plate 006 · 2024 data
China installs more robots than everyone else combined
New industrial robots installed in 2024, by country.
China's machine
- 1. China now builds more ships than everyone else combined
- 2. China makes more electricity than the US and EU combined
- 3. China installs more robots than everyone else combined
- 4. China is building half the world's new reactors
- 5. China switched on 80% of the world's new coal power
- 6. China's vehicle exports grew sevenfold in five years
- 7. Six of the world's ten busiest ports are in China
- 8. China completed six in ten of 2025's new skyscrapers
- 9. China has more metro track than the next six combined
- 10. China refines most of the minerals of the future
- 11. China's new housing starts have fallen 74% since 2019
- 12. China is building more power capacity than everyone else combined
54%
China installed 295,045 industrial robots in 2024, more than half of the world's 542,076.
+7% vs −9%
China's installations grew while the US fell 9%, Germany 5% and Japan 4%.
1,220
South Korea runs 1,220 robots per 10,000 factory workers, nine times the world average.
the numbers & method
| Installations (k) | |
|---|---|
| China | 295.0 |
| Rest of the world | 247.0 |
| Japan | 44.5 |
| United States | 34.2 |
| South Korea | 30.6 |
| Germany | 27.0 |
| Italy | 8.8 |
| Mexico | 5.6 |
Claim types Fact
Robot density from IFR press release, 8 Apr 2026. Rest of world = world total minus China. Corrected 3 Nov 2026: title shortened to 10 words or fewer; no change to the data.
Published 19 Sep 2026
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