Exports plus imports equalled about US$37.1k per resident and 109.2% of GDP.
Trade per person translates Taiwan’s external openness into a human-scale number. In 2024, goods exports plus imports were worth about US$37.1k per resident. The same data also imply total goods trade was about 109.2% of GDP, using the GDP scale derived from the CBC current-account ratio.
Source 1: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Units: US$ billion
Source 2: Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan
Publisher: Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan
Units: persons
Source 3: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Units: US$ billion; percent
Total goods trade equals exports plus imports. Per-resident value divides total trade by end-2024 population. Trade/GDP uses implied GDP from CBC’s official current-account-to-GDP ratio.
All values are current U.S. dollars. The GDP denominator is derived, not separately downloaded from a national-accounts table.
Taiwan export value per TEU, 2025
Taiwan’s 2025 goods exports equalled about US$95.1k per export container.
Taiwan electronics export concentration, 2025
ICT products plus electronic parts accounted for 74% of goods exports in 2025.
Taiwan electronic-parts export surplus
Electronic-parts exports reached US$222.9B versus US$143.7B of imports in 2025.