Macroeconomic Outlook Report: Taiwan (Province of China)
Summary
Mining, manufacturing, and utilities contributed 40.6% to gross value added (GVA) in 2025, followed by financial intermediation, real estate, and business activities (16.6%) and wholesale, retail trade, and hotels (15.8%). In nominal terms, these sectors are expected to grow by 13.6%, 13.0%, and 8.8% in 2026, respectively. Services (54.5% of GVA in 2025) continue to outweigh industry (43.9%) in Taiwan (Province of China)’s economy.Taipei is home to 10.6% of Taiwan (Province of China)’s population and accounts for 10.6% of GDP as of 2025, according to the analyst estimates.
Key Highlights
- According to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Taiwan (Province of China)’s transport network continues to expand, supported by high-speed rail ridership gains and steady growth in air passenger traffic.
Scope
- Macroeconomic Country Outlook Reports evaluate a country's investment potential through its political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental (PESTLE) framework.
- This comprehensive analysis offers a holistic view of the economy, serving as a strategic tool to understand market dynamics, business potential, and operational direction.
- Each PESTLE factor is examined based on four parameters: current strengths, current challenges, future prospects, and future risks. These insights support strategic planning by highlighting opportunities and risks within the economy, helping businesses and investors make informed decisions.
- The report aims to provide a detailed understanding of the country's macroeconomic environment to facilitate effective decision-making and strategy development.
Reasons to Buy
- Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
- PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
- Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
- This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.
Table of Contents
List of Exhibits- Did You Know?
- Country Highlights
- Key Economic Updates and Impact of US Tariffs
- Country Snapshot
- Political Landscape
- Economic Landscape
- Social Landscape
- Technological Landscape
- Legal Landscape
- Environmental Landscape
- Outlook
- Exhibit 1: Taiwan (Province of China)’s Performance in Country Risk Analysis in Comparison to the Asia-Pacific and World Averages
- Exhibit 2: Performance Overview (Score: 0-100)
- Exhibit 3: Broad Categories and Weights Behind the Index
- Exhibit 4: Taiwan (Province of China) TWSE Index, (July 2025 - July 2026)
- Exhibit 5: Key Sectors’ Contribution to the Economy (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 6: FDI Flows and FDI Stock (2021-25)
- Exhibit 7: Greenfield FDI Projects and Net Cross-border M&A Purchases (2021-25)
- Exhibit 8: Key Infrastructure Indicators
- Exhibit 9: Real GDP and Household Consumption Growth Rate (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 10: Real GDP Growth Rate Comparison (2025)
- Exhibit 11: Volume of Export and Import of Goods and Services Growth (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 12: Current Account Balance (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 13: Top Commodity Exports, % of Total Exports (2021-25)
- Exhibit 14: Electrical Machinery and Equipment Exports, % of World Total (2025)
- Exhibit 15: Central Bank Discount Rate (June 2021 - June 2026)
- Exhibit 16: Exchange Rate and Inflation Rate (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 17: Public Finance (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 18: General Government Debt (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 19: Unemployment Rate (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 20: Average Annual Wages (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 21: Labor Cost Index (2021-28f)
- Exhibit 22: Rural-urban Share of Total Population (2020, 2025, 2030f, 2035f)
- Exhibit 23: Age-group Share of Total Population (2020, 2025, 2030f, 2035f)
- Exhibit 24: Gender Split (2020, 2025, 2030f, 2035f)
- Exhibit 25: Internet Users as a Percentage of Total Population, Mobile and Broadband Penetration Rates (2025)
- Exhibit 26: Number of Patents Granted per Million Population (2025)
- Exhibit 27: Proportion of total R&D expenditure in GDP (2024 or latest available)
- Exhibit 28: Index of Economic Freedom Score 2026
- Exhibit 29: Corruption Perceptions Index Score 2025
- Exhibit 30: Renewable Electricity, Installed Capacity (2021-25)
- Exhibit 31: CO2 Emissions (2021-25)
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Asus
- Foxconn
- Pegatron
