1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Change | |
Whole of Taiwan | 31 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | −52 |
North | 22 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | −54 |
Taipei City | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | −61 |
Hsinchu City | 26 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | −49 |
Keelung City | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | −48 |
Taipei County | 19 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | −53 |
Taoyuan County | 33 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 14 | −57 |
Hsinchu County | 48 | 45 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 24 | −50 |
Yilan County | 41 | 38 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 22 | −48 |
Middle | 36 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 19 | −48 |
Taichung City | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 9 | −30 |
Miaoli County | 47 | 42 | 40 | 40 | 34 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 20 | −58 |
Taichung County | 34 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 17 | −52 |
Changhua County | 40 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | −51 |
Nantou County | 47 | 44 | 41 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 24 | −49 |
Yunlin County | 43 | 44 | 51 | 47 | 39 | 41 | 31 | 34 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 29 | −33 |
South | 35 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | −50 |
Kaohsiung City | 29 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | −65 |
Chiayi City | 25 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 9 | −64 |
Tainan City | 21 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 | −28 |
Chiayi County | 45 | 46 | 39 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 21 | −53 |
Tainan County | 40 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 20 | −49 |
Kaohsiung County | 40 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 19 | −53 |
Pingtung County | 42 | 41 | 41 | 35 | 40 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 29 | −31 |
East | 70 | 56 | 42 | 47 | 49 | 41 | 40 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 31 | 27 | −61 |
Hualien County | 61 | 61 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 37 | 25 | 24 | −61 |
Taitung County | 81 | 48 | 38 | 51 | 48 | 43 | 41 | 46 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 32 | −61 |
Inequality | |||||||||||||
BGV | 179 | 157 | 170 | 135 | 129 | 97 | 77 | 82 | 78 | 71 | 52 | 49 | |
Highest/lowest | 6.25 | 5.93 | 6.49 | 6.32 | 7.09 | 7.41 | 6.02 | 6.21 | 6.04 | 5.85 | 6.58 | 6.20 | |
East/North | 3.13 | 2.92 | 2.41 | 2.74 | 3.44 | 3.15 | 2.98 | 3.00 | 3.08 | 2.84 | 2.66 | 2.62 |