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Inflation rate in Taiwan

How fast are prices rising where I live — or where I might?

Taiwan's inflation rate is 1.70 % — #22 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

1.70%

Checked 9 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

At 1.7 % a year, prices double in about 42 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in Taiwan over time

19.00 %9.05 %-0.90 %2 % target19.00 % · 1980-0.90 % · 20091980: 19.00 %1981: 10.90 %1982: 3.00 %1983: 1.40 %1984: 0.00 %1985: -0.20 %1986: 0.70 %1987: 0.50 %1988: 1.30 %1989: 4.40 %1990: 4.10 %1991: 3.60 %1992: 4.50 %1993: 2.90 %1994: 4.10 %1995: 3.70 %1996: 3.10 %1997: 0.90 %1998: 1.70 %1999: 0.20 %2000: 1.20 %2001: 0.00 %2002: -0.20 %2003: -0.30 %2004: 1.60 %2005: 2.30 %2006: 0.60 %2007: 1.80 %2008: 3.50 %2009: -0.90 %2010: 1.00 %2011: 1.40 %2012: 1.90 %2013: 0.80 %2014: 1.20 %2015: -0.30 %2016: 1.40 %2017: 0.60 %2018: 1.40 %2019: 0.60 %2020: -0.20 %2021: 2.00 %2022: 2.90 %2023: 2.50 %2024: 2.20 %2025: 1.70 %1980200320251.70 %
46 official observations, 1980 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#22 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
83 %
104 of 126 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.50 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
17.30 pp
peak 19.00 % in 1980
Full series
▼ 17.30 pp
since 1980

In Asia: #8 of 37vs median 3.12 %: −1.42 pp (better)

The doubling clock

At Taiwan's current 1.70 % — prices double in~41 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %Taiwan: ahead of 83 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationTaiwan 1.70 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. Taiwan is ahead of 83 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Taiwan
20 Belgium2.47 %+0.77 pp
21 Greece2.48 %+0.78 pp
22 Taiwan1.70 %—
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.69 %−0.01 pp
24 Philippines1.66 %−0.04 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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