Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) in Taiwan
Taiwan: Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) was 19.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) in Taiwan, 1982–2017
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in Taiwan is 19.3%, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in Taiwan peaked at 21.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.9%, in 1986.
That places Taiwan 23rd out of 113 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 10.1% | — |
| 1983 | 10.1% | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 10.0% | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 10.3% | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 9.9% | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 10.8% | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 10.7% | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 11.4% | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 11.4% | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 12.0% | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 11.0% | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 10.8% | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 12.0% | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 12.1% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 11.7% | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 12.1% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 12.8% | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 13.2% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 14.6% | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 17.4% | +19.0% |
| 2002 | 16.5% | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 18.4% | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 18.0% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 18.2% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 17.6% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 16.2% | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 18.2% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 18.7% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 18.3% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 21.6% | +17.9% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 20.2% | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 19.3% | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.4% | 9.9% | 11.4% | 8 |
| 1990s | 11.9% | 10.8% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.1% | 14.6% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.2% | 18.2% | 21.6% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More poverty & inequality data for Taiwan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1054 (2023)
- Three metrics of inequality 60.86 (2017)
- Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6086 (2017)
- Total shortfall from extreme poverty 3.36 million international-$ in 2021 prices (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in Taiwan?
- Income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in Taiwan was 19.3% in 2017, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 21.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9% in 1986.
- How does Taiwan rank for income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax)?
- Taiwan ranks 23rd out of 113 countries with data for 2017.
- Is income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taiwan data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Share of income received by the richest 1% of the population. Income here is measured before taxes and benefits.