According to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), some 2.14 million Taiwanese volunteered in 1999, a participation rate of 13.31 %. This falls far short of the participation rates in Japan (25.3 %), Germany (34 %) and the United States (55.5 %).
根據行政院主計處統計，民國 88 年台灣志工人數為 214 萬人，參與率為 13.31％，遠遠不及日本的 25.3％、德國 34％、美國 55.5％。