Editing Republic of China Armed Forces (section)

==Budget==
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Taiwan's budget figures exclude both the classified budget and special funds allocated by the Executive Yuan. As of 2020 special funds expenditures were almost 2 billion a year.<ref name="Bell 2020" >{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Corey Lee |title=Is Taiwan Really Buying the 'Wrong' Weapons? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/is-taiwan-really-buying-the-wrong-weapons/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=1 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401214233/https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/is-taiwan-really-buying-the-wrong-weapons/ |archive-date=1 April 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021 the legislature approved a US$9 billion special budget for weapons and systems procurement.<ref name="Defense News Budget 2021" >{{cite web |last1=Yeo |first1=Mike |title=Taiwan is spending an extra $9B on its defense. Here's what the money will buy. |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/10/07/taiwan-is-spending-an-extra-9b-on-its-defense-heres-what-the-money-will-buy/ |website=www.defensenews.com |date=7 October 2021 |publisher=Defense News |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Taiwan Defense Budget
|-
! Year
! Nominal
! Percentage of GDP
|-
| 1996 || US$9.57 billion || 3.6%
|-
| 1998 || US$9.46 billion || 3.26%
|-
| 1999 || US$8.89 billion || 3.06%
|-
| 2008 || US$10.9 billion || 2.94%
|-
| 2020 || US$13.1 billion || 2.3%<ref name="Bell 2020" />
|-
| 2021 || US$16.2 billion<ref>{{cite web|title=Taiwan plans to spend $1.4 billion on new fighter jets amid rising China military activity |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/asia/taiwan-defense-spending-intl-hnk/index.html |website=www.cnn.com |publisher=CNN |last=Wang|first=Ann|date=27 August 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> || 2.36%
|-
| 2022 || US$18.6 billion ||2.2%
|-
| 2024 || US$19.1 billion||2.5%
|}