Updated November 10, 2026. Indicative score. Weights: entertainment 11.73% (destinations and venues within 50 km); bars 3.73%; safety 15% with a penalty; water at country level; land price per m² = official source (ITBI, Terracap, registries, valuations) or listings with a caveat · coverage 100%
Taipei has an indicative score of 7.92/10 in the World ranking of Onde Viver Bem, updated November 10, 2026. The strongest published variables are Airport (10.00), Entertainment (10.00) and Beach / mountains (10.00); the weakest are Sun (4.09), Bars (5.63) and Water (6.16). The scores are indicative. Cost of living and the land price per m² are not part of the score. Some figures on this page are estimates and carry the “estimated” badge.
air: not in the WHO database — official local figure; safety: incomplete definition (homicide only; the country has no undetermined-intent deaths in the WHO database); safety: intentional homicide victims, may include attempts; safety: feeling of safety at national level only (Gallup); estimated: robbery (median of comparable cities); estimated: water (mean of Japan and South Korea); health: Taiwan life expectancy via the press (unofficial) citing the Ministry of the Interior
Land price per m²
US$ 7,275/m² (TWD 239,000)
official (taxable value)
Score breakdown
Each criterion's score, its weight in the total and the raw figure, linked to its source.
raw: 0.72 per 100k pop. · 40% violent deaths (log 30→0, 0.5→10 per 100k) + 30% city robbery ÷ country average (log 5×→0, 0.5×→10) + 30% share who feel safe at night (lin 30%→0, 95%→10); any part without data: weights renormalized
Composite safety: violent deaths 0.7 per 100k → 9.1 (weight 40%) · ESTIMATED robbery 2.13× the country average (median of comparable cities; range 1.67–3.91×) → 3.7 (weight 30%) estimated · 87.0% feel safe walking alone at night (Taiwan (national), 2024) → 8.8 (weight 30%).
Estimate: ESTIMATE (not a measurement): no local robbery statistic collected. City÷country ratio = median of the 29 cities with measured robbery outside Brazil (all of them, no city-states) (2.13×; P25–P75 range 1.67–3.91×). Base: Buenos Aires 2.27, Córdoba 3.31, Mendoza 3.16, Toronto 1.24, Lausanne 4.65, Copenhague 2.50, Barcelona 5.58, Madri 1.80, Málaga 1.06, Oviedo 0.38, Valência 2.03, Bordeaux 4.89, Estrasburgo 1.67, Lille 4.52, Marselha 3.98, Nice 1.26, Rennes 2.71, Atenas 2.16, Dublin 2.10, Roma 1.63, Kuala Lumpur 1.85, Amsterdã 3.91, Cidade do Panamá 1.80, Braga 0.67, Lisboa 4.50, Porto 4.50, Miami 1.58, Orlando 1.90, Montevidéu 2.13.
raw: 30.0 km · beach: distance log 5 km→10, 150 km→0; mountains: richness of nature leisure (mean of the top 3 of 4 counts, 50 km) × access (1 up to 15 km → 0 at 150 km, log), 0 with no relief; score = min(10, max(beach, mountains) + 0.3·min)
raw: 55.9 % withdrawal / available resources · average: stress log 100%→0, 10%→10; safe water lin 50%→0, 100%→10
Estimate: ESTIMATE (not a measurement): Taiwan is not in the World Bank database. Water stress = geometric mean of Japan (36.6%) and South Korea (85.2%) = 55.9% (range 36.6–85.2%); safely managed water = mean of Japan (98.7%) and South Korea (99.3%) = 99.0%. Comparable countries (high-income East Asia); not Taiwan data.
raw: Average of two mapping sources, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (Overture count ÷ K, K = median Overture/OSM ratio across the 39 cities: 2.57 within 2 km, 3.41 in the municipality); each source: 50% log1p(count within 2 km), 1000→10 + 50% log1p(per 10k pop.), 30→10. Brazil: 50% of that score + 50% log1p(CNPJ per 10k pop. ÷ K), 30→10
raw: Average of two mapping sources, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (Overture count ÷ K, K = median Overture/OSM ratio across the 39 cities: 2.48 within 2 km, 3.20 in the municipality); each source: 50% log1p(count within 2 km), 500→10 + 50% log1p(per 10k pop.), 10→10. Brazil: 50% of that score + 50% log1p(CNPJ per 10k pop. ÷ K), 10→10
raw: 80.77 years · average: life expectancy lin 70→0, 85→10; Brazil: beds/10k pop. lin 0→0, 50→10; World: OSM hospitals within 10 km log1p 50→10
Taiwan's 2024 life expectancy at birth (national, 80.77 years), from the Ministry of the Interior (內政部) life table as reported by the CNA news agency (August 23, 2025); the official PDF did not open from the collection server (TLS error). Taiwan is not in the World Bank database. Same (country) level as the other cities.
raw: 111.0 count of OSM objects · log1p(count), 150→10
The city
Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan. Located at the northern tip of the island of Formosa, the city is an enclave of New Taipei City. It lies about 25 kilometres southwest of the port city of Keelung. Taipei sits in the basin of the same name, an ancient lake bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
English rendering of the Portuguese Wikipedia summary linked below. Source: wikipedia_pt. Wikipedia revision 73227560 (2026-10-16T22:13:02Z).
Taxation
契稅 (deed tax): 6% (purchase and sale). Base: standard assessed value (核定契價), not the price. Paid by the buyer within 30 days 臺北市稅捐稽徵處 (Taipei Revenue Service)
annual property tax (IBI/taxe foncière/ENFIA/IMU/固定資産税 etc.); no official local rate collected yet (we do not invent the figure). not collected in this round
Frequently asked questions
What is the Onde Viver Bem score for Taipei?
Taipei has an indicative score of 7.92/10 in the World ranking, updated November 10, 2026. Cost of living is not part of the score.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the score for Taipei?
The strongest published variables are Airport (10.00), Entertainment (10.00) and Beach / mountains (10.00); the weakest are Sun (4.09), Bars (5.63) and Water (6.16).
Does cost of living or the land price per m² enter the score?
No. Cost of living and the land price per m² appear on the page but are not part of the score. See the methodology.
How is the score calculated?
It is an indicative 0–10 quality-of-life index, with 13 variables and published weights. Safety has a 15% weight and, when local data exist, a lethal-violence penalty may cap the total. The full method is on the methodology page.
Are any figures on this page estimates?
Yes. Some values are documented estimates, labelled with the “estimated” badge in the technical notes. The method is explained in the Estimates section.
Informational content and indicative scores. This is not advice on investing, immigration, buying property or choosing a career. Every metric cites its source; cost of living is not part of the score.
