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Chapter 3 National Health Expenditure (NHE)
Good health care is a basic need in modern society and a major indicator of a country's advancement.
Taiwan's NHE has shown steady growth, NHE surpassed NTD 1.3253 trillion in 2020. The expansion of international medicine, development
of biomedicine and technology, and a rapidly aging population are expected to contribute to continued increases in NHE.
NHE as a share of GDP increased from 6.3% in 2010 to 6.7% in 2020. Per capita NHE increased from NTD 38,228 in 2010 to NTD 56,199 in 2020, for an average annual increase of 3.9% (Figure 2-9).
Figure 2-9
NHE/ GDP Ratios and NHE Per Capita, by Year
NTD 60,000
55,000 50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000
NHE Per Capita
NHE / GDP %
52,372 56,199 8 47,122 48,787 51,189
6.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.3 44,870 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.7 7
38,228 39,382 39,935 41,733 43,459
6.2 6
5 4 3 2 1
5,000 00
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Source : Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Chapter 4 Social Welfare Indicators
ā–¸Section 1 Low-Income and Middle- Low-Income Households
The government offers various social assistance measures to guarantee a basic standard of care for the poor, the ill, and those in urgent need. In 2008 and 2011, the government increased basic living subsidies for low-income households and lowered the qualification threshold to expand care for more financially vulnerable people. At the end of 2021, there were
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Year
258,809 low-income and middle-low-income households (146,995 and 111,814 households, respectively), with a total of 608,256 members (295,901 and 312,355 respectively). They accounted for 2.9% of all households and 2.6% of the total population.
Among all members of low-income and middle-low-income households, there were 314,770 males and 293,486 females, for a male to female ratio of 1.07, compared to a national average of 0.98 (Figures 2-10, 2-11).
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