Annual ridership reached 82.07m in 2025, 21.7% above the 2019 pre-COVID level.
THSR ridership is a compact gauge of Taiwan’s north-south mobility recovery. The series shows a sharp pandemic trough in 2021 followed by a climb to 82.07 million passengers in 2025. That latest level was about 22% above 2019, indicating that the system did more than regain its pre-pandemic volume.
Source 1: Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
Publisher: Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
Units: passengers; passenger-km
Source 2: Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
Publisher: Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
Units: passengers; passenger-km
Ridership means transported passengers, not passenger-kilometers. 2025 is based on the THSRC operational-information monthly table available at access date.
Annual totals are summed from THSRC monthly ridership where needed and cross-checked against THSRC annual-report totals. Values are displayed in millions of passengers and rounded to two decimals.
Taiwan electronic-parts export surplus
Electronic-parts exports reached US$222.9B versus US$143.7B of imports in 2025.
Taiwan exports to Mexico versus U.S. exports, 2017–2024
Taiwan exports to Mexico reached a 293 index in 2024, versus 220 for U.S.-bound exports; 2020=100.
Taiwan U.S. versus China/HK export-order growth, 2025
Taiwan export-order growth from U.S. buyers stayed above China/HK-bound order growth through 2025.