In 1998, Taiwan's welfare budget (including health care and civil service retirement benefits) was 5.8 % of GNP. This figure is well below the 12 % of GNP that the US spent on social welfare in 1995 and the 22.5 % the UK spent in 1993. Taiwan trails even more if one considers the non-governmental, non-profit private social welfare resources available in those countries.
以一九九八年來說，我國社福預算（含醫療保健及退休撫卹）約佔國內生產毛額（GNP）的百分之五．八，比起美國的百分之十二（九五年）、英國的百分之二十二．五（九三年）遠遠不及；如果再考量這些國家能夠動員的民間非營利組織資源，雙方的差距就更大了。