Data stories built from published ROC government statistics. Every figure links back to the table it came from.
Housing · Buy or rent
In Taipei and New Taipei, a year's rent on a home is less than a year's interest on the mortgage to buy it. Built from 53 quarters of actual-price registrations, 2012Q4 to 2025Q4, 3.5 million transactions, with an explorer filterable by building and rental type.
Population · Births and deaths
In 2025 Taoyuan, Hsinchu City and Lienchiang recorded more deaths than births for the first time, putting all 22 counties into natural decline. The frontier opened in Hualien and took twenty years to close.
Defence · Force structure
The FY2026 authorised uniformed establishment is 183,355, down 5,963 in a year, while the defence budget grew 20.1%. There are more than twice as many NCOs as enlisted soldiers.
Politics · Legislative Yuan
Guess how they voted, then see the record. Built from real roll-call votes of the 11th Legislative Yuan. Chinese only.