GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $528.6 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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3.2% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $23,400 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 1.8%
industry: 30.3%
services: 67.9% (2003)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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17.5% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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1% (2000 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 6.7%
highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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-0.3% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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10.08 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 7.5%, industry 35%, services 57% (2001 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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5% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $56.58 billion
expenditures: $69.21 billion, including capital expenditures of $14.4 billion (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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30.5% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing
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Industrial production growth rate:
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8.4% (2003)
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Electricity - production:
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151.1 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 71.4%
hydro: 6%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 22.6%
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Electricity - consumption:
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140.5 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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1,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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988,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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2 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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750 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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6.64 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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410 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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6.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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38.23 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk, fish
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Current account balance:
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$28.57 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$143 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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computer products and electrical equipment, metals, textiles, plastics and rubber products, chemicals (2002)
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Exports - partners:
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China 25.3%, US 20.5%, Japan 9.2% (2002 est.)
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Imports:
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$119.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery and electrical equipment 44.5%, minerals, precision instruments (2002)
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Imports - partners:
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Japan 24.2%, US 16.1%, China 7.1%, South Korea 6.9% (2002 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$207.1 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$53.44 billion (2003)
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Currency:
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new Taiwan dollar (TWD)
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Currency code:
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TWD
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Exchange rates:
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new Taiwan dollars per US dollar - 34.418 (2003), 34.575 (2002), 33.8 (2001), 33.09 (2000), 31.6 (1999)
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