Taiwan
Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Capital
- Taipei
- Region
- Eastern Asia
- Population
- —
- Currency
- TWD
- Area
- 36,193 km²
Across Taiwan's 18 priced cities, one person needs about $1,193 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,455.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
76out of 100
- Purchasing power25%68
- Safety20%83
- Health care15%87
- Climate10%84
- Air quality10%50
- Connectivity10%93
- Cost10%62
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #2
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
37.1
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
15.0
New York = 100
Purchasing power
134.8
New York = 100
One person
$1,193
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,455
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$637
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
—
US dollars
Growth
—
Real GDP, a year
Unemployment
—
Inflation
—
Life expectancy
—
Internet users
—
Share of people
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 40%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 5%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 5%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 6.2%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 15.7%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 20%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 82.9
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 17.1
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people
- —
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #11 worldwide
- 298
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #44 worldwide
- 111
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +18%
Cities in Taiwan
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Taipei | 75 | 40.6 | $886 | $1,730 | 132.1 | 7.9M | High confidence, 137 contributors |
| 2Chang-hua | 75 | 33.9 | $257 | $2,022 | 301.5 | 226.6K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 3Hsinchu | 75 | 38.2 | $437 | $2,487 | 281.3 | 453.5K | High confidence, 32 contributors |
| 4Keelung (Chi-Lung) | 74 | 35.2 | $566 | $2,448 | 255.5 | 362.5K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 5Miaoli | 74 | 33.4 | $220 | $2,478 | 392.7 | 86.3K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 6Zhubei City | 74 | 37.1 | $503 | $2,433 | 262.1 | 212.7K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 7Hua-lien | 73 | 36.2 | — | $2,895 | 350.0 | 99.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 8Pingtung city | 72 | 36.9 | $252 | $1,956 | 277.4 | — | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 9Douliu (Yunlin) | 72 | 38.2 | — | $2,580 | 302.2 | 107.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 10Chiayi | 71 | 36.6 | $378 | $2,112 | 260.2 | 263.2K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 11Kaohsiung | 71 | 36.6 | $408 | $1,455 | 173.5 | 2.7M | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 12Zhongli City (Jhongli) | 71 | 34.7 | $451 | $2,308 | 271.4 | — | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 13Shulin | 71 | — | — | — | — | 180K | Low confidence |
| 14Banqiao | 71 | — | — | — | — | 551.2K | Low confidence |
| 15Danshui | 71 | — | — | — | — | 189.3K | Low confidence |
| 16Neihu | 70 | — | — | — | — | 274.5K | Low confidence |
| 17Xizhi | 70 | — | — | — | — | 204.6K | Low confidence |
| 18Toufen | 70 | — | — | — | — | 106.3K | Low confidence |
| 19Taichung | 70 | 36.3 | $400 | $1,405 | 170.1 | 2.9M | High confidence, 40 contributors |
| 20Taoyuan | 69 | 35.3 | $651 | $1,576 | 152.5 | 475.8K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 21New Taipei City | 69 | 37.1 | $637 | $1,407 | 134.8 | 4M | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 22Bade | 69 | — | — | — | — | 209.1K | Low confidence |
| 23Sanxia | 69 | — | — | — | — | 115.2K | Low confidence |
| 24Neili | 69 | — | — | — | — | 112.8K | Low confidence |
| 25Changhua | 68 | — | — | — | — | 226.6K | Low confidence |
| 26Yuanlin | 67 | — | — | — | — | 124.7K | Low confidence |
| 27Yilan | 67 | 35.2 | $276 | $1,031 | 146.5 | 94.2K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 28Taitung | 66 | 36.7 | $379 | $631 | 77.7 | 103.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Tainan | 66 | 40.9 | $311 | $1,368 | 168.9 | 1.9M | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 30Nantou | 63 | — | — | — | — | 105.7K | Low confidence |
| 31Fengshan | 61 | — | — | — | — | 356.5K | Low confidence |
| 32Yongkang | 60 | — | — | — | — | 233.7K | Low confidence |