The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Taiwan  
Rank: 23 · Score: 70.5  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 7.2   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) 3rd
GDP (US$ billions) 761.8   M&A volume (quartile) 3rd
GDP per capita (US$) 105,440.8   Venture capital investments (quartile) Top
GDP growth (per cent) 2.1   Private equity investments (quartile) Top
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 23 104, 106, 104, 103, 102 70.5
1 Economic Activity 28 99, 114, 105, 96, 97 83.3
2 Depth of Capital Market 13 114, 115, 114, 115, 112 77.1
3 Taxation 41 88, 86, 82, 83, 84 100.9
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 28 98, 99, 98, 97, 97 86.0
5 Human and Social Environment 14 107, 108, 108, 108, 111 53.5
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 45 75, 75, 75, 78, 80 55.9


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Taiwan  
Asia
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Hong Kong 81.9 63.7 116.3 108.4 57.3 78.1
India 95.3 86.5 80.1 79.4 43.8 69.1
Malaysia 84.1 76.3 93.1 94.8 42.0 72.0
Taiwan 83.3 77.1 100.9 86.0 53.5 55.9
Thailand 87.8 77.2 96.8 75.4 30.6 65.1
Indonesia 91.8 76.9 91.3 55.3 27.7 48.6
Philippines 86.8 66.7 89.0 55.5 29.9 41.6
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023