Cancer caused 54,032 deaths, ahead of heart disease, pneumonia and stroke.
Taiwan’s cause-of-death ranking shows where mortality is concentrated. Cancer caused 54,032 deaths in 2024, more than the next two listed causes combined. The same official table places heart disease, pneumonia, cerebrovascular disease and diabetes behind cancer, making the disease burden visible as an ordered count.
Source 1: Ministry of Health and Welfare, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Publisher: Ministry of Health and Welfare, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Units: deaths; crude death rates
Source 2: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan
Publisher: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan
Units: deaths; rates per 100,000
Cause labels are shortened: cerebrovascular disease is shown as stroke/cerebrovascular in some public copy. Counts are final 2024 deaths.
Uses 2024 MOHW/DGBAS cause-of-death statistics. Counts are deaths by underlying cause; display values are rounded for SVG readability.
Taiwan’s 5 largest methanol suppliers
Saudi Arabia supplied US$165.6M, or 42.2%, of Taiwan’s 2024 methanol imports.
Taiwan’s 5 largest paraxylene suppliers
Korea and Japan supplied about 92% of Taiwan’s 2024 paraxylene import value.
Taiwan petroleum-product exports by type
Diesel/gasoil was 54% and gasoline/blending 30% of 2025 petroleum-product exports.