Taiwan’s 2024 current-account surplus was about US$4.9k per resident.
This statistic turns a national current-account surplus into a human-scale number. Taiwan’s 2024 surplus of US$113.8bn equals about US$4,860 per resident using the official population denominator. The page does not claim a peer ranking yet; it is a Taiwan-only external-intensity snapshot until same-source peer values are added.
Source 1: Developments in the Real Economy
Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: Current account balance summary
Units: US$ million
Date checked: 2026-05-12
Evidence: CBC documents Taiwan’s current-account balance and related balance-of-payments figures.
Note: CBC documents Taiwan’s current-account balance and related balance-of-payments figures.
Source 2: Total Population
Publisher: National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: Population series
Units: persons
Date checked: 2026-05-12
Evidence: DGBAS provides the official Taiwan population series.
Note: DGBAS provides the official Taiwan population series.
Source 3: Indicators | Data
Publisher: IMF / World Bank
Dataset/table: Population, total
Units: persons
Date checked: 2026-05-12
Evidence: World Bank population data can supply the peer-country denominator.
Note: World Bank population data can supply the peer-country denominator.
Source 4: Balance of Payments and IIP / external-sector datasets
Publisher: IMF
Dataset/table: Current-account balances
Units: current US$
Date checked: 2026-05-12
Evidence: The IMF is the preferred same-source path for peer-country current-account balances.
Note: The IMF is the preferred same-source path for peer-country current-account balances.
The per-resident figure divides CBC’s current-account surplus by Taiwan’s official population. Peer rows were not supplied, so this is intentionally a Taiwan-only snapshot.
Current-account surplus per resident equals the 2024 current-account surplus divided by the 2024 population. GDP is implied from CBC’s current-account-to-GDP ratio for support context.
Taiwan will likely be sourced from CBC plus official population data, while peers should come from one multilateral dataset plus one common population source. The mixed-source structure must be disclosed.
Taiwan GNI per capita versus GDP per capita, 2024
Gross National Income (GNI) per resident exceeded GDP per resident by about US$1.1k in 2024.
Taiwan top-country trade-balance map without map
In 2025 Taiwan ran a US$150.1B surplus with the U.S. and a US$37.0B deficit with Korea.
Taiwan electronic-parts export surplus
Electronic-parts exports reached US$222.9B versus US$143.7B of imports in 2025.