Taiwan

RegionAsia-Pacific

GDP1644.31[PPP 2011$ billions]

GDP per capita69665.37[$]

Population23.60[millions]

Urbanization78.94[%]

Land Area36574.27[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Component	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change
EPI	40	57.2	4.6
Health	42	59.2	2.8
Air Quality	50	53.2	3.3
PM2.5	58	47.9	1
Household solid fuels	60	61.2	5.6
Ozone	72	47.3	10.4
Sanitation & Drinking Water	32	72.4	2.2
Sanitation	40	80.3	3.7
Drinking water	31	67.1	1.1
Heavy Metals	34	73.6	5.5
Lead	34	73.6	5.5
Waste Management	133	-	-
Solid waste	133	-	-
Ecosystem Vitality	43	55.8	5.7
Biodiversity	76	65	-1.6
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l)	1	100	-
Terrestrial biomes (global)	1	100	-
Marine protected areas	66	8.4	-
Protected Areas Rep. Ind.	114	21.2	12.4
Species Habitat Index	129	69.8	-28.4
Species Protection Index	50	90.4	0.2
Biodiversity Habitat Index	96	51.4	-0.2
Ecosystem Services	44	49.2	-0.5
Tree cover loss	32	51.2	-0.4
Grassland loss	156	36.6	-5
Wetland loss	150	25.3	0.4
Fisheries	59	13.8	3
Fish Stock Status	34	14.3	4.6
Marine Trophic Index	61	15.8	-
Fish caught by trawling	23	10.9	4.6
Climate Change	46	63.1	11.5
CO2 growth rate	56	52.5	16.2
CH4 growth rate	72	74.4	-14.1
F-gas growth rate	50	90.6	4.9
N2O growth rate	88	59.8	-2.5
Black Carbon growth rate	46	78.8	52.8
CO2 from land cover	43	67	-
GHG intensity trend	1	100	34
GHG per capita	157	16	-0.4
Pollution Emissions	1	100	18.7
SO2 growth rate	1	100	-
NOx growth rate	1	100	37.3
Agriculture	39	53.4	7.2
Sustainable N Mgmt Index	39	53.4	7.2
Water Resources	72	7.1	-
Wastewater treatment	72	7.1	-

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Political Stability
Sweden	78.7
Netherlands	75.3
Slovenia	72
Taiwan	57.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48.4
Mauritius	45.1
Tonga	45.1
Bahamas	43.5
Marshall Islands	30.8
Vanuatu	28.9

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EPI Report Year:

2020

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