Data & Indicators

Taiwan in numbers

EIU Democracy Index 2024
Democracy Rankings
Norway
9.81
Sweden
9.39
Taiwan 🇹🇼
8.78
USA
7.85
China 🇨🇳
1.97
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
RSF Press Freedom Index 2025
Press Freedom
🇹🇼 Taiwan
#24
World Rank
🇨🇳 China
#178
out of 180
Taiwan 🇹🇼
77.0
China 🇨🇳
11.0
Source: Reporters Without Borders
Global Semiconductor Foundry 2025
Taiwan Controls the World's Chips
70% Taiwan
Taiwan (TSMC)
70%
Samsung (Korea)
7%
Intel (USA)
2%
Others
21%
Source: Counterpoint Research Q4 2025 · Advanced chips ≤5nm: Taiwan >90%
Freedom House 2025
Civil & Political Freedom
Political RightsTW 38/40 · CN 0/40
Civil LibertiesTW 56/60 · CN 11/60
Overall ScoreTW 94 · CN 9 /100
Internet FreedomTW 79 · CN 9 /100
Sources: Freedom House Freedom in the World 2025 (Civil & Political) · Freedom on the Net 2024 (Internet) · Blue = Taiwan · Red = China
GDP per Capita USD — World Bank
Economic Trajectory 1990–2023
Taiwan (~$35,000 in 2023)
China (~$12,700 in 2023)
Source: World Bank
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