And if one adds in civil service retirement benefits, which were formerly considered social insurance but now come under their own heading, social welfare outlays take up a full quarter of the national budget! By OECD standards, Taiwan is only middling in terms of social welfare expenditures.
如果加上在民國八十二年前一直合併在社福項目中、後來才「分家」的「退休撫卹支出」，兩者合計，將高達中央政府總預算的百分之二十五，比例之高，令人咋舌！不過，和先進國家相比，我國政府對社會福利的投入只能排名中等。