Manufacturing output per job stood above services, with electronics taking 41.8% of manufacturing value.
Taiwan’s sector mix shows why manufacturing remains central to the macro story. Manufacturing produced 39.79% of GDP with 34.94% of employment, giving it a higher output-per-worker index than services. Electronics also made up 41.8% of manufacturing production value, tying the productivity gap to the island’s tech-heavy industrial structure.
Source 1: Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / Swiss representations
Publisher: Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / Swiss representations
Units: percent; US$ billion
Source 2: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Units: percent; NT dollars; index changes
Sector output-per-worker index is a ratio of shares, not NT$ value added per employee. It is useful for comparing broad sectors when full sector value-added and employment counts are not shown together in the source table.
Use 2024 sector shares from official DGBAS-sourced tables. Output-per-worker index is sector GDP share divided by sector employment share, multiplied by 100. The electronics figure is share of total manufacturing production value, not a separate employment-adjusted productivity measure.
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