Taiwan Economy Data

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Population (million)	23.5	23.5	23.6	23.6	23.6
GDP per capita (USD)	22,941	23,161	25,154	25,750	25,893
GDP (USD bn)	539	545	593	607	611
Economic Growth (GDP, annual variation in %)	1.5	2.2	3.3	2.8	2.7
Consumption (annual variation in %)	2.9	2.6	2.7	2.0	2.2
Investment (annual variation in %)	2.7	3.4	-0.3	3.0	9.1
Industrial Production (annual variation in %)	-1.3	2.0	5.0	3.6	-0.3
Retail Sales (annual variation in %)	-1.0	1.1	0.9	2.2	3.1
Unemployment Rate	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)	0.1	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-
Public Debt (% of GDP)	36.6	36.2	35.5	35.1	-
Money (annual variation in %)	5.8	3.6	3.6	2.7	4.5
Inflation Rate (CPI, annual variation in %, eop)	0.1	1.7	1.2	-0.1	1.1
Inflation Rate (CPI, annual variation in %)	-0.3	1.4	0.6	1.4	0.6
Inflation (WPI, annual variation in %)	-8.9	-3.0	0.9	3.6	-2.3
Policy Interest Rate (%)	1.63	1.38	1.38	1.38	1.38
Stock Market (annual variation in %)	-10.4	11.0	15.0	-8.6	23.3
Exchange Rate (vs USD)	32.83	32.45	29.67	30.58	29.91
Exchange Rate (vs USD, aop)	31.76	32.24	30.42	30.15	30.90
Current Account (% of GDP)	13.5	13.1	14.0	11.7	10.6
Current Account Balance (USD bn)	72.8	71.3	83.1	70.8	65.1
Trade Balance (USD billion)	48.1	50.0	58.3	49.2	43.5
Exports (USD billion)	284	279	315	334	329
Imports (USD billion)	236	229	257	285	286
Exports (annual variation in %)	-11.0	-1.8	13.0	5.9	-1.4
Imports (annual variation in %)	-15.9	-3.0	12.2	10.7	0.3
International Reserves (USD)	426	434	452	462	478
External Debt (% of GDP)	29.5	31.6	30.7	31.5	30.2