for Commercial Energy (Continued)
Unit: 1,000 K.L. Oil Equivalent
Domestic Consumption Export Inter- Loss and Electricity
national Inventory
Period Petroleum Natural Liquefied Petroleum Coal and Statistical to
Total Marine Change
Products Gas Natural Gas Products Its Products Discrepancy Pump Up
Bunkers
1955 493.5 25.7 - 262.7 169.5 93.2 - -92.4 183.0 -
1960 820.5 23.1 - 488.9 308.5 180.4 - -77.7 286.2 -
1965 1,425.9 240.6 - 375.0 372.1 2.9 - 170.5 410.6 -
1970 3,227.9 697.1 - 1,049.9 1,028.7 21.2 - 108.4 863.9 -
1975 7,294.3 1,317.7 - 762.1 750.3 11.8 - -863.0 1,262.1 -
1978 12,123.7 1,885.2 - 1,960.3 1,956.5 3.8 - -208.2 2,354.7 -
1979 13,568.2 1,756.7 - 1,083.3 1,077.8 5.5 - -546.1 2,491.0 -
1980 15,415.2 1,747.5 - 363.4 357.9 5.5 233.8 1,848.5 2,267.4 -
1981 14,673.0 1,530.1 - 748.5 741.0 7.5 153.6 2,330.2 1,210.2 -
1982 14,208.1 1,230.9 - 567.1 560.5 6.7 256.7 884.5 2,363.4 -
1983 15,161.3 1,250.6 - 1,063.4 1,056.7 6.7 468.2 144.7 3,401.6 -
1984 16,330.9 1,266.1 - 1,526.5 1,517.5 9.0 578.6 346.6 2,994.2 13.2
1985 17,311.2 1,129.8 - 1,827.4 1,821.2 6.2 570.1 -363.0 2,675.3 314.6
1986 18,819.3 1,021.2 - 1,062.8 1,052.9 9.8 918.5 -759.8 2,235.3 434.6
1987 20,044.7 1,056.1 - 1,052.0 1,042.5 9.6 1,018.1 716.9 1,813.3 553.2
1988 21,060.6 1,148.1 - 798.3 796.6 1.7 1,307.5 2,153.9 2,209.8 498.2
1989 21,997.0 1,143.3 - 1,284.3 1,282.3 2.0 1,802.6 -972.5 3,116.8 566.9
1990 22,972.1 1,184.3 346.6 392.0 391.7 0.3 1,700.4 3,199.1 3,096.4 554.4
1991 23,066.5 1,363.1 810.7 591.5 591.5 - 1,608.5 -1,314.6 4,248.1 549.2
1992 24,427.6 1,481.7 831.8 738.3 738.3 - 2,208.6 505.4 3,960.4 562.8
1993 25,618.2 1,493.3 841.8 1,264.3 1,264.3 - 2,107.7 779.9 4,255.6 802.4
1994 28,017.1 1,556.5 967.2 918.7 918.7 - 2,316.5 1,673.3 3,242.9 1,163.9
1995 28,975.2 1,667.0 1,054.7 1,811.1 1,811.1 - 2,644.9 2,840.3 4,507.2 1,242.6
1996 30,286.0 1,673.4 1,129.1 2,445.7 2,445.7 - 2,576.0 2,193.9 4,706.0 1,356.5
1997 30,941.1 1,662.9 1,106.7 3,344.9 3,344.9 - 3,058.2 1,275.5 5,591.7 1,363.0
1998 31,634.8 1,651.5 1,160.7 1,992.9 1,992.9 - 3,383.1 1,651.1 6,787.3 1,385.3
1999 33,533.8 1,532.5 1,034.9 2,452.6 2,452.6 - 4,237.6 3,682.6 5,346.7 1,208.8
2000 34,020.2 1,512.0 1,042.9 2,592.8 2,592.8 - 3,854.7 6,368.6 3,727.2 1,192.3
2001 36,697.2 1,402.8 997.8 4,833.0 4,833.0 - 2,799.2 1,970.9 6,284.3 1,268.6
2002 39,249.6 1,325.8 1,270.7 6,973.8 6,973.8 - 2,690.0 -359.2 6,025.4 1,183.2
2003 40,292.1 1,340.0 1,077.5 11,448.7 11,448.7 - 3,303.9 -1,116.4 6,419.7 1,267.8
2004 42,188.4 1,328.6 1,088.3 15,237.8 15,237.8 - 2,675.1 3,156.3 7,153.5 1,034.4
2005 43,188.3 1,370.8 1,192.8 17,511.8 17,511.8 - 2,707.6 -745.3 6,692.9 1,170.8

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 5-12a. Final Consumption of Commercial Energy by Sector
Unit: 1,000 K.L. Oil Equivalent
Energy Use
Period Grand Total Agricultural Industrial Sector
Total
Sector Subtotal Mining Food Chemicals Textiles

1955 2,387.0 2,387.0 100.4 1,051.2 8.1 144.2 275.9 80.6

1960 3,839.2 3,839.2 176.1 2,000.1 10.8 197.3 560.6 131.7
1965 5,779.2 5,779.2 300.1 3,315.8 22.1 250.3 1,017.2 202.4
1970 9,870.7 9,870.7 409.9 6,070.9 48.6 394.3 2,045.2 615.9
1975 15,915.8 15,915.8 735.4 9,067.0 81.2 609.2 3,076.7 1,274.8
1978 24,712.9 24,292.8 838.7 14,192.8 106.2 786.0 4,806.1 1,702.9
1979 26,816.3 26,474.7 989.1 15,527.9 136.7 849.5 5,028.7 1,787.5
1980 29,579.4 29,093.1 1,003.8 16,372.1 157.5 821.9 5,239.9 1,800.0
1981 28,521.6 28,097.5 935.4 15,328.3 172.3 726.0 4,997.3 1,743.2
1982 27,708.4 27,253.8 986.8 14,123.2 159.0 736.3 4,635.2 1,728.2
1983 30,372.3 29,920.2 1,080.9 15,434.2 167.2 765.6 5,113.8 1,888.9
1984 32,636.1 32,152.3 1,182.6 16,512.3 181.7 797.6 5,824.4 2,053.3
1985 34,487.2 33,947.9 1,219.5 17,460.4 149.2 853.7 6,427.1 2,127.6
1986 37,717.3 37,163.6 1,234.3 19,511.1 103.7 956.4 7,310.7 2,373.9
1987 40,675.1 40,096.8 1,391.4 20,862.1 80.7 1,008.1 7,805.4 2,536.4
1988 44,424.8 43,766.8 1,422.6 22,809.4 82.3 1,055.7 8,310.7 2,661.6
1989 46,848.5 45,826.8 1,388.8 23,207.6 84.2 1,101.7 8,182.5 2,706.8
1990 49,662.8 48,596.2 1,453.3 24,137.4 77.2 1,153.4 8,640.5 2,688.7
1991 52,810.8 51,650.7 1,404.9 25,443.2 78.6 1,179.4 8,770.5 2,878.4
1992 56,148.5 54,955.0 1,371.4 26,875.7 78.0 1,212.0 9,344.0 3,037.5
1993 59,177.6 57,884.6 1,412.3 27,735.7 80.3 1,197.9 9,667.9 2,927.6
1994 63,718.9 62,408.9 1,438.3 29,819.2 80.9 1,218.3 11,024.7 3,061.3
1995 66,630.5 65,351.1 1,490.5 31,027.4 78.1 1,221.2 11,687.6 3,084.4
1996 70,019.6 68,527.6 1,543.5 32,170.8 75.4 1,235.0 12,226.8 3,275.7
1997 73,649.5 72,121.7 1,442.4 34,757.9 84.0 1,245.0 13,049.2 3,480.1
1998 77,258.2 75,273.4 1,245.2 35,828.8 117.3 1,247.4 13,247.2 3,660.4
1999 81,947.6 79,703.9 1,304.7 37,563.3 115.5 1,276.6 14,151.1 3,859.6
2000 87,353.4 85,001.4 1,461.9 40,597.1 119.7 1,310.1 15,616.2 3,993.9
2001 91,360.2 89,633.7 1,488.1 44,299.3 115.5 1,244.2 19,913.5 3,608.9
2002 96,687.6 94,661.8 1,510.0 48,246.1 122.8 1,239.0 22,476.7 3,448.7
2003 99,870.6 97,747.2 1,662.1 49,369.8 122.8 1,238.5 23,705.4 3,193.0
2004 104,825.0 102,960.2 1,747.6 53,258.2 132.2 1,283.5 25,425.6 3,342.4
2005 108,145.9 106,286.5 1,615.7 54,161.0 136.9 1,274.1 25,747.6 3,066.8
Source: See Table 5-10a.

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 5-12b. Final Consumption of Commercial Energy by Sector (Continued)
Unit: 1,000 K.L. Oil Equivalent
Energy Use
Industrial Sector Transpor- Non-Energy
Period Energy Other
Mineral Metallic tation Use
Wood Other Mfg. Sector Sectors
Products Products Sector
1955 82.9 233.9 104.3 121.3 199.8 242.6 793.0 -
1960 192.8 507.4 256.1 143.4 317.0 342.1 1,003.9 -
1965 310.0 872.1 447.1 194.6 429.0 391.2 1,343.1 -
1970 540.8 1,397.2 667.5 361.3 699.1 700.9 1,989.9 -
1975 682.6 1,752.5 873.6 716.3 1,078.9 1,732.5 3,302.0 -
1978 969.8 2,509.5 2,209.2 1,103.0 1,800.0 2,715.2 4,746.1 420.2
1979 1,094.0 2,959.4 2,462.6 1,209.5 1,952.3 3,052.6 4,952.8 341.6
1980 1,121.4 3,385.1 2,543.3 1,303.1 2,837.6 3,580.7 5,298.9 486.3
1981 1,067.5 3,191.6 2,099.4 1,331.0 2,726.2 3,628.2 5,479.4 424.1
1982 1,017.3 2,882.8 1,663.0 1,301.5 2,594.1 3,777.6 5,772.1 454.6
1983 1,027.6 3,072.5 1,859.4 1,539.2 2,828.7 4,125.4 6,451.0 452.1
1984 1,111.8 3,022.3 1,787.3 1,733.9 3,165.6 4,535.2 6,756.7 483.8
1985 1,098.9 3,031.2 2,029.8 1,742.7 3,358.0 4,750.9 7,159.0 539.3
1986 1,246.0 3,071.3 2,335.3 2,113.7 3,533.7 5,131.4 7,753.0 553.8
1987 1,384.2 3,208.8 2,433.3 2,405.2 3,510.1 5,765.8 8,567.4 578.3
1988 1,478.0 3,583.6 2,990.3 2,647.3 3,453.8 6,613.0 9,468.0 658.1
1989 1,526.2 3,792.5 3,033.2 2,780.6 3,472.0 7,412.4 10,345.9 1,021.7
1990 1,595.4 3,833.0 3,156.6 2,992.6 3,719.0 8,074.1 11,212.3 1,066.6
1991 1,714.7 4,027.7 3,408.6 3,385.3 3,802.9 8,629.7 12,370.0 1,160.1
1992 1,731.6 4,282.8 3,637.4 3,552.4 3,785.8 9,967.3 12,954.7 1,193.4
1993 1,629.8 4,667.2 3,969.1 3,595.9 4,029.6 10,877.2 13,829.7 1,293.0
1994 1,698.8 4,745.4 4,164.0 3,825.7 4,455.3 11,653.9 15,042.2 1,310.0
1995 1,726.9 4,597.6 4,394.8 4,236.7 4,650.7 12,329.6 15,852.9 1,279.3
1996 1,776.9 4,385.1 4,578.8 4,617.2 4,833.0 12,834.0 17,146.3 1,492.0
1997 1,829.5 4,120.8 5,649.9 5,299.6 4,961.9 13,166.3 17,793.3 1,527.8
1998 1,738.4 4,015.0 6,445.7 5,357.4 5,274.4 13,809.4 19,115.5 1,984.7
1999 1,749.8 3,778.5 6,470.2 6,162.0 5,616.9 14,522.1 20,696.9 2,243.8
2000 1,732.3 3,680.7 6,748.8 7,395.4 6,106.1 14,737.9 22,098.3 2,352.1
2001 1,597.1 3,324.9 6,730.5 7,764.7 6,320.7 14,623.2 22,902.4 1,726.6
2002 1,593.7 3,654.0 6,907.8 8,803.4 6,120.9 15,262.9 23,521.8 2,025.9
2003 1,562.5 3,569.9 7,055.4 8,922.2 6,350.0 15,293.8 25,071.5 2,123.4
2004 1,619.6 3,707.0 7,959.2 9,788.8 6,825.1 16,082.4 25,046.9 1,864.8
2005 1,623.0 3,784.5 7,658.3 10,869.7 7,257.5 16,547.2 26,705.0 1,859.4

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 5-13. Number of Factories Registered (1)

End Saw Mill Printing

Machinery
of Total Food Textiles Chemicals & Wood Ceramics Metals & Book- Others
& Tools
Year Products binding
1952 9,966 4,232 942 866 485 1,103 198 794 174 1,172
1955 16,154 7,358 1,514 1,530 773 1,473 314 1,510 319 1,363
1960 18,788 8,467 1,185 2,093 1,128 1,632 912 2,082 562 727
1965 (2) 24,608 10,929 1,166 3,015 1,349 1,790 1,341 2,493 736 1,789
1970 (3) 15,031 2,668 1,575 3,144 1,217 1,133 1,475 2,269 525 1,025
1975 40,982 6,476 4,404 8,889 3,701 2,377 4,951 6,960 1,001 2,223
1978 52,849 7,290 6,087 11,440 4,669 2,854 6,668 9,647 1,216 2,978
1979 59,449 7,887 6,486 12,807 5,136 3,152 7,685 11,778 1,378 3,140
1980 55,421 7,177 6,106 11,936 4,846 3,064 7,464 11,220 1,225 2,383
1981 60,277 7,176 6,317 11,570 4,927 3,097 8,234 11,606 2,272 5,078
1982 59,223 6,870 6,211 11,515 4,706 2,973 8,280 9,418 2,325 6,925
1983 63,220 6,907 6,671 11,951 4,777 3,008 9,234 9,781 2,509 8,382
1984 61,008 6,367 6,568 10,784 4,109 2,824 9,072 11,997 2,374 6,913
1985 68,145 6,428 7,247 11,606 4,410 3,225 9,476 14,692 2,602 8,459
1986 76,886 6,712 8,159 12,730 4,928 3,468 11,507 16,524 3,048 9,810
1987 83,546 6,805 8,623 13,861 4,988 3,647 12,932 18,945 3,495 10,250
1988 89,965 6,881 8,995 16,120 5,099 3,755 14,378 24,752 3,855 6,130
1989 93,925 6,818 9,148 16,709 5,053 3,805 15,616 26,466 4,108 6,202
1990 92,978 6,595 8,761 16,246 4,646 3,746 15,996 26,719 4,163 6,106
1991 95,327 6,584 8,827 15,535 4,505 3,733 16,774 28,020 4,324 7,025
1992 94,673 6,449 8,040 15,033 4,404 3,602 17,085 27,141 4,433 8,486
1993 96,579 6,300 8,158 15,218 5,867 3,468 16,723 28,279 4,595 7,971
1994 95,581 6,071 7,761 14,708 5,548 3,446 17,129 28,317 4,611 7,990
1995 97,016 5,972 7,691 14,670 5,373 3,492 17,940 29,343 4,727 7,808
1996 96,756 5,913 7,513 14,452 5,108 3,380 18,363 29,753 4,711 7,563
1997 99,844 6,023 7,666 14,694 5,085 3,414 19,245 31,831 4,844 7,042
1998 98,836 5,854 7,442 14,448 4,842 3,230 19,332 31,528 4,827 7,333
1999 100,682 5,936 7,528 14,590 4,770 3,226 19,879 32,542 4,934 7,277
2000 98,860 5,771 7,210 14,218 4,424 3,120 19,821 32,564 4,921 6,811
2001 97,182 5,780 6,960 13,891 4,145 3,099 19,488 32,490 4,853 6,476
2002 98,195 5,972 6,980 14,173 4,109 3,151 19,776 33,373 4,914 5,747
2003 98,865 6,139 6,924 14,551 3,971 3,082 18,055 35,540 4,973 5,630
2004 90,751 5,889 6,062 13,591 3,397 2,706 17,468 32,742 4,531 4,365
2005 89,883 5,905 5,807 13,509 3,305 2,620 17,586 32,591 4,427 4,133
(1) Excluding sub-stations of Taiwan Power Company.
(2) Revised on the basis of a recheck of data
(3) Re-registrations were in progress: Figures show factories already re-registere
Sources: See Table 5-1.
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6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 6-1. R&D Expenditure Indicators
Business Enterprise R&D
R&D Expenditure Basic Research
R&D Expenditure Expenditures as a Percentage
Period as a Percentage as a Percentage of R&D
(NT$ million) of Value Added in Industry
of GDP (93SNA)(%) Expenditure(%)
(93SNA)(%)
1993 103,617 1.70 12.4 …
1994 114,682 1.71 13.7 …
1995 125,031 1.72 12.2 …
1996 137,955 1.74 11.0 …
1997 156,321 1.82 10.1 …
1998 176,455 1.91 10.1 1.59
1999 190,520 1.98 10.6 1.65
2000 197,631 1.97 10.4 1.64
2001 204,974 2.08 10.8 1.75
2002 224,428 2.20 11.0 1.82
2003 240,820 2.33 11.8 1.95
2004 260,851 2.42 11.4 2.08
(1) Defense R&D excluded prior to 2002 but included thereafter in this and related tables.
(2) National income data were recompiled in 2005 based on the 93SNA (System of National Accounts) by DGBAS.
Source: National Science Council, R.O.C., Indicators of Science and Technology , Taiwan, 2005.

6-2. R&D Personnel Indicators

R&D Personnel (FTE) R&D Personnel (Headcount)

Period Researchers Researchers
Female Female
Personnel Researchers per 1,000 Personnel Researchers per 1,000
Researchers Researchers
Employment Employment
1998 105,091 53,492 10,910 5.8 129,305 83,209 12,754 6.7
1999 104,535 54,844 10,940 5.8 134,845 87,454 13,307 7.2
2000 104,568 55,460 10,178 5.8 137,622 87,394 12,737 7.3
2001 107,757 59,656 10,744 6.4 138,409 89,118 13,334 7.8
2002 114,297 64,171 11,730 6.8 150,200 94,821 14,987 8.6
2003 119,589 67,599 12,004 7.1 157,225 96,436 15,463 8.9
2004 129,388 72,720 12,905 7.4 168,525 91,490 16,564 9.3
Source: See Table 6-1.

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 6-3. Science and Technology Output Indicators
Technology Balance of
Number of U.S. Patents
Period Annual Papers in SCI Annual Papers in EI Payments
(Excluding New Design) Granted
Export/Import (1)
1993 4,746 2,678 1,189 0.09
1994 5,819 3,543 1,443 0.06
1995 6,655 3,560 1,620 0.04
1996 7,490 4,220 1,897 …
1997 7,755 4,839 2,057 0.05
1998 8,605 4,026 3,100 0.02
1999 8,944 4,690 3,693 0.03
2000 9,203 5,354 4,667 0.10
2001 10,635 5,768 5,371 …
2002 10,831 5,786 5,431 0.25
2003 12,392 8,011 5,298 0.17
2004 12,939 10,980 5,938 …
(1) The MOEA's Factory Adjustment and Operation Survey was not conducted in 1996 or 2001, and the data of 2004 is not yet released.
Source: See Table 6-1.

6-4. R&D Expenditure by Source of Funds

Unit: NT$ million

Total Business Enterprise Government Higher Education Private Non-profit Abroad

Period
amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount %
1998 176,455 100.0 116,398 66.0 57,691 32.7 1,423 0.8 788 0.4 155 0.1
1999 190,520 100.0 125,712 66.0 61,989 32.5 1,749 0.9 959 0.5 110 0.1
2000 197,631 100.0 128,386 65.0 65,980 33.4 2,193 1.1 999 0.5 74 0.0
2001 204,974 100.0 132,950 64.9 68,339 33.3 2,719 1.3 931 0.5 35 0.0
2002 224,428 100.0 141,695 63.1 79,004 35.2 2,762 1.2 930 0.4 38 0.0
2003 240,820 100.0 151,550 62.9 85,580 35.5 2,777 1.2 854 0.4 60 0.0
2004 260,851 100.0 168,079 64.4 88,468 33.9 3,130 1.2 1,113 0.4 60 0.0
Source: See Table 6-1.

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 6-5. R&D Expenditure by Sector of Performance
Unit: NT$ million
Total Business Enterprise Government Higher Education Private Non-profit
Period
amount % amount % amount % amount % amount %
1998 176,455 100.0 113,326 64.2 42,041 23.8 19,925 11.3 1,163 0.7
1999 190,520 100.0 122,158 64.1 44,636 23.4 22,334 11.7 1,392 0.7
2000 197,631 100.0 125,698 63.6 46,494 23.5 24,047 12.2 1,392 0.7
2001 204,974 100.0 130,296 63.6 47,732 23.3 … 12.5 1,425 0.7
2002 224,428 100.0 139,569 62.2 55,693 24.8 … 12.3 1,530 0.7
2003 240,820 100.0 150,493 62.5 59,928 24.9 28,890 12.0 1,510 0.6
2004 260,851 100.0 167,873 64.4 61,144 23.4 30,350 11.6 1,484 0.6
Source: See Table 6-1.

6-6. R&D Expenditure by Type of R&D

Unit: NT$ million
Total Basic Research Applied Research Experimental Development
Period
amount % amount % amount % amount %
1992 94,828 100.0 10,999 11.6 34,744 36.6 49,085 51.8
1993 103,617 100.0 12,887 12.4 37,523 36.2 53,207 51.3
1994 114,682 100.0 15,714 13.7 40,809 35.6 58,159 50.7
1995 125,031 100.0 15,311 12.2 35,906 28.7 73,814 59.0
1996 137,955 100.0 15,223 11.0 41,463 30.1 81,269 58.9
1997 156,321 100.0 15,715 10.1 47,444 30.4 93,162 59.6
1998 176,455 100.0 17,886 10.1 55,001 31.2 103,569 58.7
1999 190,520 100.0 20,115 10.6 60,253 31.6 110,153 57.8
2000 197,631 100.0 20,462 10.4 59,288 30.0 117,880 59.6
2001 204,974 100.0 22,143 10.8 59,914 29.2 122,917 60.0
2002 224,428 100.0 24,725 11.0 60,399 26.9 139,305 62.1
2003 240,820 100.0 28,505 11.8 63,136 26.2 149,180 61.9
2004 260,851 100.0 29,631 11.4 65,449 25.1 165,771 63.6
Source: See Table 6-1.

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 6-7. R&D Expenditure by Field of Science and Technology
Unit: NT$ million
Agricultural
Total Natural Sciences Engineering Medical Sciences Humanities Social Sciences
Period Sciences
amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount %
1998 176,455 100.0 12,729 7.2 137,153 77.7 9,386 5.3 10,882 6.2 ... … ... …
1999 190,520 100.0 17,026 9.0 145,347 76.3 11,088 5.8 10,135 5.3 2,494 1.3 4,430 2.3
2000 197,631 100.0 15,642 7.9 152,320 77.0 12,979 6.6 9,658 4.9 1,928 1.0 5,105 2.6
2001 204,974 100.0 19,482 9.5 152,432 74.4 … 7.2 10,253 5.0 2,269 1.1 5,685 2.8
2002 224,428 100.0 18,452 8.2 171,554 76.4 … 7.1 10,483 4.7 2,344 1.0 5,578 2.5
2003 240,820 100.0 20,559 8.5 182,894 75.9 18,480 7.7 10,368 4.3 2,742 1.1 5,778 2.4
2004 260,851 100.0 22,498 8.6 197,040 75.5 21,981 8.4 11,174 4.3 3,013 1.2 5,144 2.0
Source: See Table 6-1.

6-8. R&D Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP in Selected Country

Unit: %
(1)(2) United (3)
Period R.O.C. Japan U.S.A. Germany France Korea China
Kingdom
1996 1.74 2.78 2.55 2.25** 2.30 1.88 2.42 0.60
1997 1.82 2.84 2.58 2.29 2.22 1.81 2.48 0.68
1998 1.91 2.95 2.61 2.31** 2.17 1.80 2.34 0.70
1999 1.98 2.96 2.65 2.44 2.18 1.87 2.25 0.83
2000 1.97 2.99 2.72 2.49 2.18 1.86 2.39 1.00
2001 2.08 3.07 2.73 2.51 2.23 1.87 2.59 1.07
2002 2.20 3.12 2.66* 2.53 2.26 1.90 2.53 1.22
2003 2.33 3.15 2.60* 2.55** 2.19* 1.89 2.64 1.31
2004 2.42 … … ... … ... ... ...
(1) See note (1) of Table 6-1.
(2) See note (2) of Table 6-1.
(3) Excluding R&D in the social sciences and humanities.
(4) * Provisional Data; ** Estimates.
Source: See Table 6-1.
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7. TRANSPORTATION
AND
COMMUNICATIONS
 7-1. Indices of Transportation and Communications

Total Transportation Communications

Period Index Growth Rate Index Growth Rate Index Growth Rate
(2001=100) (%) (2001=100) (%) (2001=100) (%)
1952 2.90 - 5.16 - 0.20 -
1955 5.30 20.2 9.40 19.9 0.40 25.0
1960 8.38 4.0 14.38 4.2 1.21 1.7
1965 12.58 11.6 21.95 12.4 1.37 -1.4
1970 19.24 7.8 33.57 7.6 2.10 12.9
1975 34.50 11.0 60.39 11.3 3.54 4.4
1978 45.21 8.2 78.74 7.8 5.11 16.7
1979 50.45 11.6 83.66 6.2 10.74 110.2
1980 53.74 6.5 88.21 5.4 12.51 16.5
1981 60.81 13.2 98.50 11.7 15.72 25.7
1982 63.23 4.0 100.86 2.4 18.22 15.9
1983 65.21 3.1 102.48 1.6 20.63 13.2
1984 66.60 2.1 103.26 0.8 22.76 10.3
1985 67.22 0.9 102.91 -0.3 24.53 7.8
1986 67.09 -0.2 100.53 -2.3 27.09 10.4
1987 69.94 4.2 102.39 1.9 31.14 15.0
1988 70.12 0.3 101.93 -0.4 32.07 3.0
1989 70.17 0.1 98.98 -2.9 35.72 11.4
1990 73.52 4.8 104.31 5.4 36.70 2.7
1991 77.13 4.9 107.88 3.4 40.37 10.0
1992 80.74 4.7 109.36 1.4 46.50 15.2
1993 84.67 4.9 111.60 2.0 52.45 12.8
1994 86.61 2.3 108.87 -2.4 59.99 14.4
1995 86.56 -0.1 105.67 -2.9 63.71 6.2
1996 82.12 -5.1 105.29 -0.4 54.42 -14.6
1997 77.61 -5.5 102.16 -3.0 48.25 -11.3
1998 82.79 6.7 101.26 -0.9 60.70 25.8
1999 91.03 10.0 103.98 2.7 75.54 24.4
2000 93.88 3.1 105.97 1.9 79.41 5.1
2001 100.00 6.5 100.00 -5.6 100.00 25.9
2002 106.62 6.6 102.32 2.3 111.77 11.8
2003 110.07 3.2 96.84 -5.4 125.91 12.7
2004 117.58 6.8 103.47 6.8 134.45 6.8
2005 121.02 2.9 104.35 0.9 140.95 4.8
Source: Ministry of Transportation and Communications, R.O.C., Monthly Statistics of Transportation and Communications, Feb. 2006.

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 7-2. Track Length and Number of Railway Stations (1)

End of Year Total Track Length (km) Route Length (km) Number of Stations

1952 1,695 940 210

1955 1,717 950 224
1960 1,818 973 242
1965 1,852 975 236
1970 2,076 1,000 244
1975 2,189 1,000 240
1978 2,235 1,004 242
1979 2,367 1,004 242
1980 2,526 1,091 256
1981 2,514 1,091 254
1982 2,512 1,075 238
1983 2,558 1,075 238
1984 2,586 1,075 238
1985 2,631 1,082 236
1986 2,649 1,082 234
1987 2,646 1,082 234
1988 2,635 1,072 225
1989 2,635 1,072 221
1990 2,635 1,062 219
1991 2,635 1,045 211
1992 2,789 1,108 219
1993 2,780 1,108 220
1994 2,771 1,108 219
1995 2,695 1,108 218
1996 2,947 1,156 218
1997 2,674 1,156 218
1998 2,655 1,142 216
1999 2,649 1,129 216
2000 2,655 1,125 216
2001 2,615 1,119 215
2002 2,573 1,119 215
2003 2,629 1,117 216
2004 2,681 1,118 216
2005 2,625 1,118 216
(1) Figures refer to railways of Taiwan Railway Administration only.
Source: The data are provided by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, R.O.C.

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 7-3. Length of Roads
Unit: Km
Highway
End of Year Total Urban
Sub-Total National Provincial District Rural Private
1952 14,734 14,734 - 1,364 2,815 10,555 - -
1955 14,878 14,878 - 1,459 2,927 10,492 - -
1960 15,336 15,336 - 1,956 2,947 10,433 - -
1965 14,836 14,836 - 2,092 2,803 9,719 222 -
1970 15,615 15,615 - 2,468 2,689 10,127 331 -
1975 17,172 17,172 - 2,737 3,012 11,095 328 -
1978 17,447 17,447 373 3,947 2,323 10,427 377 -
1979 17,454 17,454 373 3,948 2,327 10,428 378 -
1980 17,487 17,487 373 3,979 2,330 10,427 378 -
1981 17,521 17,521 373 3,981 2,330 10,451 386 -
1982 17,571 17,571 373 4,024 2,332 10,449 393 -
1983 19,841 19,841 381 4,040 2,472 12,559 389 -
1984 19,869 19,869 382 4,051 2,568 12,479 389 -
1985 19,857 19,857 382 4,100 2,593 12,394 388 -
1986 19,885 19,885 382 4,107 2,612 12,396 388 -
1987 19,946 19,946 382 4,102 2,622 12,452 388 -
1988 19,983 19,983 382 4,127 2,626 12,460 388 -
1989 19,998 19,998 382 4,125 2,640 12,463 388 -
1990 20,060 20,042 382 4,159 2,645 12,486 388 -
1991 28,472 19,872 382 4,062 2,613 12,429 387 8,600
1992 29,758 19,921 382 4,075 2,615 12,463 387 9,837
1993 30,447 19,978 447 4,067 2,614 12,463 387 11,470
1994 31,378 19,975 447 4,067 2,614 12,461 387 11,403
1995 32,197 20,031 447 4,209 2,531 12,454 390 12,167
1996 32,778 20,118 484 4,246 2,533 12,465 390 12,660
1997 33,607 20,144 507 4,321 2,461 12,465 390 13,463
1998 34,880 20,201 517 4,376 2,451 12,467 390 14,679
1999 35,751 20,298 572 4,424 2,446 12,466 390 15,453
2000 35,931 20,375 608 4,447 2,455 12,475 390 15,556
2001 36,624 20,607 718 4,468 3,401 11,630 390 16,017
2002 36,978 20,816 789 4,573 3,426 11,613 415 16,162
2003 37,642 20,947 872 4,621 3,426 11,613 415 16,695
2004 38,197 21,016 901 4,680 3,359 11,639 415 17,203
2005 　38,780 21,061 912 4,721 3,360 11,653 415 17,719
Source: See Table 7-2.

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 7-4. Number of Motor Vehicles Registered (1)
Unit: Vehicles
Buses Sedans Trucks & Wagons Vehicles for Motor-
End of Year Total For Private For Private For Private Special cycles Others
Business Use Business Use Business Use Purposes (2) (3)
1952 10,710 1,379 244 490 2,089 2,197 1,827 482 2,002 -
1955 16,102 2,090 387 794 3,974 2,495 2,161 686 3,515 -
1960 48,745 2,954 490 1,660 6,395 3,458 3,994 1,826 26,468 1,500
1965 105,590 4,110 843 6,156 8,943 6,904 5,634 2,925 68,198 1,877
1969 731,719 6,009 1,306 18,483 21,137 13,522 21,903 2,814 629,358 17,187
1965 105,590 4,110 843 6,156 8,943 6,904 5,634 2,925 68,198 1,877
1970 819,104 6,365 1,589 20,692 28,849 14,155 26,850 2,875 701,421 16,308
1975 1,986,996 9,975 2,468 40,638 104,222 22,356 84,643 5,391 1,705,236 12,067
1976 2,347,298 11,063 2,661 43,568 127,416 25,194 104,659 6,068 2,009,698 16,971
1977 3,786,562 12,052 2,852 50,548 159,373 29,801 119,721 6,999 2,394,646 10,570
1978 3,167,559 12,034 2,925 60,846 194,821 31,408 129,901 7,594 2,718,055 9,975
1979 3,911,439 12,511 3,754 67,875 272,758 35,929 165,373 8,877 3,334,926 9,436
1980 4,665,433 13,535 4,469 67,166 358,277 33,768 203,753 10,106 3,965,515 8,844
1981 5,413,407 14,064 4,726 68,239 438,052 36,338 241,528 11,142 4,591,547 7,771
1982 6,045,268 14,248 4,933 73,349 518,805 37,252 277,303 11,688 5,100,500 7,190
1983 6,674,135 14,840 5,618 77,617 610,243 39,125 313,435 12,055 5,594,609 6,593
1984 7,342,801 14,843 5,602 82,508 724,647 41,419 347,040 12,482 6,109,083 5,177
1985 7,949,993 15,016 5,829 85,283 830,315 42,191 366,335 12,079 6,588,854 4,091
1986 8,696,045 15,722 5,976 90,035 956,625 44,435 373,777 13,778 7,194,202 1,495
1987 (4) 7,539,269 15,677 5,851 95,221 1,154,180 48,462 398,807 15,699 5,805,373 577
1988 8,426,863 15,910 5,824 98,551 1,461,360 54,175 436,475 16,972 6,337,596 247
1989 9,284,463 15,835 5,650 100,747 1,829,028 56,381 495,547 21,198 6,760,077 245
1990 10,051,574 15,142 5,695 103,043 2,160,375 58,691 540,531 22,465 7,145,628 245
1991 10,611,036 14,739 5,381 100,679 2,440,685 60,763 555,565 24,049 7,409,175 245
1992 11,268,254 16,139 5,155 100,523 2,799,519 71,483 599,270 26,857 7,649,308 -
1993 11,856,524 16,609 4,601 98,878 3,139,876 77,177 619,392 32,595 7,867,396 -
1994 12,377,082 17,281 3,971 101,120 3,469,377 81,429 630,380 39,015 8,034,509 -
1995 13,201,471 17,838 3,760 102,541 3,771,662 81,690 666,460 40,496 8,517,024 -
1996 14,273,465 18,285 3,487 106,826 4,039,649 79,954 697,930 43,420 9,283,914 -
1997 15,345,743 19,474 3,269 109,289 4,302,622 80,995 732,415 46,066 10,051,613 -
1998 15,959,135 19,783 3,088 112,293 4,433,195 81,549 732,545 47,642 10,529,040 -
1999 16,317,768 20,920 2,878 107,700 4,401,730 81,535 698,377 46,159 10,958,469 -
2000 17,022,689 21,175 2,748 107,257 4,608,960 83,787 724,799 50,791 11,423,172 -
2001 17,465,037 21,473 2,580 104,940 4,720,641 83,142 747,531 51,528 11,733,202 -
2002 17,906,957 22,753 2,326 101,286 4,888,050 83,384 773,399 52,002 11,983,757 -
2003 18,500,658 23,432 2,196 97,752 5,071,981 83,953 801,827 52,653 12,366,864 -
2004 19,183,136 24,411 2,042 128,155 5,262,693 89,668 829,601 52,616 12,793,950 -
2005 19,862,807 25,084 1,883 138,669 5,495,693 94,762 858,708 52,743 13,195,265 -
(1) Excluding military vehicles. (2) Including ambulances, fire engines, sanitary trucks, water tanks and postal service vehicles.
(3) Figures for years prior to 1968 exclude units with an engine displacement of less than 50 c. c.
(4) The figures for June 1987 to April 1995 are adjusted according to the number of motor vehicles registered.
(5) From 2004 onward, rental sedans have been reclassified from “Private Use” to “For Business”.
Source: See Table 7-1.
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Meters Per Square Km Meters Per 1,000 Persons

End of Year
Railway (1) Road Railway (1) Road
1952 47 409 209 1,813
1955 48 413 189 1,639
1960 51 426 168 1,421
1965 51 412 147 1,175
1970 58 434 141 1,064
1975 61 477 136 1,063
1978 62 485 130 1,018
1979 66 485 135 999
1980 70 486 142 982
1981 70 487 139 966
1982 70 488 136 952
1983 71 551 137 1,059
1984 72 552 136 1,045
1985 7