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last updated through SDBS on 30 September 2015 1 POPULATION Total population million; as of 1 July 21.6 21.8 22.0 22.2 22.3 22.5 22.6 22.6 22.7 22.8 22.9 23.0 23.1 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.3 23.4 Population density persons per square kilometer 598 603 608 613 617 621 623 626 628 631 633 635 638 639 641 643 645 647 Population annual change, percent 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 Urban population a percent of total population 54.1 54.9 55.1 55.8 56.7 56.9 57.5 57.7 57.7 57.9 58.1 58.6 59.1 59.3 59.5 59.7 60.2 60.3 LABOR FORCE thousand; calendar year 9,432 9,546 9,668 9,784 9,833 9,969 10,076 10,240 10,371 10,522 10,713 10,853 10,917 11,070 11,200 11,341 11,445 11,535 Employed 9,176 9,289 9,385 9,491 9,383 9,454 9,573 9,786 9,942 10,111 10,294 10,403 10,279 10,493 10,709 10,860 10,967 11,079 Agriculture 878 822 774 738 706 709 696 642 590 554 543 535 543 550 542 544 544 548 Manufacturing 2,570 2,611 2,603 2,655 2,594 2,572 2,600 2,681 2,732 2,777 2,842 2,886 2,790 2,861 2,949 2,975 2,988 3,007 Mining 13 12 11 11 10 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 Others 5,715 5,844 5,997 6,087 6,073 6,164 6,268 6,456 6,613 6,773 6,903 6,976 6,941 7,078 7,214 7,337 7,431 7,520 Unemployed 256 257 283 293 450 515 503 454 428 411 419 450 639 577 491 481 478 457 Unemployment rate percent 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0 4.6 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.1 5.9 5.2 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.0 Labor force annual change, percent 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.3 0.6 1.4 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.8 Labor force participation rate percent 58.3 58.0 57.9 57.7 57.2 57.3 57.3 57.7 57.8 57.9 58.3 58.3 57.9 58.1 58.2 58.4 58.4 58.5 Male 71.1 70.6 69.9 69.4 68.5 68.2 67.7 67.8 67.6 67.4 67.2 67.1 66.4 66.5 66.7 66.8 66.7 66.8 Female 45.6 45.6 46.0 46.0 46.1 46.6 47.1 47.7 48.1 48.7 49.4 49.7 49.6 49.9 50.0 50.2 50.5 50.6 NATIONAL ACCOUNTS billion NT dollars; calendar year 2008 SNA At Current Prices GDP by industrial origin at current market prices 8,574.8 9,204.2 9,649.0 10,187.4 9,930.4 10,411.6 10,696.3 11,365.3 11,740.3 12,243.5 13,407.1 13,151.0 12,961.7 14,119.2 14,312.2 14,686.9 15,221.2 16,084.0 Agriculture 210.7 219.1 236.7 205.4 188.6 188.4 183.6 190.7 195.8 197.6 191.9 201.7 215.1 224.8 245.8 242.4 255.8 296.1 Mining 59.6 71.0 65.1 51.5 48.1 52.1 43.6 47.9 44.7 39.4 21.3 21.6 17.0 18.4 17.2 15.5 15.6 16.9 Manufacturing 2,117.3 2,250.0 2,308.3 2,508.2 2,306.4 2,595.8 2,801.9 3,047.1 3,120.1 3,239.1 3,916.8 3,678.1 3,484.4 4,122.2 4,102.2 4,120.9 4,269.2 4,585.0 Electricity, gas, and water b 215.4 226.1 229.7 229.5 232.0 242.6 247.2 226.1 226.6 225.0 226.1 130.8 276.9 278.7 223.0 235.8 303.3 338.8 Electricity and gas supply.............................. 134.9 40.0 188.0 182.9 126.0 134.9 203.7 242.1 Water supply and remediation services.............................. 91.2 90.9 88.9 95.8 96.9 100.9 99.6 96.7 Construction 371.9 367.4 344.5 317.8 267.7 261.5 253.5 288.1 284.8 332.4 340.7 344.7 318.1 365.3 383.1 384.5 407.1 430.8 Trade 1,313.0 1,454.0 1,585.8 1,745.9 1,699.9 1,744.1 1,785.1 1,941.5 2,073.7 2,188.7 2,207.8 2,251.6 2,180.0 2,346.8 2,443.6 2,451.9 2,545.2 2,596.8 Transport and communications c 608.0 688.1 743.8 787.5 806.2 815.8 811.6 835.5 824.3 809.8 822.4 814.6 798.0 882.2 860.2 878.7 884.7 913.5 Transportation and storage.............................. 398.1 379.8 357.8 424.0 398.4 416.7 422.1 453.9 Information and communication.............................. 424.3 434.8 440.2 458.2 461.8 462.0 462.6 459.6 Finance d 1,565.5 1,649.9 1,748.4 1,809.4 1,801.1 1,796.1 1,811.2 1,910.5 1,999.9 2,096.5 2,233.7 2,226.2 2,139.9 2,263.2 2,331.6 2,391.9 2,482.2 2,581.3 Finance and insurance.............................. 943.6 912.8 797.6 871.7 915.0 932.9 970.2 1,041.7 Real estate and ownership of dwellings.............................. 1,115.9 1,127.9 1,161.8 1,196.5 1,211.7 1,241.8 1,282.2 1,300.6 Support services.............................. 174.2 185.5 180.6 194.9 204.9 217.2 229.8 239.0 Public administration 696.8 733.6 768.8 804.5 810.1 808.3 847.6 872.7 892.9 909.7 947.3 988.7 994.2 1,034.3 1,054.3 1,076.3 1,060.9 1,070.6 Others 1,097.2 1,224.2 1,304.4 1,397.5 1,483.9 1,560.1 1,620.6 1,667.7 1,747.1 1,854.6 1,965.9 2,000.9 2,059.4 2,137.2 2,224.3 2,308.3 2,375.5 2,446.8 Accommodation and food services.............................. 266.5 274.5 280.5 300.6 329.0 348.8 375.1 398.4 Professional, scientific, and technical services.............................. 281.7 285.0 287.9 305.0 314.8 325.9 338.9 346.1 Education.............................. 628.4 624.9 642.7 650.4 667.2 684.7 684.2 687.7 Human health and social work services.............................. 354.0 365.5 383.5 394.9 410.9 430.4 445.0 456.3 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.............................. 102.2 106.1 111.5 117.1 123.3 127.1 132.7 136.7 Other services.............................. 333.1 344.8 353.3 369.2 379.3 391.4 399.7 421.6 Taxes and duties on imports 322.9 324.0 313.0 324.6 286.3 309.1 317.4 339.2 351.3 350.7 360.8 353.9 323.6 401.8 426.9 418.2 446.3 481.3 Statistical discrepancy -3.5-3.2 0.5 5.7 37.7-27.1-1.8-21.0 172.4 138.1 155.0 44.5 162.4 175.5 326.1 Net factor income from abroad 89.6 68.6 90.5 139.6 192.0 242.5 328.9 372.1 290.9 311.7 332.8 314.6 414.0 429.6 388.4 454.2 425.0 470.3 GNI 8,664.4 9,272.7 9,739.6 10,327.0 10,122.4 10,654.1 11,025.1 11,737.4 12,031.1 12,555.2 13,739.8 13,465.6 13,375.7 14,548.9 14,700.6 15,141.1 15,646.2 16,554.3

2 Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 Structure of Output percent of GDP at current producers prices Agriculture 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 Industry 33.5 32.8 31.6 31.5 29.6 31.3 32.2 32.7 32.2 32.3 34.0 32.1 32.0 34.0 33.0 32.7 33.2 34.1 Services 64.0 64.7 65.9 66.4 68.4 66.8 66.1 65.5 66.1 66.1 64.5 66.4 66.3 64.4 65.3 65.6 65.1 64.0 Expenditure on GDP at current market prices 8,574.8 9,204.2 9,649.0 10,187.4 9,930.4 10,411.6 10,696.3 11,365.3 11,740.3 12,243.5 13,407.1 13,151.0 12,961.7 14,119.2 14,312.2 14,686.9 15,221.2 16,084.0 Private consumption 4,967.8 5,351.6 5,665.9 5,987.7 6,027.6 6,237.6 6,398.6 6,808.4 7,090.7 7,248.3 7,197.9 7,260.2 7,175.5 7,497.7 7,799.0 8,035.1 8,249.3 8,555.1 Government consumption 1,279.9 1,364.4 1,331.7 1,362.9 1,391.4 1,412.5 1,416.4 1,444.9 1,463.2 1,469.3 1,922.1 1,991.2 2,055.7 2,098.7 2,167.6 2,254.3 2,226.2 2,330.7 Gross fixed capital formation 2,065.4 2,302.1 2,352.0 2,524.4 2,033.5 2,057.7 2,117.3 2,592.9 2,635.5 2,730.7 3,205.1 3,045.4 2,761.7 3,335.9 3,346.9 3,282.1 3,371.2 3,471.6 Change in inventories 85.1 90.4 57.2 91.2-63.2-43.9 12.3 100.2 32.4 46.3 16.4 171.6-181.5 188.8 35.9 22.0-11.2 54.1 Exports of goods and services 4,086.5 4,359.8 4,562.2 5,392.4 4,962.2 5,436.6 5,935.6 6,981.0 7,341.7 8,325.7 9,349.5 9,230.8 7,827.3 10,013.5 10,419.7 10,345.4 10,580.3 11,271.7 Less: Imports of goods and services 3,910.0 4,264.1 4,319.9 5,171.3 4,421.1 4,688.8 5,184.0 6,562.0 6,823.3 7,576.8 8,283.9 8,548.2 6,677.2 9,015.4 9,456.9 9,252.0 9,194.5 9,599.2 Structure of Demand percent of GDP at current market prices Private consumption 57.9 58.1 58.7 58.8 60.7 59.9 59.8 59.9 60.4 59.2 53.7 55.2 55.4 53.1 54.5 54.7 54.2 53.2 Government consumption 14.9 14.8 13.8 13.4 14.0 13.6 13.2 12.7 12.5 12.0 14.3 15.1 15.9 14.9 15.2 15.4 14.6 14.5 Change in inventories 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9-0.6-0.4 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.3-1.4 1.3 0.3 0.2-0.1 0.3 Gross domestic capital formation 25.1 26.0 25.0 25.7 19.8 19.3 19.9 23.7 22.7 22.7 24.0 24.5 19.9 25.0 23.6 22.5 22.1 21.9 Exports of goods and services 47.7 47.4 47.3 52.9 50.0 52.2 55.5 61.4 62.5 68.0 69.7 70.2 60.4 70.9 72.8 70.4 69.5 70.1 Imports of goods and services 45.6 46.3 44.8 50.8 44.5 45.0 48.5 57.7 58.1 61.9 61.8 65.0 51.5 63.9 66.1 63.0 60.4 59.7 At Constant Prices GDP by industrial origin at 2006 market prices 2011 chained prices 8,389.0 8,679.8 9,198.1 9,731.2 9,570.6 10,074.3 10,444.0 11,090.5 11,612.1 12,243.5 12,572.6 12,661.1 12,462.7 13,787.6 14,312.2 14,607.6 14,933.7 15,496.8 Agriculture 193.9 177.9 185.7 188.9 177.6 194.8 191.6 181.3 173.6 197.6 236.1 236.2 230.0 235.1 245.8 237.9 246.1 254.4 Mining 100.9 101.4 90.9 76.0 65.0 67.4 54.4 53.7 50.8 39.4 15.7 13.8 12.2 17.9 17.2 17.0 16.4 15.6 Manufacturing 1,833.1 1,877.7 2,014.7 2,179.4 2,028.8 2,266.8 2,495.4 2,753.1 2,970.5 3,239.1 3,228.9 3,251.7 3,140.5 3,839.0 4,102.2 4,254.9 4,320.6 4,592.6 Electricity, gas, and water b 143.1 150.4 155.8 164.9 164.9 176.5 189.3 201.0 212.8 225.0........................ Electricity and gas supply.............................. 93.5 90.9 116.1 122.1 126.0 129.7 134.2 135.8 Water supply and remediation services.............................. 96.3 99.0 98.5 100.7 96.9 103.1 103.7 104.1 Construction 361.7 367.4 363.1 346.3 301.7 309.9 297.8 319.0 323.0 332.4 414.3 373.4 337.6 376.3 383.1 377.7 387.2 393.8 Trade 1,426.3 1,521.6 1,628.9 1,751.3 1,757.7 1,808.0 1,845.4 1,963.1 2,084.4 2,188.7 2,200.3 2,249.9 2,206.9 2,349.1 2,443.6 2,470.4 2,506.1 2,572.2 Transport and communications c 448.2 495.3 586.1 666.7 674.1 707.9 726.1 767.4 785.3 809.8........................ Transportation and storage.............................. 373.7 374.8 362.1 387.4 398.4 405.7 438.7 447.9 Information and communication.............................. 371.9 389.5 406.3 442.9 461.8 475.9 489.8 496.5 Finance d 1,566.3 1,608.5 1,698.6 1,753.3 1,717.3 1,726.3 1,774.6 1,883.7 1,973.9 2,096.5........................ Finance and insurance.............................. 916.2 882.7 819.4 879.5 915.0 925.0 960.2 1,023.7 Real estate and ownership of dwellings.............................. 1,133.4 1,139.3 1,161.5 1,198.5 1,211.7 1,233.6 1,264.9 1,274.0 Support services.............................. 173.5 184.3 180.7 195.4 204.9 214.8 224.3 230.0 Public administration 794.2 810.6 832.8 862.2 869.0 867.7 889.0 896.5 910.3 909.7 1,004.3 1,014.0 1,022.3 1,054.0 1,054.3 1,061.7 1,053.3 1,053.6 Others 1,276.1 1,368.6 1,433.5 1,510.5 1,547.4 1,632.0 1,672.4 1,728.2 1,772.8 1,854.6........................ Accommodation and food services.............................. 283.5 278.7 275.5 301.5 329.0 337.1 353.4 359.4 Professional, scientific, and technical services.............................. 284.6 281.0 286.3 304.9 314.8 320.9 329.2 330.1 Education.............................. 633.2 635.7 652.4 656.9 667.2 674.3 677.4 679.2 Human health and social work services.............................. 365.6 375.7 393.5 393.5 410.9 411.9 406.2 413.1 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.............................. 106.3 108.6 111.9 117.0 123.3 126.0 130.8 132.8 Other services.............................. 333.6 344.8 352.1 369.0 379.3 386.6 392.7 409.8

3 Taxes and duties on imports 260.1 268.1 279.5 296.9 266.9 288.6 303.9 345.3 350.9 350.7........................ Import duties.............................. 152.4 145.7 127.3 165.1 162.8 159.8 167.1 176.7 Value-added tax.............................. 237.3 227.0 213.4 254.4 264.2 256.3 274.7 289.9 Statistical discrepancy -14.8-67.8-71.5-65.1 28.5 4.2-1.7 3.9-47.3-12.5-0.3 33.5 27.3 56.4 113.3 Net factor income from abroad 96.0 72.1 95.0 144.8 199.5 252.3 343.1 382.4 293.3 311.7 350.3 320.6 423.7 435.6 388.4 445.6 412.9 451.9 GNI 8,485.0 8,752.0 9,293.1 9,876.0 9,770.0 10,326.7 10,787.1 11,472.9 11,905.4 12,555.2 14,186.2 13,489.5 13,517.2 14,718.5 14,700.6 14,985.1 15,529.0 16,329.2 Growth of Output annual change, percent GDP 5.5 3.5 6.0 5.8-1.7 5.3 3.7 6.2 4.7 5.4 6.5 0.7-1.6 10.6 3.8 2.1 2.2 3.8 Agriculture -1.3-8.3 4.4 1.7-6.0 9.7-1.6-5.4-4.2 13.8... 0.0-2.6 2.2 4.5-3.2 3.5 3.4 Industry 4.6 2.4 5.1 5.4-7.5 10.2 7.7 9.5 6.9 7.8... -0.2-3.6 20.3 6.1 3.3 1.6 5.6 Services 6.4 5.3 6.5 5.9 0.3 2.7 2.5 4.8 4.0 4.4... 0.8-0.7 5.8 3.0 1.3 2.2 2.3 Expenditure on GDP at 2006 market prices 2011 chained prices 8,389.0 8,679.8 9,198.1 9,731.2 9,570.6 10,074.3 10,444.0 11,090.5 11,612.1 12,243.5 12,572.6 12,661.1 12,462.7 13,787.6 14,312.2 14,607.6 14,933.7 15,496.8 Private consumption 5,255.8 5,587.3 5,870.8 6,149.5 6,210.0 6,412.7 6,599.4 6,940.7 7,141.8 7,248.3 7,413.9 7,288.3 7,289.4 7,563.3 7,799.0 7,940.9 8,127.5 8,367.6 Government consumption 1,426.9 1,478.5 1,420.3 1,437.5 1,464.2 1,486.8 1,468.6 1,477.0 1,479.8 1,469.3 2,007.5 2,038.4 2,104.0 2,126.1 2,167.6 2,214.4 2,188.9 2,269.6 Gross fixed capital formation 2,397.3 2,572.6 2,622.1 2,812.7 2,309.1 2,334.9 2,332.5 2,658.1 2,728.7 2,730.7 3,501.6 3,111.8 2,837.7 3,385.8 3,346.9 3,259.5 3,421.7 3,484.8 Increase in stocks 106.3 114.7 74.5 107.5-80.6-59.8 12.7 104.2 34.2 46.3 17.0 166.5-193.3 196.4 35.9 19.0-33.8 56.6 Exports of goods and services 3,957.5 4,031.7 4,526.3 5,355.0 4,894.6 5,450.9 6,008.3 6,933.9 7,473.1 8,325.7 8,641.0 8,688.8 7,957.0 10,000.0 10,419.7 10,462.1 10,829.8 11,468.4 Less: Imports of goods and services 4,754.8 5,105.0 5,315.8 6,131.1 5,226.7 5,551.3 5,977.4 7,023.3 7,245.6 7,576.8 8,920.0 8,551.2 7,420.8 9,500.6 9,456.9 9,288.4 9,598.6 10,150.3 Growth of Demand annual change, percent Private consumption 7.0 6.3 5.1 4.7 1.0 3.3 2.9 5.2 2.9 1.5... -1.7 0.0 3.8 3.1 1.8 2.4 3.0 Government consumption 5.8 3.6-3.9 1.2 1.9 1.5-1.2 0.6 0.2-0.7... 1.5 3.2 1.1 2.0 2.2-1.2 3.7 Gross domestic capital formation 12.4 7.3 0.3 8.3-23.7 2.1 3.1 17.8 0.0 0.5... -6.5-19.5 35.8-5.7-3.1 3.3 4.6 Exports of goods and services 8.6 1.9 12.3 18.3-8.6 11.4 10.2 15.4 7.8 11.4... 0.6-8.4 25.7 4.2 0.4 3.5 5.9 Imports of goods and services 13.7 7.4 4.1 15.3-14.8 6.2 7.7 17.5 3.2 4.6... -4.1-13.2 28.0-0.5-1.8 3.3 5.8 Investment Financing at Current Prices Gross domestic capital formation 2,150.5 2,392.5 2,409.2 2,615.6 1,970.3 2,013.8 2,129.6 2,693.1 2,667.9 2,777.0 3,221.5 3,217.0 2,580.2 3,524.6 3,382.9 3,304.2 3,359.9 3,525.6 Gross national saving 2,356.7 2,508.9 2,666.7 2,889.4 2,610.9 2,880.3 3,143.6 3,358.1 3,361.0 3,709.5 4,322.5 3,987.9 3,918.2 4,821.8 4,624.9 4,611.0 4,905.6 5,257.3 Gross domestic saving 2,330.5 2,491.4 2,651.0 2,831.1 2,511.4 2,723.9 2,908.3 3,113.8 3,207.3 3,525.8 4,114.6 3,761.5 3,575.4 4,478.3 4,345.6 4,235.1 4,570.2 4,872.0 Net factor income from abroad 89.6 68.6 90.5 139.6 192.0 242.5 328.9 372.1 290.9 311.7 332.8 314.6 414.0 429.6 388.4 454.2 425.0 470.3 Net current transfers from abroad -63.4-51.1-74.8-81.3-92.4-86.2-93.6-127.9-137.2-128.0-124.9-88.2-71.2-86.2-109.1-78.3-89.6-85.0 Savings and Investment percent of GDP at current market prices Gross domestic saving 27.2 27.1 27.5 27.8 25.3 26.2 27.2 27.4 27.3 28.8 30.7 28.6 27.6 31.7 30.4 28.8 30.0 30.3 Gross national saving 27.5 27.3 27.6 28.4 26.3 27.7 29.4 29.5 28.6 30.3 32.2 30.3 30.2 34.2 32.3 31.4 32.2 32.7 Gross domestic capital formation 25.1 26.0 25.0 25.7 19.8 19.3 19.9 23.7 22.7 22.7 24.0 24.5 19.9 25.0 23.6 22.5 22.1 21.9 At Current Market Prices thousand NT dollars Per capita GDP 396 422 438 459 444 463 474 502 517 536 585 572 562 610 617 631 652 687 Per capita GNI 400 425 442 466 453 474 489 518 529 550 600 586 580 629 634 651 670 708 PRODUCTION INDEXES period averages Agriculture e 2011 = 100 113.4 107.1 108.4 110.7 109.4 113.9 114.0 109.2 103.0 103.7 101.2 96.1 94.4 96.4 100.0 98.3 97.1 99.3* Mining 2006 2011 = 100 203.1 158.9 157.5 141.4 160.5 166.7 154.3 148.6 116.0 100.0 92.3 82.5 79.7 104.8 100.0 100.3 94.9 92.7 Manufacturing 2006 2011 = 100 64.5 66.5 71.7 59.2 53.9 58.7 62.3 70.7 72.9 76.3 82.7 81.9 75.5 95.5 100.0 99.7 100.2 106.9

4 Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 ENERGY annual values Crude petroleum thousand kiloliters Production 51 54 47 37 41 51 46 45 32 24 18 16 16 14 11 11 11 9 Exports 3,678 2,252 2,517 2,636 4,901 6,837 11,116 14,783 17,031 16,278 19,299 18,866 20,758 17,493 14,800 18,145 19,039 18,750 Imports 45,245 47,066 49,031 52,529 54,941 56,191 61,993 69,404 70,450 71,100 75,249 70,451 71,519 71,376 63,811 67,507 68,115 71,541 Consumption 37,292 39,073 40,941 42,227 45,026 44,962 45,949 48,925 48,240 48,338 51,584 47,618 47,699 49,591 46,317 45,768 47,482 47,903 Coal thousand metric tons Production...................................................... Exports Imports 36,218 37,092 41,104 45,410 49,090 51,814 54,669 60,484 60,278 62,311 65,245 63,840 58,629 63,248 66,588 64,629 65,950 65,781 Consumption 33,990 37,555 39,416 46,780 49,610 53,442 56,810 58,294 59,741 62,192 65,089 62,611 60,013 63,508 66,501 65,261 65,905 66,305 Natural gas million cubic meters Production 860 879 856 747 849 887 831 795 547 463 417 357 351 296 330 442 381 379 Electricity million kilowatt-hours Production 150,486 163,186 169,473 184,854 188,532 198,829 209,072 218,397 227,420 235,530 243,116 238,313 230,035 247,063 252,176 250,385 252,352 260,027 Consumption 143,291 154,569 160,943 176,525 180,504 190,266 200,466 209,889 218,450 225,967 233,486 229,691 220,708 237,400 242,076 241,204 245,089 251,062 Retail prices NT dollars/liter Gasoline, premium unleaded 16.9 16.5 15.8 17.7 18.0 18.1 19.6 21.7 23.5 26.2 27.8 29.4 26.5 29.7 31.6 35.5 33.4 32.3 Diesel 13.0 12.6 12.2 13.9 13.9 14.2 15.3 16.8 19.4 22.9 25.0 26.9 23.8 26.0 29.3 31.4 32.9 31.1 PRICE INDEXES 2011 = 100; period averages Consumer 87.1 88.6 88.7 89.8 89.8 89.6 89.4 90.8 92.9 93.5 95.2 98.5 97.7 98.6 100.0 101.9 102.7 104.0 Food 76.5 79.9 79.3 79.6 78.9 78.8 78.7 82.1 88.0 87.4 89.9 97.6 97.2 97.8 100.0 104.2 105.5 109.4 Nonfood 91.3 92.0 92.5 94.0 94.3 94.1 93.8 94.4 94.9 95.9 97.3 98.9 97.8 98.9 100.0 101.1 101.7 102.0 Wholesale 79.1 79.6 75.9 77.3 76.3 76.3 78.2 83.7 84.2 89.0 94.7 99.6 90.9 95.9 100.0 98.8 96.4 95.9 Implicit GDP deflator 2006 = 100 2011 = 100 102.2 106.0 104.9 104.7 103.8 103.4 102.4 102.5 101.1 100.0 106.6 103.9 104.0 102.4 100.0 100.5 101.9 103.8 Price Indexes annual change, percent Consumer price index 0.9 1.7 0.2 1.3 0.0-0.2-0.3 1.6 2.3 0.6 1.8 3.5-0.9 1.0 1.4 1.9 0.8 1.2 Food price index -0.7 4.4-0.7 0.4-0.9-0.2-0.1 4.2 7.3-0.7 2.9 8.6-0.4 0.6 2.3 4.2 1.3 3.7 Nonfood price index 1.7 0.7 0.5 1.6 0.3-0.2-0.3 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.4 1.7-1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.3 Wholesale price index -0.5 0.6-4.5 1.8-1.4 0.1 2.5 7.0 0.6 5.6 6.5 5.1-8.7 5.5 4.3-1.2-2.4-0.6 Implicit GDP deflator 2.8 3.7-1.1-0.2-0.9-0.4-0.9 0.1-1.3-1.1... -2.6 0.1-1.5-2.3 0.5 1.4 1.8 MONEY AND BANKING billion NT dollars; as of end of period Money supply (M1) 3,715.3 3,854.7 4,507.2 4,492.0 5,025.9 5,491.6 6,552.8 7,368.0 7,871.1 8,222.6 8,220.0 8,153.7 10,511.6 11,457.1 11,830.2 12,418.4 13,470.8 14,310.1 Currency in circulation f 510.4 513.7 611.2 527.7 525.7 527.3 608.2 669.8 730.4 758.7 762.6 833.5 912.6 995.9 1,107.3 1,203.2 1,329.7 1,460.9 Demand deposits 3,204.9 3,341.0 3,896.0 3,964.3 4,500.2 4,964.3 5,944.6 6,698.2 7,140.8 7,463.9 7,457.4 7,320.2 9,599.0 10,461.3 10,722.9 11,215.2 12,141.1 12,849.2 Quasi-money 11,379.1 12,531.9 13,237.8 14,405.7 14,357.2 14,718.9 14,805.5 15,525.1 16,539.0 17,445.6 17,663.1 19,596.8 18,844.0 19,497.3 20,621.7 21,156.0 22,048.1 23,386.8 Money supply (M2) 15,094.4 16,386.6 17,745.0 18,897.7 19,383.1 20,210.5 21,358.3 22,893.1 24,410.1 25,668.2 25,883.1 27,750.5 29,355.6 30,954.4 32,451.9 33,574.4 35,518.9 37,696.8 Foreign assets (net) 2,982.0 3,247.6 3,848.0 4,424.7 5,463.0 6,615.5 7,711.2 7,975.1 8,625.1 9,313.4 9,666.6 11,100.1 13,097.4 12,672.1 13,175.4 13,195.3 14,766.0 16,396.6 Domestic credit 13,545.1 14,680.3 15,119.5 15,732.6 15,599.6 15,238.3 15,640.7 17,073.6 18,434.2 19,392.6 19,794.8 20,383.4 20,571.7 21,850.0 23,262.8 24,693.0 25,937.1 27,309.7 Claims on government sector (net) g 1,648.3 1,821.6 2,046.6 2,391.6 2,716.4 2,750.1 2,710.8 2,649.9 2,694.8 2,801.0 2,707.1 3,116.7 3,396.6 3,524.0 3,839.1 4,250.9 4,411.1 4,556.2

5 Claims on private sector 11,866.4 12,826.1 13,048.0 13,291.8 12,823.5 12,437.8 12,894.7 14,388.9 15,733.5 16,589.9 17,076.9 17,266.7 17,175.1 18,326.1 19,423.5 20,442.1 21,526.0 22,753.5 Claims on other financial institutions 30.4 32.6 24.9 49.2 59.7 50.4 35.2 34.8 5.9 1.7 10.8 0.3 0.0 Other items -1,432.7-1,541.3-1,222.5-1,259.6-1,679.5-1,643.3-1,993.6-2,155.6-2,649.2-3,037.8-3,578.3-3,733.1-4,313.5-3,567.7-3,986.3-4,313.9-5,184.3-6,009.5 Money Supply (M2) annual change, percent 8.0 8.6 8.3 6.5 2.6 4.3 5.7 7.2 6.6 5.2 0.8 7.2 5.8 5.5 4.8 3.5 5.8 6.1 M2 percent of GDP at current market prices 176.0 178.0 183.9 185.5 195.2 194.1 199.7 201.4 207.9 209.6 193.1 211.0 226.5 219.2 226.7 228.6 233.4 234.4 Deposit Money Banks Demand deposits 3,204.9 3,341.0 3,896.0 3,964.3 4,500.2 4,964.3 5,944.6 6,698.2 7,140.8 7,463.9 7,457.4 7,320.2 9,599.0 10,461.3 10,722.9 11,215.2 12,141.1 12,849.2 Savings deposits Time deposits h 11,426.6 12,584.6 13,217.0 14,273.7 14,582.5 14,427.3 14,377.2 14,994.7 16,058.5 16,944.2 17,307.8 19,571.5 19,191.1 14,430.4 15,400.8 15,805.4 16,529.3 17,505.8 Domestic credits outstanding i 14,326.1 15,449.8 16,022.6 16,598.0 16,486.9 16,075.7 16,534.8 17,963.7 19,359.9 20,292.6 20,715.7 21,331.4 21,577.0 22,897.5 24,219.9 25,621.9 26,810.3 28,207.7 Interest Rates j percent per annum; period averages On deposits Savings 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.04 1.53 0.63 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.24 0.24 0.30 0.32 0.32 0.32 Time: 6 months 5.70 6.10 4.73 4.67 3.57 2.01 1.29 1.24 1.51 1.82 2.12 2.24 0.62 0.78 1.05 1.10 1.10 1.10 12 months 5.96 6.31 5.04 4.98 3.76 2.17 1.47 1.43 1.77 2.10 2.40 2.50 0.82 1.03 1.30 1.36 1.36 1.36 On loans and discounts Export credit k 7.58 8.01 7.84 7.86 7.78 7.46 3.66 3.35 3.64 3.89 4.29 4.49 2.63 2.55 2.69 2.83 2.79 2.79 GOVERNMENT FINANCE l billion NT dollars; fiscal year ending 30 June 31 December Central Government Total revenue and grants 1,036.5 1,195.3 1,093.5 1,835.7 1,259.5 1,364.1 1,376.4 1,370.5 1,734.8 1,580.7 1,644.8 1,648.8 1,533.7 1,509.6 1,689.8 1,608.8 1,755.1... Total revenue 1,036.5 1,195.3 1,093.5 1,835.7 1,259.5 1,364.1 1,376.4 1,370.5 1,734.8 1,580.7 1,644.8 1,648.8 1,533.7 1,509.6 1,689.8 1,608.8 1,755.1... Current revenue 1,005.5 1,159.8 1,077.4 1,795.9 1,231.9 1,293.1 1,295.4 1,325.5 1,558.0 1,508.8 1,595.2 1,606.3 1,474.2 1,466.7 1,632.5 1,564.7 1,703.8... Taxes 782.0 890.0 812.3 1,359.7 889.8 822.9 823.7 912.5 1,062.8 1,091.2 1,206.2 1,239.5 1,049.7 1,079.5 1,202.1 1,219.0 1,217.5... Nontaxes 223.5 269.8 265.1 436.2 342.1 470.1 471.7 413.0 495.2 417.6 389.0 366.8 424.6 387.3 430.4 345.8 486.2... Capital receipts 31.0 35.5 16.1 39.8 27.6 71.0 81.0 45.0 176.8 71.9 49.6 42.5 59.4 42.9 57.3 44.1 51.3... Grants...................................................... Total expenditure and net lending 1,173.9 1,181.9 1,213.3 2,299.1 1,886.9 1,658.7 1,620.2 1,650.1 1,769.9 1,606.6 1,673.8 1,755.5 1,988.5 1,881.9 1,897.5 2,013.8 1,910.4... Total expenditure 1,173.9 1,181.9 1,213.3 2,299.1 1,886.9 1,658.7 1,620.2 1,650.1 1,769.9 1,606.6 1,673.8 1,755.5 1,988.5 1,881.9 1,897.5 2,013.8 1,910.4... Current expenditure 897.4 921.9 947.3 1,919.8 1,478.5 1,250.6 1,247.3 1,269.7 1,257.2 1,255.0 1,300.7 1,369.8 1,507.2 1,422.3 1,482.8 1,582.2 1,565.9... Capital expenditure 276.5 260.0 266.0 379.3 408.4 408.1 372.9 380.4 512.7 351.6 373.1 385.7 481.3 459.6 414.7 431.7 344.5... Net lending.................................... 0.0............... Current surplus/deficit 108.1 237.9 130.1-123.9-246.6 42.5 48.1 55.9 300.8 253.8 294.5 236.5-32.9 44.5 149.7-17.4 137.9... Capital account surplus/deficit -245.5-224.5-249.9-339.5-380.8-337.1-291.9-335.5-335.9-279.7-323.4-343.2-421.9-416.7-357.4-387.6-293.2... Overall budgetary surplus/deficit -137.4 13.4-119.8-463.4-627.4-294.6-243.7-279.6-35.1-25.9-28.9-106.7-454.8-372.3-207.7-405.0-155.3... Financing Domestic borrowing 160.3 45.5-31.9 369.4 540.3 190.2 211.9 268.7 184.5 59.9 59.0 55.4 361.5 385.0 160.7 359.6 182.7... Foreign borrowing...................................................... Use of cash balances -22.9-58.9 151.7 94.0 87.0 104.4 31.8 10.9-149.4-34.0-30.1 51.2 93.3-12.7 47.0 45.4-27.4... Government Finance percent of GDP at current market prices Total revenue 12.1 13.0 11.3 18.0 12.7 13.1 12.9 12.1 14.8 12.9 12.3 12.5 11.8 10.7 11.8 11.0 11.5... Taxes 9.1 9.7 8.4 13.3 9.0 7.9 7.7 8.0 9.1 8.9 9.0 9.4 8.1 7.6 8.4 8.3 8.0... Total expenditure 13.7 12.8 12.6 22.6 19.0 15.9 15.1 14.5 15.1 13.1 12.5 13.3 15.3 13.3 13.3 13.7 12.6... Overall budgetary surplus/deficit -1.6 0.1-1.2-4.5-6.3-2.8-2.3-2.5-0.3-0.2-0.2-0.8-3.5-2.6-1.5-2.8-1.0...

6 Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 Expenditure by Function, Central Government Total 1,173.9 1,181.9 1,213.3 2,299.1 1,886.9 1,658.7 1,620.2 1,650.0 1,769.9 1,606.6 1,673.8 1,755.5 1,988.5 1,881.9 1,897.5 2,013.8 1,910.4... General public services 343.1 349.0 356.2 180.1 111.3 115.8 128.4 134.8 138.2 135.0 146.5 146.8 146.4 149.4 154.2 159.2 152.5... Defense...... 352.2 543.0 237.0 240.6 261.5 249.8 244.6 267.7 271.4 308.6 288.1 291.2 305.5 296.2... Education 111.5 118.6 132.0 235.3 179.6 190.7 196.1 197.9 192.5 202.5 210.0 215.5 255.6 245.7 244.4 241.6 235.5... Health 4.5 5.0 5.8 22.0 18.9 17.4 18.2 29.6 17.5 22.2 25.1 25.9 27.1 26.0 24.7 28.5 22.8... Social security and welfare 305.4 304.1 313.2 580.8 406.0 373.4 395.2 389.9 397.9 418.6 418.6 412.5 432.5 440.1 459.2 551.4 552.6... Housing and community amenities 19.2 19.8 18.1 35.3 31.8 29.2 34.6 31.9 139.0 46.1 41.1 30.8 40.6 30.6 25.4 27.8 21.6... Economic services 244.5 209.7 220.6 418.7 292.5 391.1 319.9 337.7 364.0 272.8 302.6 338.3 459.6 402.1 372.0 380.9 327.9... Others 145.6 175.7 167.5 474.8 303.7 304.1 287.2 266.7 271.0 264.8 262.2 314.2 318.3 300.0 326.5 318.9 301.4... Expenditure by Function percent of GDP Expenditure on education 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5... Expenditure on health 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1... Expenditure on social security 3.6 3.3 3.4 5.7 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.8 3.6... Provincial and other local governments Revenue 816.1 920.4 769.7 771.9 518.9 578.7 647.6 661.6 712.5 736.3 771.6 774.0 741.0 785.4 913.6 881.1 918.9... Tax 534.4 552.5 541.2 556.4 342.8 360.6 377.6 416.5 438.1 449.5 480.7 459.9 426.6 462.8 489.1 513.5 549.4... Nontax 281.7 367.9 228.5 215.6 176.1 218.1 270.0 245.1 274.4 286.8 290.9 314.1 314.4 322.6 424.5 367.6 369.5... Subsidy/grants 112.5 122.0 34.8 50.0 83.5 113.0 135.2 157.3 143.4 141.6 145.1 181.9 186.4 179.4 250.9 222.5 190.1... Expenditure 1,000.7 991.7 1054.1 939.0 735.8 802.7 818.4 906.1 896.1 889.8 909.1 965.4 1,007.2 1,026.1 1,173.8 1,192.8 1,105.7... EXTERNAL TRADE billion NT dollars; calendar year Exports, fob 3,481.7 3,760.5 3,986.4 4,729.3 4,254.3 4,670.4 5,173.0 6,097.2 6,374.5 7,279.3 8,087.9 8,010.4 6,708.9 8,656.8 9,041.6 8,900.0 9,042.8 9,489.9 Imports, cif 3,276.1 3,522.5 3,592.8 4,391.2 3,644.2 3,918.4 4,410.0 5,656.7 5,877.2 6,604.3 7,211.8 7,551.1 5,757.2 7,943.0 8,280.0 8,021.0 8,016.0 8,288.0 Trade balance 205.6 238.0 393.6 338.1 610.1 752.0 763.0 440.5 497.3 675.0 876.1 459.3 951.7 713.0 761.0 879.0 1,027.0 1,201.0 External Trade annual change, percent Exports 9.6 8.0 6.0 18.6-10.0 9.8 10.8 17.9 4.5 14.2 11.1-1.0-16.2 29.0 4.4-1.6 1.6 4.9 Imports 16.4 7.5 2.0 22.2-17.0 7.5 12.5 28.3 3.9 12.4 9.2 4.7-23.8 38.0 4.2-3.1-0.1 3.4 Direction of Trade million US dollars; calendar year Exports, total 122,081 112,595 123,733 151,950 126,314 135,317 150,600 182,370 198,432 224,017 246,677 255,629 203,675 274,601 308,257 301,181 305,441 313,696 1. China, People s Rep. of 626 915 2,602 4,391 4,895 10,527 22,891 36,349 43,644 51,809 62,417 66,884 54,249 76,935 83,960 80,714 81,788 82,120 2. Hong Kong, China 28,688 25,398 26,825 32,742 28,713 32,960 30,868 32,896 34,036 37,381 37,980 32,690 29,445 37,807 40,084 37,932 39,433 42,533 3. United States 29,552 29,959 31,339 35,588 28,136 27,365 26,554 28,751 29,114 32,361 32,077 30,791 23,553 31,466 36,364 32,976 32,564 34,867 4. Japan 11,691 9,439 12,043 16,887 13,024 12,368 12,430 13,808 15,111 16,300 15,934 17,556 14,502 18,006 18,228 18,989 19,222 19,904 5. Singapore 4,895 3,359 3,947 5,637 4,221 4,623 5,275 6,747 8,042 9,280 10,501 11,676 8,614 12,096 16,880 20,091 19,518 20,536 6. Korea, Rep. of 2,366 1,510 2,645 4,002 3,373 3,964 4,710 5,630 5,877 7,154 5,200 4,906 7,303 10,682 12,378 11,842 12,077 12,685 7. Viet Nam......... 1,679 1,744 2,311 2,679 3,452 4,103 4,869 6,861 7,947 5,988 7,534 9,026 8,432 8,926 9,980 8. Malaysia 3,035 2,286 2,848 3,687 3,136 3,216 3,172 4,218 4,283 4,941 5,390 5,514 4,060 5,948 6,892 6,557 8,184 8,612 9. Germany 3,691 4,107 4,099 4,936 4,537 3,886 4,286 4,607 4,463 5,007 5,175 5,730 4,696 6,512 6,869 5,645 5,625 6,142 10. Thailand 2,562 1,926 2,104 2,562 2,197 2,367 2,640 3,318 3,820 4,577 5,200 4,906 3,827 5,288 6,140 6,566 6,336 6,094 Imports, total 114,955 105,230 111,196 140,732 107,971 113,245 128,010 168,758 182,614 202,698 219,252 240,448 174,371 251,236 281,438 270,473 269,897 274,026 1. Japan 29,022 27,060 30,637 38,622 25,933 27,363 32,720 43,718 46,053 46,284 45,937 46,508 36,220 51,917 52,200 47,574 43,162 41,693

7 2. China, People s Rep. of 3,915 4,114 4,529 6,229 5,903 7,969 11,018 16,792 20,094 24,783 28,015 31,391 24,423 35,946 43,597 40,908 42,589 48,040 3. United States 23,234 19,845 19,818 25,270 18,407 18,256 16,995 21,780 21,171 22,664 26,508 26,327 18,154 25,379 25,759 23,604 25,201 27,423 4. Korea, Rep. of 5,024 5,682 7,202 9,027 6,732 7,741 8,738 11,664 13,239 15,000 15,158 13,168 10,507 16,059 17,860 15,073 15,768 14,790 5. Saudi Arabia 1,904 1,205 1,385 2,721 2,746 2,407 4,276 5,559 7,437 9,760 10,410 15,173 8,658 11,859 13,847 14,789 15,598 13,683 6. Australia 3,217 2,920 2,965 3,511 3,091 2,839 2,732 3,430 4,726 5,349 6,122 8,271 5,966 8,921 10,907 9,288 7,899 7,325 7. Germany 5,369 5,170 5,332 5,579 4,274 4,448 4,986 5,852 6,180 6,135 7,070 7,474 5,673 8,264 9,428 7,754 8,253 9,387 8. Malaysia 4,228 3,639 3,895 5,351 4,233 4,176 4,767 5,425 5,217 6,052 6,192 6,763 4,553 7,695 8,602 7,842 8,124 8,785 9. Singapore 3,150 2,697 3,312 5,036 3,402 3,562 3,879 4,331 4,961 5,106 4,792 4,825 4,809 7,636 7,953 8,106 8,543 8,377 10. Kuwait 547 349 407 982 1,130 1,289 2,002 2,770 4,296 5,008 5,743 8,074 4,556 6,125 7,696 8,614 8,407 6,673 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS million US dollars; calendar year Current account 6,785 3,146 7,602 8,268 18,420 25,865 29,889 18,968 16,481 24,976 33,762 26,367 41,933 38,442 39,908 49,015 55,309 65,419 Balance on goods 13,616 10,025 14,315 13,041 20,045 24,428 25,522 16,603 18,359 22,892 29,072 17,359 29,582 25,102 26,545 29,916 35,452 41,531 Exports 124,076 112,461 123,372 151,268 125,731 134,776 149,982 181,602 197,359 222,446 245,127 253,778 202,428 272,412 305,994 299,054 303,230 311,449 Imports -110,460-102,436-109,057-138,227-105,686-110,348-124,460-164,999-179,000-199,554-216,055-236,419-172,846-247,310-279,449-269,138-267,778-269,918 Services and income -4,622-5,352-4,396-2,169 1,109 3,929 7,086 6,190 2,386 6,019 8,473 11,806 14,496 16,050 17,054 21,719 22,853 26,682 Credit 24,063 23,249 24,126 29,176 29,222 31,969 36,157 41,274 43,221 48,610 56,786 60,106 52,125 63,622 70,740 74,869 76,535 87,551 Debit -28,685-28,601-28,522-31,345-28,113-28,040-29,071-35,084-40,835-42,591-48,313-48,300-37,629-47,572-53,686-53,150-53,682-60,869 Current transfers -2,209-1,527-2,317-2,604-2,734-2,492-2,719-3,825-4,264-3,935-3,783-2,798-2,145-2,710-3,691-2,620-2,996-2,794 Credit 2,898 2,943 3,126 3,202 2,607 2,621 2,673 3,170 3,463 3,837 4,689 5,526 4,902 5,251 5,547 5,435 6,147 6,568 Debit -5,107-4,470-5,443-5,806-5,341-5,113-5,392-6,995-7,727-7,772-8,472-8,324-7,047-7,961-9,238-8,055-9,143-9,362 Capital account -314-181 -173-287 -163-139 -87-77 -117-118 -96-334 -96-116 -119-83 6-76 Financial account -7,291 2,495 9,220-8,019-384 8,749 7,628 7,169 2,302-19,601-38,932-1,641 13,488-339 -32,027-31,654-43,915-52,766 Direct investment -2,995-3,614-1,494-1,773-1,371-3,441-5,229-5,247-4,403 25-3,338-4,855-3,072-9,082-14,723-9,930-10,687-9,858 Portfolio investment, net -7,702-2,288 9,336-224 -228-8,826-5,197-4,669-2,857-18,965-40,062-12,250-10,327-20,664-35,691-42,091-28,834-44,224 Financial derivatives -251-124 -257-304 -1,063-242 -215-843 -1,003-965 -289 1,589 852 577 1,038 328 770 284 Other investments 3,657 8,521 1,635-5,718 2,278 21,258 18,269 17,928 10,565 304 4,757 13,875 26,035 28,830 17,349 20,039-5,164 1,032 Net errors and omissions 92-633 1,944 2,515-520 -811-338 535 1,390 829 1,246 1,882-1,199 2,186-1,523-1,794-82 438 Overall balance -728 4,827 18,593 2,477 17,353 33,664 37,092 26,595 20,056 6,086-4,020 26,274 54,126 40,173 6,239 15,484 11,318 13,015 Reserves and related items 728-4,827-18,593-2,477-17,353-33,664-37,092-26,595-20,056-6,086 4,020-26,274-54,126-40,173-6,239-15,484-11,318-13,015 Balance of Payments percent of GDP at current market prices Exports 41.5 40.9 41.3 46.4 42.8 44.8 48.3 53.4 54.1 59.1 60.0 60.9 51.6 61.1 63.0 60.3 59.3 58.8 Imports 36.9 37.2 36.5 42.4 36.0 36.6 40.0 48.5 49.0 53.0 52.9 56.7 44.1 55.4 57.5 54.3 52.4 51.0 Balance on goods 4.6 3.6 4.8 4.0 6.8 8.1 8.2 4.9 5.0 6.1 7.1 4.2 7.5 5.6 5.5 6.0 6.9 7.8 Current account balance 2.3 1.1 2.5 2.5 6.3 8.6 9.6 5.6 4.5 6.6 8.3 6.3 10.7 8.6 8.2 9.9 10.8 12.4 Overall balance -0.2 1.8 6.2 0.8 5.9 11.2 11.9 7.8 5.5 1.6-1.0 6.3 13.8 9.0 1.3 3.1 2.2 2.5 INTERNATIONAL RESERVES million US dollars; as of end of period Total 88,186 95,084 111,061 111,370 126,572 166,046 211,140 246,560 257,952 270,840 275,027 296,389 352,967 387,206 390,590 408,452 421,941 423,851 Gold, national valuation 4,684 4,743 4,861 4,628 4,361 4,390 4,508 4,822 4,662 4,692 4,716 4,682 4,769 5,201 5,043 5,283 5,130 4,871 Foreign exchange 83,502 90,341 106,200 106,742 122,211 161,656 206,632 241,738 253,290 266,148 270,311 291,707 348,198 382,005 385,547 403,169 416,811 418,980 Reserve position in the IMF...................................................... SDRs...................................................... EXCHANGE RATES NT dollars per US dollar End of period 32.6 32.2 31.4 33.0 35.0 34.8 34.0 31.9 32.9 32.6 32.4 32.9 32.0 30.4 30.3 29.1 30.0 31.7 Average of period 28.7 33.4 32.3 31.2 33.8 34.6 34.4 33.4 32.2 32.5 32.8 31.5 33.0 31.6 29.5 29.6 29.8 30.4

8 Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 EXTERNAL INDEBTEDNESS million US dollars; as of end of year Total debt outstanding and disbursed 33,550 29,165 38,628 34,757 34,336 45,033 63,054 80,888 86,732 85,833 94,525 90,361 81,963 101,581 122,528 130,821 170,134 177,945 Long-term debt 11,392 11,053 7,167 8,465 8,055 10,948 15,237 19,395 12,985 11,590 11,242 11,588 13,784 17,912 14,746 14,320 14,499 14,638 Public and publicly guaranteed 106 55 60 23 19 14 179 524 222 190 345 1,508 5,921 8,035 4,524 3,298 2,307 1,853 Private nonguaranteed 11,286 10,998 7,107 8,442 8,036 10,934 15,058 18,871 12,763 11,400 10,897 10,080 7,863 9,877 10,222 11,022 12,192 12,785 Short-term debt 22,158 18,112 31,461 26,292 26,281 34,085 47,817 61,493 73,747 74,243 83,283 78,773 68,179 83,669 107,782 116,501 155,635 163,307 Use of IMF credit External debt percent of GDP 13 10 13 11 12 15 20 23 24 23 23 22 21 23 25 26 33 34 Total long-term debt percent of total debt 34 38 19 24 23 24 24 24 15 14 12 13 17 18 12 11 9 8 Short-term debt percent of total debt 66 62 81 76 77 76 76 76 85 86 88 87 83 82 88 89 91 92 Debt service percent of exports of goods and services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 3 4 3 1 2 1 2 2 Debt service million US dollars; transactions during the year Principal repayments on long-term debt 1,102 1,254 16 44 11 9 11 5,066 9,122 5,830 3,776 8,783 5,071 2,971 6,714 3,288 5,907 4,661 Interest on long-term debt m 517 680 2 1 1 0 0 850 1,884 3,171 3,770 2,690 1,008 659 867 1,015 1,326 1,879 Interest on short-term debt 1,279 1,266................................................... = data not available at cutoff date; = marks break in the series; = magnitude equals zero; 0 or 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed; * = provisional/preliminary/ estimate/budget figure; cif = cost, insurance, and freight; fob = freight on board; IMF = International Monetary Fund; SDRs = special drawing rights; SNA = system of national accounts; US = United States. a Refers to localities of 100,000 or more inhabitants. b Includes remediation services. c Includes broadcasting and information technology. d Includes insurance, real estate, and support services. e Refers to index of agricultural, forestry, and fishery production. f Refers to net currency issued. g Includes claims on government entities. h Excludes those of the Central Bank of China. Refers to time and saving deposits and foreign currency deposits. i Excludes those of the Central Bank of China. Refers to claims on government, claims on public entities, and claims on private sector. j Refers to rates offered by the First Commercial Bank. k Refers to prime rates offered by the First Commercial Bank beginning 1997, and base lending rates offered by the First Commercial Bank beginning 2003. l Calendar year is used beginning 2001, with 2000 data from 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2000. m Beginning 1999, data refer to interest on external debt including long-term and short-term debt. Sources: Population Labor Force National Accounts Production Indexes Energy For 1997 2014: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). Statistical database for National Accounts: http://ebas1.ebas.gov.tw/pxweb/dialog/statfile1l.asp; official communication, 26 June 2015; past communication; ADB estimates.

9 Price Indexes Money and Banking Government Finance External Trade Direction of Trade Balance of Payments International Reserves Exchange Rates For 1997 2014: Central Bank of China (CBC). Official communication, 26 June 2015; past communication. For 1997 2014: CBC. Official communication, 26 June 2015; past communication. For 1997 2002: DGBAS. Monthly Bulletin of Statistics of the Republic of China, January 2007; past issues. For 2003 2014: DGBAS. Official communication, 26 June 2015; past communication. For 1997 2014: CBC. Official communication, 26 June 2015; past communication. For 1997 2014: CBC. Official communication, 26 June 2015; past communication. External Indebtedness For 1976 1998: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Statistical Compendium CD-ROM, 2004. For 1999 2014: CBC. Official communication, 26 June 2015; past communication.