Gross National Income (GNI) per resident exceeded GDP per resident by about US$1.1k in 2024.
This graphic compares Gross National Income (GNI) per resident with GDP per resident for Taiwan in 2024. GNI captures income received by Taiwanese residents, while GDP captures production inside Taiwan’s economy. The roughly US$1.1k per-resident gap shows that income flows can shift the resident-income picture beyond the domestic-output headline.
Source 1: National Output and Income
Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: CBC Annual Report 2024, National Output and Income
Units: US dollars per capita; percent
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Reports Taiwan 2024 real GDP growth, domestic-demand contribution, net-export contribution and GNI per-capita movement.
Note: Reports Taiwan 2024 real GDP growth, domestic-demand contribution, net-export contribution and GNI per-capita movement.
Source 2: Taiwan GDP per capita
Publisher: FocusEconomics
Dataset/table: GDP per capita in Taiwan
Units: current US$
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Reports Taiwan GDP per capita at US$34,059 in 2024.
Note: Reports Taiwan GDP per capita at US$34,059 in 2024.
GNI per-capita value is from CBC; GDP per-capita value is from a reputable secondary source pending direct DGBAS table extraction. Treat this as source-labelled.
Gap is calculated as 2024 GNI per capita minus 2024 GDP per capita on a current-US-dollar basis.
Mixed source family: CBC for GNI per capita, secondary DGBAS/CEIC-style GDP per capita source for GDP per capita.
TSMC electricity use versus Taiwan demand
TSMC bought 25.6 terawatt-hours (TWh), about 9.0% of Taiwan’s 2024 electricity use.
Taiwan electronic-parts export surplus
Electronic-parts exports reached US$222.9B versus US$143.7B of imports in 2025.
Taiwan re-export versus domestic-export value
2025 goods exports were US$640.7B; official trade-stat coverage excludes re-exports.