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Taiwan Net International Assets vs GDP, 2024

Taiwan’s net international investment position reached US$1.56tn at end-2024.

What the Data Shows

This statistic links Taiwan’s external-surplus flows to its accumulated foreign-asset stock. At end-2024, Taiwan’s NIIP reached US$1.56tn, about 195.5% of implied GDP. Reserve assets were a smaller but still large component at US$581.4bn, or roughly 73.0% of GDP.

Data table

Net intl assets US$1.56tn end-2024
NIIP / GDP 195.5% derived
FX reserves US$581.4bn end-2024
Reserves / GDP 73.0% derived
Global rank #6 CBC wording
GDP US$796.0bn derived

Sources

Source 1: Taiwan's International Investment Position (2024)

Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Dataset/table: International investment position

Units: US$ billion

Date checked: 2026-05-12

Evidence: CBC states that end-2024 Taiwan held a net international asset position of US$1,556.23 billion and ranked as the 6th largest net creditor in the world.

Note: CBC states that end-2024 Taiwan held a net international asset position of US$1,556.23 billion and ranked as the 6th largest net creditor in the world.

Source 2: Taiwan's International Investment Position

Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Dataset/table: IIP table by category and sector

Units: US$ billion

Date checked: 2026-05-12

Evidence: The CBC PDF table shows reserve assets of US$581.4bn and NIIP of US$1,556.2bn at end-2024.

Note: The CBC PDF table shows reserve assets of US$581.4bn and NIIP of US$1,556.2bn at end-2024.

Source 3: Developments in the Real Economy

Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Dataset/table: Current-account ratio-to-GDP context

Units: US$ million; percent

Date checked: 2026-05-12

Evidence: CBC macro materials provide ratio-to-GDP context for deriving a nominal-GDP benchmark.

Note: CBC macro materials provide ratio-to-GDP context for deriving a nominal-GDP benchmark.

Data notes & caveats

NIIP and reserve assets come from CBC’s 2024 IIP release. GDP is implied from the same official macro context used in the current-account/GDP calculation.

Methodology

NIIP/GDP equals end-2024 NIIP divided by implied nominal GDP. Reserve/GDP uses reserve assets from the same CBC IIP release divided by the same GDP denominator.

Source consistency notes

NIIP and reserve assets are from the same CBC release. GDP is derived from the same official macro framework used in the current-account discussion, making the ratios internally coherent.