Labour compensation fell from 48.2% of GDP in 1998 to 43.1% in 2024.
Taiwan’s GDP-income split shows how output is distributed between labour, capital and depreciation. Labour compensation fell from 48.2% of GDP in 1998 to 43.1% in 2024, while operating surplus and fixed-capital consumption increased. The same-source chart helps separate wage-share movement from the broader corporate and capital-stock structure.
Source 1: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Units: percent; NT dollars; index changes
GDP distribution components sum to 100% in each year. Fixed capital consumption is separated from operating surplus, so the capital-side story is not only corporate profit.
Use CBC’s official DGBAS-based GDP distribution chart for 1998 and 2024. Values are shares of nominal GDP. Changes are simple right-minus-left percentage-point differences.
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.