Social Development in Taiwan 79 indicators covering social development for Taiwan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Political Rights Rating 1 2025 unchanged 153rd Electoral democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 11th Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 2025 unchanged 153rd Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.93 2025 down 0.9% 18th Liberal Democracy Index 0.704 2025 up 2.6% 28th Electoral Democracy Index 0.801 2025 down 0.6% 28th Freedom of Association Index 0.892 2025 up 1.6% 17th Freedom of Expression Index 0.838 2025 down 7.9% 49th Participatory Democracy Index 0.652 2025 up 8.5% 4th Varieties of democracy 0.801 2025 down 0.6% 28th Liberal democracy 3 2025 unchanged 1st Electoral democracy 2 2025 unchanged 1st Human Rights Index 0.93 2025 down 0.9% 18th Key features of human rights 0.93 2025 down 0.9% 18th Key features of electoral democracy 0.801 2025 down 0.6% 28th Key features of liberal democracy 0.704 2025 up 2.6% 28th Executive Corruption Index 0.043 2025 down 78.6% 159th Judicial Corruption Score 0.98 2025 up 0.3% 58th Public Sector Corruption Index 0.155 2025 up 0.6% 139th Key features of democracy 0.801 2025 down 0.6% 28th Key features of democracy, annual growth rate -0.3731 % change on previous year 2025 — 82nd Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate -0.4243 % change on previous year 2025 down 390.7% 92nd Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled 0.704 2025 up 2.6% 28th Key features of electoral democracy, annual growth rate -0.3731 % change on previous year 2025 — 82nd Key features of human rights, annual growth rate -0.1074 % change on previous year 2025 — 88th Electoral democracy row, gaps filled 2 2025 unchanged 1st Liberal democracy row, gaps filled 3 2025 unchanged 1st Varieties democracy vdem, annual growth rate -0.3731 % change on previous year 2025 — 82nd Government Effectiveness Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.801 2025 down 0.6% 28th Egalitarian Democracy Index 0.702 2025 down 1.0% 22nd Deliberative Democracy Index 0.685 2025 up 2.2% 28th Direct Democracy Index 0.518 2025 up 112.3% 4th Key media freedoms 1.12 2025 down 37.1% 61st Media Corruption Score 0.774 2025 down 9.2% 78th Key media freedoms, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 35th Academic Freedom Index 0.828 2025 down 5.4% 46th Legislative Corruption Score 0.056 2025 up 109.3% 80th Electoral democracy row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 5th Liberal democracy row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 7th Democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Physical Integrity Rights Score 3.13 2019 down 1.9% 23rd Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Political Rights Score 38 2025 up 2.7% 19th Freedom Score 93 2025 up 4.5% 25th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Equal Rights Protection Index 0.922 2025 up 1.3% 14th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.971 2025 up 0.3% 18th Political Corruption Index 0.214 2025 down 32.3% 129th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.214 2025 down 32.3% 129th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th LGBT+ Rights Index 5.43 2019 up 33.3% 42nd Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Page 1 of 2 Next →