Staff writer, with CNA Foreign spouses accounted for 18.5 percent of all marriages in Taiwan last year, the highest share over the past decade, despite the number of foreign spouses falling by 2,554 from a year earlier, the Ministry of the Interior said. The number of registered marriages peaked at 148,000 in 2016 before falling to 104,000 last year, down 15.2 percent from 2024, the latest Statistical Bulletin released by the ministry showed. Of the total, 85,042 marriages were between Taiwanese nationals, accounting for 81.5 percent, while 19,334 involved one spouse who was a foreign national, accounting for 18.5 percent. The Ministry of the Interior’s logo is pictured at its offices in Taipei in an undated photograph. Photo: Chen Yu-fu, Taipei Times The crude marriage rate stood at 4.5 p