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Chapter 3 National Health Expenditure
Receiving adequate health care is not only a the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the
fundamental need for the citizens, but also a crucial biggest increase in recent years.
indicator to measure the progress of a nation. NHE as a share of GDP increased from 6.4% in
In 2021, the national health expenditure (NHE) 2011 to 6.6% in 2021. The average per capita NHE
of our country amounted to NTD 1.4265 trillion, rose from NTD 39,382 in 2011 to NTD 60,783 in 2021,
representing a 7.7% increase compared to the with an average annual growth rate of 4.4% (Figure
previous year. This notable growth can be attributed to 2-9).

Figure 2-9 NHE/ GDP Ratios and NHE Per Capita, by Year

NTD
65,000 10
/)& 1FS $BQJUB /)& (%1 60,783
60,000
56,149 9
55,000
51,189 52,372 8
50,000 48,787
47,122
44,870
45,000 39,382 39,935 41,733 43,459 7
6.6 6.5 6.6 6.6
6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.4
40,000 6.3 6.2
6
35,000
5
30,000
25,000 4
20,000 3
15,000
2
10,000
1
5,000
0 0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Year
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

Chapter 4 Social Welfare Indicators middle-low-income households (146,029 and 108,448
households, respectively), with a population of 585,400
Section 1 Low-Income and Middle- Low-
individuals (288,703 and 296,697, respectively). These
Income Households figures represent approximately 2.8% of the total
To ensure that the impoverished, the sick, the number of households in the country and 2.5% of the
lonely, or those facing urgent hardships receive care total population.
at the level of the national basic standard of living, When examining the data by gender, within the
the government implements various social assistance population of low-income and middle-low-income
measures. The goal is to assist them in achieving households, there were 302,992 males and 282,408
self-reliance and to help them escape poverty at the females. The number of males exceeded that of
earliest opportunity. As of the end of 2022, there were females by a factor of 1.07 (compared to the national
254,477 households classified as low-income and ration of 0.98), as shown in Figures 2-10 and 2-11.

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