06--Asia--Taiwan

toc **Economic Information** **Currency and exchange rate against U.S. dollar**  -Currency- Taiwan Dollar. New Taiwan dollars (TWD) per US dollar - 33.056 **Natural Resourc****es**   -Oil Exports- 359,800 bbl/day **Agricultural Products** -Rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish **Industries** electronics, communications and information technology products, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles, consumer products, pharmaceuticals  **Import and import Partners** Oil Import- 931,300 bbl/day; Natural Gas Imports- 12.08 billion cu m; Total imports $174.7 billion. Import Partners- Japan 20.7%, China 14%, US 10.3%, South Korea 6%, Saudi Arabia 4.8%. **Export and Export Partners** Exports, led by electronics and machinery, generate about 70% of Taiwan's GDP growth Export Partners- China 26.6%, Hong Kong 14.4%, US 11.6%, Japan 7.2%, Singapore 4.2% **GDP, GDP per capita** -2.5%, $29,800 **Unemployment Rate** 5.9% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** Population Information ** **Population of Country** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">23,024,956 **Population Density** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">713.73 **Age Distribution** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">0-14 years: 16.2% (male 1,936,232/female 1,788,419) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">15-64 years: 73% (male 8,476,685/female 8,336,600) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">65 years and over: 10.8% (male 1,192,496/female 1,294,524) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Natural Rate of Increase** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">0.213% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> **How long will it take for the country to double in size?** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">328 years

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Literacy Rate** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">definition: age 15 and over can read and write <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">total population: 96.1% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** Infant Mortality Rate ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Life Expectancy Rate** <span class="categorydata" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 78.15 years <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Determine the Physical Quality of Life Index for your Country:** <span class="categorydata" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">100.46 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">97.61 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">98.05 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chief Religions ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">mixture of Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Main Language** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">// https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** Human Rights Information ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Some human rights issues are corruption by officials, violence and discrimination against women, trafficking in persons, and abuses of foreign workers. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** Environmental Issues ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> http://twgeog.geo.ntnu.edu.tw/english/environment/environment_problems.htm <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> A major environmental issue in Taiwan would be when a highway was built along the mountains in Taiwan. The Landscape along the mountains h changed due to all of the traveling along the highway. Many people took advantage of the mountains resources making an environmental issue. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Water pollution, soil erosion, landslides, forest fires, sedimentation of reservoirs, and flooding at the middle and lower altitudes were all caused due to the highways that were built on the mountains. Some areas of the mountain are threatened with destruction and some wildlife species are threatened with extinction. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The hills of Taiwan have been overloaded with agricultural, residential, industrial and recreational uses. The ecological system in midstream and downstream catchment areas has been seriously damaged due to water pollution, air pollution, soil pollution and solid waste disposal. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">
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