East Asia
Taiwan
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Taiwan's #5 import source (world lens). Taiwan is the EU's #27 goods supplier.
Taiwan on the world stage
Total imports
$394.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$474.6bn
230 partners
#1 import source
China
20.1%
#1 export dest.
USA
23.5%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Taiwan and the EU
EU imports from
€45.4bn
1.8% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€31.0bn
1.2% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #27 supplier
EU trade balance
import-tilted
coverage 0.68
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
105
EUR/MWh
Consumer
87
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
642
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
13%
of generation
Wholesale 93 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
State monopoly (Taipower)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
6%
Regulator
Not independent
Bureau of Energy (MOEA)
Island economy with 97% imported fuel and a state monopoly utility (Taipower). Nuclear phase-out (partially reversed) combined with extreme gas import dependence (LNG) and tight summer reserve margins (frequently below…
Tracked infrastructure
35 gas plants
17.9 GW · 9 building
50 coal plants
18.1 GW
27 wind farms
1.8 GW · 8 building
40 solar farms
3.2 GW · 14 building
2 nuclear plants
1.9 GW
11 hydro plants
4.1 GW
3 steel plants
16,080 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Monitored ports (7)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
44.2
→ 56.3 by 2050
Fertility
0.86
below replacement
Working-age
69.1%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
27.8
→ 73.1 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 23.2M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -16% (19.4M)