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GDP, trade, productivity, income, industrial structure and national-accounts graphics that explain Taiwan’s macro engine.
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Taiwan’s 5 largest methanol suppliersSaudi Arabia supplied US$165.6M, or 42.2%, of Taiwan’s 2024 methanol imports.
Taiwan’s 5 largest paraxylene suppliersKorea and Japan supplied about 92% of Taiwan’s 2024 paraxylene import value.
Taiwan petroleum-product exports by typeDiesel/gasoil was 54% and gasoline/blending 30% of 2025 petroleum-product exports.
Annual trips recovered to 767.1m in 2025, about 97.2% of the 2019 level.
Annual ridership reached 82.07m in 2025, 21.7% above the 2019 pre-COVID level.
Current-account surplus hit 14.3% of GDP; goods surplus was about 10.1%.
Taiwan exported about US$20.3k in goods per resident, ahead of Korea, Japan and China.
Exports plus imports equalled about US$37.1k per resident and 109.2% of GDP.
Other services led at 51.9%; transport, travel, manufacturing and maintenance made up the rest.
U.S. orders led Taiwan’s 2025 export-order market, with ASEAN just ahead of China/HK.
IMF/FRED data show Taiwan stayed in current-account surplus from 1990 to 2024.
More than 1.715m SMEs generated over NT$31tn in sales and employed 9.194m people.
Manufacturing accounted for 39.79% of GDP in an official 2025 economic report.