Behind Taiwan’s AI-driven economic boom, ordinary people see little gain
The Peninsula
TAIPEI: As Taiwan is seeing an economic boom fueled by its advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure supply to the rapidly expanding gl...
TAIPEI: As Taiwan is seeing an economic boom fueled by its advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure supply to the rapidly expanding global market, statistics reflecting ordinary people’s lives on the island tell a different story.
The island’s authority for budget, accounting and statistics earlier forecast Taiwan’s 2025 economic growth rate at 7.37 percent, significantly higher than the 5.27 percent in 2024.
However, much of its prosperity appears limited to those on the AI industrial chain.
In the first 11 months of 2025, exports of electronic as well as information and communication products surged 52 percent year on year, accounting for over 70 percent of total exports.
Meanwhile, exports of traditional industries grew by only 1 percent.
