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Afghanistan\nAlbania\nAlgeria\nAmerican Samoa\nAndorra\nAngola\nAnguilla\nAntigua and Barbuda\nArgentina\nArmenia\nAruba\nAustralia\nAustria\nAzerbaijan\nBahamas\nBahrain\nBangladesh\nBarbados\nBelarus\nBelgium\nBelize\nBenin\nBermuda\nBhutan\nBolivia\nBosnia and Herzegovina\nBotswana\nBrazil\nBritish Virgin Islands\nBrunei Darussalam\nBulgaria\nBurkina Faso\nBurundi\nCambodia\nCameroon\nCanada\nCape Verde\nCayman Islands\nCentral African Republic\nChad\nChannel Islands\nChile\nChina\nColombia\nComoros\nDemocratic Republic of Congo\nRepublic of Congo\nCook Islands\nCosta Rica\nCote dIvoire\nCroatia\nCuba\nCuracao\nCyprus\nCzech Republic\nDenmark\nDjibouti\nDominica\nDominican Republic\nEcuador\nEgypt\nEl Salvador\nEquatorial Guinea\nEritrea\nEstonia\nEswatini\nEthiopia\nFaeroe Islands\nFalkland Islands (Malvinas)\nFiji\nFinland\nFrance\nFrench Guiana\nFrench Polynesia\nGabon\nGambia\nGeorgia\nGermany\nGhana\nGibraltar\nGreece\nGreenland\nGrenada\nGuadeloupe\nGuam\nGuatemala\nGuernsey\nGuinea\nGuinea-Bissau\nGuyana\nHaiti\nHoly See (Vatican City)\nHonduras\nHong Kong, China\nHungary\nIceland\nIndia\nIndonesia\nIran\nIraq\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJamaica\nJapan\nJersey\nJordan\nKazakhstan\nKenya\nKiribati\nNorth Korea\nRepublic of Korea\nKosovo\nKuwait\nKyrgyzstan\nLaos\nLatvia\nLebanon\nLesotho\nLiberia\nLibya\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMacao, China\nNorth Macedonia\nMadagascar\nMalawi\nMalaysia\nMaldives\nMali\nMalta\nMan, Isle of\nMarshall Islands\nMartinique\nMauritania\nMauritius\nMayotte\nMexico\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nMoldova\nMonaco\nMongolia\nMontenegro\nMontserrat\nMorocco\nMozambique\nMyanmar (Burma)\nNamibia\nNauru\nNepal\nNetherlands\nNetherlands Antilles\nNew Caledonia\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua\nNiger\nNigeria\nNiue\nNorthern Mariana Islands\nNorway\nOman\nPakistan\nPalau\nPalestinian Territory\nPanama\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPitcairn\nPoland\nPortugal\nPuerto Rico\nQatar\nReunion\nRomania\nRussian Federation\nRwanda\nSt. Helena\nSt. Kitts and Nevis\nSt. Lucia\nSt. Martin (French part)\nSt. Pierre et Miquelon\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\nSamoa\nSan Marino\nSao Tome and Principe\nSaudi Arabia\nSenegal\nSerbia\nSeychelles\nSierra Leone\nSingapore\nSint Maarten (Dutch part)\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSolomon Islands\nSomalia\nSouth Africa\nSouth Sudan\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSudan\nSuriname\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nSyrian Arab Republic\nTaiwan\nTajikistan\nTanzania\nThailand\nTimor-Leste\nTogo\nTokelau\nTonga\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTunisia\nTurkiye\nTurkmenistan\nTurks and Caicos Islands\nTuvalu\nUganda\nUkraine\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\nUruguay\nUzbekistan\nVanuatu\nVenezuela\nViet Nam\nVirgin Islands\nWallis and Futuna Islands\nWestern Sahara\nYemen\nZambia\nZimbabwe\n Choose a country to compare\n----------\nAfghanistan\nAlbania\nAlgeria\nAmerican Samoa\nAndorra\nAngola\nAnguilla\nAntigua and Barbuda\nArgentina\nArmenia\nAruba\nAustralia\nAustria\nAzerbaijan\nBahamas\nBahrain\nBangladesh\nBarbados\nBelarus\nBelgium\nBelize\nBenin\nBermuda\nBhutan\nBolivia\nBosnia and Herzegovina\nBotswana\nBrazil\nBritish Virgin Islands\nBrunei Darussalam\nBulgaria\nBurkina Faso\nBurundi\nCambodia\nCameroon\nCanada\nCape Verde\nCayman Islands\nCentral African Republic\nChad\nChannel Islands\nChile\nChina\nColombia\nComoros\nDemocratic Republic of Congo\nRepublic of Congo\nCook Islands\nCosta Rica\nCote dIvoire\nCroatia\nCuba\nCuracao\nCyprus\nCzech Republic\nDenmark\nDjibouti\nDominica\nDominican Republic\nEcuador\nEgypt\nEl Salvador\nEquatorial Guinea\nEritrea\nEstonia\nEswatini\nEthiopia\nFaeroe Islands\nFalkland Islands (Malvinas)\nFiji\nFinland\nFrance\nFrench Guiana\nFrench Polynesia\nGabon\nGambia\nGeorgia\nGermany\nGhana\nGibraltar\nGreece\nGreenland\nGrenada\nGuadeloupe\nGuam\nGuatemala\nGuernsey\nGuinea\nGuinea-Bissau\nGuyana\nHaiti\nHoly See (Vatican City)\nHonduras\nHong Kong, China\nHungary\nIceland\nIndia\nIndonesia\nIran\nIraq\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJamaica\nJapan\nJersey\nJordan\nKazakhstan\nKenya\nKiribati\nNorth Korea\nRepublic of Korea\nKosovo\nKuwait\nKyrgyzstan\nLaos\nLatvia\nLebanon\nLesotho\nLiberia\nLibya\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMacao, China\nNorth Macedonia\nMadagascar\nMalawi\nMalaysia\nMaldives\nMali\nMalta\nMan, Isle of\nMarshall Islands\nMartinique\nMauritania\nMauritius\nMayotte\nMexico\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nMoldova\nMonaco\nMongolia\nMontenegro\nMontserrat\nMorocco\nMozambique\nMyanmar (Burma)\nNamibia\nNauru\nNepal\nNetherlands\nNetherlands Antilles\nNew Caledonia\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua\nNiger\nNigeria\nNiue\nNorthern Mariana Islands\nNorway\nOman\nPakistan\nPalau\nPalestinian Territory\nPanama\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPitcairn\nPoland\nPortugal\nPuerto Rico\nQatar\nReunion\nRomania\nRussian Federation\nRwanda\nSt. Helena\nSt. Kitts and Nevis\nSt. Lucia\nSt. Martin (French part)\nSt. Pierre et Miquelon\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\nSamoa\nSan Marino\nSao Tome and Principe\nSaudi Arabia\nSenegal\nSerbia\nSeychelles\nSierra Leone\nSingapore\nSint Maarten (Dutch part)\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSolomon Islands\nSomalia\nSouth Africa\nSouth Sudan\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSudan\nSuriname\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nSyrian Arab Republic\nTaiwan\nTajikistan\nTanzania\nThailand\nTimor-Leste\nTogo\nTokelau\nTonga\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTunisia\nTurkiye\nTurkmenistan\nTurks and Caicos Islands\nTuvalu\nUganda\nUkraine\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\nUruguay\nUzbekistan\nVanuatu\nVenezuela\nViet Nam\nVirgin Islands\nWallis and Futuna Islands\nWestern Sahara\nYemen\nZambia\nZimbabwe\n

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Election and Democracy> Taiwan Voter turnout in the national election 74.9% (2020) [57/200countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to vote in elections 5.36 (2014) [31/34countries] % of those who think that the last national election was fair regarding the opportunities of the candidates and parties to campaign 57.6% (2014) [16/34countries] % of those who think that referendums are a good way to decide important political questions 71.4% (2014) [10/34countries] % of those who think that giving people more say is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech 27.9% (2020) [13/28countries] % of those who think that protecting freedom of speech is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech 11.5% (2020) [14/28countries] % of those who are proud of their country in the way democracy works 47.8% (2013) [19/33countries] Extent to which people think democracy works well in their country today 5.37 (2014) [20/34countries] Extent to which people think democracy worked well in their country 10 years ago 5.39 (2014) [21/34countries] Extent to which people think democracy will work well in their country 10 years from now 5.71 (2014) [18/34countries] % of those who think that their country's political system needs major reform 59.9% (2021) [9/17countries] Extent to which people think it important that all citizens have an adequate standard of living 6.30 (2014) [22/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that government authorities respect and protect the rights of minorities 6.35 (2014) [8/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that people be given more opportunities to participate in public decision-making 5.90 (2014) [19/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that citizens may engage in acts of civil disobedience when they oppose government actions 4.58 (2014) [21/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that governments respect democratic rights whatever the circumstances 6.23 (2014) [15/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that people convicted of serious crimes lose their citizen rights 6.14 (2014) [1/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that long-term residents of a country, who are not citizens, have the right to vote in that country�fs national elections 3.95 (2014) [21/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that citizens have the right not to vote 5.22 (2014) [11/34countries] Extent to which people think it important that health care be provided for everyone 6.53 (2014) [18/34countries] Parliament> Taiwan % of those who have confidence in parliament 38.5% (2018) [37/47countries] Degree of trust in national parliament (0-10 scale) 3.87 (2020) [19/28countries] % of those who think that MPs try to keep the promises they have made during the election 24.7% (2016) [14/35countries] % of those who think that the parliament considers your action if you take action against an unjust or harmful law 41.8% (2014) [3/34countries] Politician> Taiwan % of those who trust politicians 21.7% (2014) [21/34countries] % of those who think that most politicians are in politics only for their own interest 72.9% (2014) [10/34countries] % of those who think that many politicians are involved in corruption 41.3% (2016) [22/35countries] Political party and organization> Taiwan % of those who think that political parties encourage people to become active in politics 53.3% (2014) [4/34countries] % of those who think that political parties do not give voters real policy choices 73.5% (2014) [2/34countries] % of those who belong to a political party 7.1% (2014) [16/34countries] % of those who think that people who vote for the party/the parties in government have the most influence on the actions of the government 13.6% (2016) [12/35countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to be active in social or political associations 3.78 (2014) [26/34countries] Political awareness> Taiwan Degree of interest in politics (5 steps) 2.01 (2016) [33/34countries] % of those interested in politics (4 choices) 21.3% (2014) [33/34countries] % of those who think that their political position is left 2.5% (2014) [34/34countries] % of those who think that their political position is center 80.4% (2014) [1/34countries] % of those who think that their political position is right 7.6% (2014) [32/34countries] Average of political position 5.30 (2014) [15/34countries] % of those who often or sometimes discuss political matters with friends, relatives or fellow workers 22.5% (2014) [33/34countries] % of young people (-29) who often or sometimes discuss political matters with friends, relatives or fellow workers 22.8% (2014) [33/34countries] % of those who read the political content of a newspaper every day 19.7% (2014) [15/23countries] % of those who never read the political content of a newspaper 40.7% (2014) [5/23countries] % of those who use the media to obtain political news or information every day 70.0% (2014) [18/34countries] % of those who never use the media to obtain political news or information 6.5% (2014) [7/34countries] % of those who watch political news on television every day 60.4% (2014) [7/23countries] % of those who never watch political news on television 8.0% (2014) [9/23countries] % of those who listen to political news on the radio every day 8.4% (2014) [22/23countries] % of those who never listen to political news on the radio 68.7% (2014) [2/23countries] % of those who use the Internet to obtain political news or information every day 27.9% (2014) [6/22countries] % of those who never use the Internet to obtain political news or information 47.7% (2014) [11/22countries] % of those who have expressed political views on the internet 10.2% (2014) [22/34countries] % of those who often or sometimes try to persuade your friends, relatives or fellow workers to share their political opinion 12.4% (2014) [34/34countries] % of those who think that others are better informed about politics and government 48.5% (2014) [6/34countries] % of those who think that they understand political issues of the country 32.8% (2016) [31/35countries] % of those who think that ordinary citizens have no political voice 59.7% (2017) [8/30countries] % of those who think that citizens in general has the most influence on the actions of the government 9.9% (2016) [9/35countries] % of those who do not think that the government cares much what people like them think 60.3% (2014) [13/34countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to keep watch on the actions of government 5.42 (2014) [17/34countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to try to understand the reasoning of people with other opinions 5.26 (2014) [29/34countries] Political action> Taiwan % of those who would take action when the parliament considers an unjust or harmful law 30.8% (2014) [19/34countries] % of those who have attempted to contact a politician or a civil servant to express their views 10.6% (2014) [26/34countries] % of those who have donated money or raised funds for a social or political activity 34.1% (2014) [15/34countries] % of those who have signed a petition 23.9% (2014) [25/34countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to choose products for political, ethical or environmental reasons, even if they cost a bit more 4.65 (2014) [12/34countries] % of those who take part in activities of political parties, political groups or associations once a month or more 0.3% (2017) [30/30countries] % of those who never take part in activities of political parties, political groups or associations 95.4% (2017) [1/30countries] % of those who have attended a political meeting 18.4% (2014) [24/34countries] % of those who think that it should be allowed to organise public meetings to protest against the government 79.6% (2016) [25/35countries] % of those who have attended demonstrations 11.3% (2014) [28/34countries] % of those who think that it should be allowed to organise protest marches and demonstrations 61.0% (2016) [32/35countries] % of those who think that people who want to overthrow the government by revolution should be allowed to hold public meetings 56.1% (2016) [24/35countries] % of those who think that people who want to overthrow the government by force should be allowed to hold public meetings 10.2% (2014) [26/34countries] % of those who think that people who want to overthrow the government by revolution should be allowed to publish books expressing their views 81.0% (2016) [3/35countries] Public officials> Taiwan % of those who trust in civil servants 46.3% (2016) [5/35countries] % of those who think that the public service is committed to serve the people 70.6% (2014) [9/33countries] % of those who think that few public officials are involved in corruption 35.6% (2014) [13/34countries] % of those who think that many public officials are involved in corruption 18.2% (2016) [28/35countries] % of those who say that they or their family have never come across a public official who hinted/ wanted a bribe in the last five years 91.3% (2016) [5/35countries] % of those who turn to family members or close friends first to help them with administrative problems or official paperwork 39.3% (2017) [26/30countries] % of those who turn to private companies first to help them with administrative problems or official paperwork 1.6% (2017) [29/30countries] % of those who turn to public services first to help them with administrative problems or official paperwork 32.2% (2017) [4/30countries] Public finance> Taiwan General government expenditures as % of GDP 16.4% (2023) [175/190countries] General government gross debt as % of GDP 25.0% (2023) [168/188countries] % of those who are in favour of cuts in government spending 73.9% (2016) [14/35countries] Tax> Taiwan General government revenues as % of GDP 15.9% (2023) [163/190countries] % of those who think that taxes are too high for those with high incomes 9.8% (2019) [28/29countries] % of those who think that taxes are too low for those with high incomes 59.9% (2019) [6/29countries] % of those who think that people with high incomes should pay a larger % of their income in taxes than those with low incomes 88.7% (2019) [2/29countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, never to try to evade taxes 6.24 (2014) [10/34countries] % of those who think that the tax authorities always/ often make sure people pay their taxes 77.9% (2016) [12/35countries] % of those who think that the tax authorities always/ often treat everyone in accordance with the law, regardless of their contacts or position in society 47.0% (2016) [22/35countries] Social security> Taiwan % of those who are proud of their country in its social security system 58.9% (2013) [14/33countries] % of those who think that the social benefits in their country make people lazy 33.2% (2017) [23/30countries] % of those who would like to see more government spending in old age pensions 58.7% (2016) [26/35countries] % of those who agree that the government is responsible for providing a decent standard of living for the old 91.5% (2016) [30/35countries] % of those who think that the government is successful in the provision of decent life for the old 45.5% (2016) [6/24countries] % of those who think that the government should primarily provide care for older people 35.8% (2017) [28/30countries] % of those who think that private companies should primarily provide care for older people 7.5% (2017) [8/30countries] % of those who think that family, relatives or friends should primarily provide care for older people 46.1% (2017) [4/30countries] % of those who think "government agencies should primarily provide help in everyday life for elderly people 26.1% (2012) [22/41countries] % of those who think that the government/public funds should primarily cover the costs of the help to elderly people 58.3% (2012) [19/41countries] % of those who think that 1-6 months of paid parental leave is necessary 31.4% (2012) [23/41countries] % of those who think that 7-12 months of paid parental leave is necessary 26.7% (2012) [24/41countries] % of those who think that 13-36 months of paid parental leave is necessary 18.5% (2012) [13/41countries] % of those who think that the government should pay for parental leave 32.5% (2012) [26/41countries] % of those who think that the employer should pay for parental leave 4.6% (2012) [27/41countries] % of those who think that both the government and the employer should pay for parental leave 62.9% (2012) [6/41countries] % of those who think the employers should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age 2.1% (2012) [21/41countries] % of those who think the family itself should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age 49.4% (2012) [27/41countries] % of those who think the government/public funds should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age 48.5% (2012) [15/41countries] % of those who think government agencies should primarily provide childcare for children under school age 8.5% (2012) [36/41countries] % of those who think that poverty is the most important issue for their country 2.4% (2020) [27/28countries] % of those who think that the government should spend less on benefits for the poor 9.9% (2009) [27/41countries] % of those who agree that the government is responsible for providing decent housing for those who can't afford it 77.4% (2016) [24/35countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to help people in the country who are worse off than themselves 5.77 (2014) [13/34countries] Law and Justice> Taiwan % of those who think that it is worse to convict an innocent person than to let a guilty person go free 46.2% (2016) [35/35countries] % of those who follow conscience rather than law on occasions (2 choices) 44.2% (2016) [22/35countries] Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, always to obey laws and regulations 6.47 (2014) [5/34countries] Extent to which people trust the courts 4.03 (2017) [27/30countries] % of those who have confidence in the justice system (5 choices) 45.9% (2018) [44/47countries]