Country comparison Japan vs Taiwan 2017

Japan			Taiwan
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	4,463,531M.€	468,427M.€	2015	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	4,938,644M.$	525,236M.$	2015	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	35,173€	19,940€	2015	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	38,917$	22,358$	2015	GDP per capita [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q2	8,736€
Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]	2017Q2	1,108,619M.€
Debt [+]	2015	9,398,439 M.€	171,802 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	10,427,568 M.$	190,614 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	237.97%	36.30%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	74,016 €	7,313 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	82,131$	8,115$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-138,771 M.€	-8,422 M.€	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-153,966 M.$	-9,344 M.$	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2015	-3.51%	-1.78%	2015	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2015	1,446,998.7	83,617.1	2015	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	1,605,445.0	92,773.2	2015	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2014	131,060.5
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2014	174,158.7
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2014	9.29%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	408,006.8
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	1998	213,704.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	20.28%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	41,717.3
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	46,157.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	5.44%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2015	36.64%	17.67%	2015	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	11,396€	3,559€	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	12,643$	3,949$	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	1,031€
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	1,370$
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	3,214€
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	1998	1,690$
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	329€
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	364$
Moody's Rating [+]	08/30/2016	A1	Aa3	11/17/2016	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	09/16/2015	A+	AA-	12/18/2002	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	04/27/2017	A	AA-	10/12/2016	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	72	61	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	6º	15º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	36.0
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	91º	103º	11/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	16º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	July 2017	2.8%
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q2	3.0%	3.8%	2017Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q2	2,000 m.	448 m.	2017Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2015	1,155.5 $	655.7 $	2013	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2015	959.9 €	497.0 €	2013	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2016	42,517€
Average Wage [+]	2015	41,352$
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	5º
Markets
Euro / Japanese yen [+]	09/22/2017	134.0100	36.0870	09/22/2017	Euro / New Taiwan dollars [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	09/22/2017	0.02%
Risk Premium [+]	09/22/2017	-42
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/22/2017	6.18%	12.93%	09/22/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	December 2016	0.2%
PPI Year on Year [+]	November 2016	-2.3%
Money Market
Key rates [+]	10/05/2010	0.10%	1.38%	07/01/2016	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	34º	11º	2017	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	July 2017	5.2%
Motor vehicle production [+]	2016	9,204,590	309,531	2016	Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	609.59	326.80	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2015	8.00%	5.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	56.1%	45.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	582,648.2 M.€	253,249.1 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	644,933.3 M.$	280,321.4 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	13.06%	54.33%	2015	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	548,312.2 M.€	208,300.7 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	606,926.8 M.$	230,568.1 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	12.29%	45.16%	2015	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	34,335.9 M.€	44,948.3 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	38,006.5 M.$	49,753.3 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	0.77%	9.16%	2015	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	336	654	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	126,901,000	23,540,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	2,043,877
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	3,670.2
% Immigrant [+]	2015	1.61%
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	8,866.8
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	797,496
% Emigrant [+]	2015	0.63%
HDI [+]	2015	0.903
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	10º	40º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	111º
Ranking [+]	2015	8º
Birth Rate [+]	2015	7.90‰
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.46
Crude death rate [+]	2015	10.20‰
Life expectancy [+]	2015	83.84
Number of homicides [+]	2014	395	192	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2014	0.3	0.8	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	9.90	11.94	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Japan

Capital: Tokyo
Population: 126,901,000
Surface Area: 377,962 km2
Currency: Japanese yen (1 EUR=133.8600 JPY)
Belongs to: ACD, G20, G8, IMF, OECD, UN

Taiwan

Capital: Taipei
Population: 23,540,000
Surface Area: 35,980 km2
Currency: New Taiwan dollars (1 EUR=35.9630 TWD)
Belongs to: IMF