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Industrial robots in 2025: who installs them, and how many

The official count from the International Federation of Robotics: robots installed in factories in 2025, country by country, and IFR's forecasts to 2029. Published September 24, 2026.

IFR press release
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Industrial robots at work 5M worldwide, +9% in a year · IFR
Installed in 2025 600,000+ +11% on 2024 · IFR Bars: China, US, Japan, Korea, Germany, India
Installed in China 354,000 +20% on 2024, about 59% of world · IFR
Industrial robots installed in 2025, by countryUnits
  • China · +20% on 2024, about 59% of world 354,000
  • United States · +12% on 2024 about 38,500
  • Japan · -19% on 2024 36,219
  • South Korea · -1% on 2024 about 30,000
  • Germany · -8% on 2024 fewer than 25,000
  • India · +15% on 2024 about 10,500
  • Italy · -11% on 2024 about 7,800
  • Mexico · -7% on 2024 under 5,200
  • France · -8% on 2024 about 4,500
  • Spain · -15% on 2024 about 4,300
  • Brazil · +38% on 2024 about 4,300
  • Canada · +5% on 2024 about 4,000

Figures as published by IFR, rounded; “about”, “under” and “fewer than” are IFR's own wording. Source: IFR World Robotics 2026 (press release, Sep 24, 2026)

Industrial robot installations worldwide: 2025 and IFR's forecastsUnits per year
  • 2025 · installed over 600,000
  • 2026 · IFR forecast, +9% 655,000
  • 2029 · IFR forecast 806,000

Source: IFR World Robotics 2026 (press release, Sep 24, 2026)

How to read these numbers

  • Industrial robots only. IFR counts robot arms and other industrial robots installed in factories. Humanoids, delivery robots and home robots are counted separately, if at all.
  • From IFR's press release. The full World Robotics report is sold by IFR. We cite only the figures IFR published in its press release, with the link, and do not republish its tables.
  • Forecasts are forecasts. The 2026 and 2029 figures are IFR's projections, not counts.

Coming next

Humanoid robot shipments from market trackers such as IDC, and robot orders in North America from A3, each with its source and date, as the reports come out.