Leading Economic Index Taiwan increased to 132.23 in May of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Leading Economic Index in Taiwan averaged 50.50 points from 1982 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 132.23 points in May of 2026 and a record low of 12.20 points in August of 1982. source: National Development Council (NDC), Taiwan

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Bankruptcies	1884.00	2294.00	Companies	May 2026
Car Production	18025.00	19299.00	Units	May 2026
Total Car Registrations	23401.00	23398.00	Thousand	May 2026
Cement Production	786.29	738.10	Thousands of Tonnes	Apr 2026
Changes in Inventories	-22077.00	-89613.00	TWD Million	Mar 2026
Coincident Index	137.70	134.64	points	May 2026
Corruption Index	68.00	67.00	Points	Dec 2025
Corruption Rank	24.00	25.00		Dec 2025
Industrial Production YoY	11.78	14.16	percent	May 2026
Industrial Production Mom	1.55	0.93	percent	May 2026
Leading Economic Index	132.23	129.87	points	May 2026
Manufacturing Production	12.68	16.01	percent	May 2026
Mining Production	-7.61	-8.71	percent	May 2026
Export Orders YoY	89475.00	87449.00	USD Million	May 2026

Taiwan Leading Economic Index

In Taiwan, the Leading Index provides early signal on the direction in which the economy is going. It aggregates the following leading indicators: index of export orders, real monetary aggregates M1B, TAIEX average closing price, net accession rate of employees on payrolls of industry and services, building permits, SEMI book-to-bill ratio, the TIER manufacturing sector composite indicator.