90 Overseas Students in R.O.C. Unit: Person Year 2007-08 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Total 30,509 90,895 94,579 106,067 119,929 123,188 Degree 16,195 62,387 65,383 66,917 67,299 78,801 Studying for a Degree 5,259 32,040 34,535 35,512 37,062 48,654 Overseas Compatriot Students (Includes Hong Kong and Macao Students) 10,936 24,315 26,555 28,284 28,109 28,591 Mainland China Students (Studying for a Degree) - 6,032 4,293 3,121 2,128 1,556 Non-degree 14,314 28,508 29,196 39,150 52,630 44,387 International Exchange 1,441 2,475 5,190 6,100 5,942 5,942 Short-term Courses 1,146 3,785 2,686 4,185 8,234 8,234 Studying Mandarin Chinese 10,177 20,674 20,145 27,808 36,350 28,163 Mainland China Students (to Take Short-term Courses or Attend Meeting) 823 - - 22 2,087 1,917 Overseas Youth Vocational Training Program 727 1,574 1,175 1,035 17 131 Ratio of Educational Expenditure to GDP Fiscal Year Educational Expenditure (US$million) Educational Expenditure PerStudent (US$) Nominal GDP(US$ million) % to GDP Total Public Sector Private Sector Average Public Private 1970-71 281 227 54 - 6,270 4.48 3.61 0.87 1980-81 2,014 1,638 376 448 46,393 4.43 3.60 0.83 1990-91 11,222 9,228 1,994 2,120 173,572 6.36 5.23 1.13 2001 17,464 12,997 4,467 3,350 299,303 5.83 4.34 1.49 2006 21,586 15,887 5,699 4,101 386,492 5.59 4.11 1.47 2011 26,619 20,480 6,139 5,643 483,957 5.50 4.23 1.27 2016 26,986 20,295 6,691 6,043 543,002 4.97 3.74 1.23 2020 31,852 24,569 7,283 7,756 676,935 4.71 3.63 1.08 2021 35,460 27,885 7,575 8,586 777,062 4.56 3.59 0.97 2022 34,109 27,098 7,011 8,355 765,529 4.46 3.54 0.92 2023 32,993 26,310 6,683 8,344 757,276 4.36 3.47 0.88 2024 33,441 26,967 6,473 - 795,573 4.20 3.39 0.81 Special thanks to Wu Chin-kuo, Lin Ming- juey, Lin Pangc h i e h , O u S h u - c h e n , No om i A i k i a De l apo r te , Jake Haz l ewood , Ta i nan Municipal Guant ian Distr ict Guant ian Elementar y School , Taipei Muni c ipal X i n y i E l eme n t a r y S c h o o l , M i c a n g Elementar y School (New Taipei Ci ty) , Tainan Municipal Heshun Elementar y School , Taichung Municipal WuChuan Junior High School, Luodong Junior High School, Taipei Municipal Yongchun Senior High School , Yunl in Count y Niaosong High School of the Arts, National Hualien Industrial Vocational Senior High School, National Chushan Senior High School, Taichung Municipal Taichung Second Senior High School, Wesley Girls’ High School, Tainan University of Technology, Nat i ona l Ta iwan No rma l Un i ve r s i t y, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, University of Kang Ning, Fo Guang University, Taipei City University of Science and Technology, Wenshan School of Special Education, Taoyuan Municipal Taoyuan Special School, National Central University, Tunghai University, Shih Hsin University, National Chengchi University, Bei tou Communi t y Col lege, Fongshan Community University. Copyright PUBLISHER Ying-Yao Cheng (Minister of Education) EDITORIAL BOARD Department of Statistics ADDRESS No.5, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100217, Taiwan (R.O.C.) WEBSITE https://www.edu.tw For more information, please call: TEL: +886-2-7736-5766 (Dep’t of Statistics, MOE ) FAX: +886-2-2397-6917 DATE July 2025 SALES 1 Sanmin Book Co., Ltd. TEL: +886-2-2361-7511 No. 61, Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100003, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 2 Wunanbooks Store TEL: +886-4-2226-0330 No. 85, Sec. 2, Taiwan Blvd., West Dist., Taichung City 403018 , Taiwan (R.O.C.) 3 Government Publication Bookstore TEL: +886-2-2518-0207 No. 209, Song jiang Rd., Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104472, Taiwan (R.O.C.) IN COOPERATION WITH Taiwan News Corporation Tel +886-2-2351-7666 PRICE NT$160 US$5 GPN 2005900021 ISSN 05781353 Education in Taiwan Note: Last updated on July, 2025
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