China Overtakes Germany and Japan in Robot Density – IFR reports

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" xmlns:wb="//open.weibo.com/wb"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>China Overtakes Germany and Japan in Robot Density – IFR reports - Business Wire China</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="description" content="FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China&#39;s adoption of robots continues at a rapid pace: The country has surpassed Germany and Japan"> <meta name="keywrods" content=""> <meta name="author" content="Business Wire China"> <link href="/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="/css/main.css?ver=20220804" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="/css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet"> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/bootstrap.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/main.js"></script>  <script src="//tjs.sjs.sinajs.cn/open/api/js/wb.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> </head> <body>  <div class="header"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="container"> <div class="full_980 relative">  <div class="top_panel visible-desktop"> <a href="/zh">简体中文</a> | <a href="/hk">繁體中文</a> | <a href="/en">English</a> <div class="globalsite"><select id="globalsite" class="languages"><option value="0">Business Wire Global sites</option> <option value="1">Business Wire Global</option><option value="3">UK/Ireland</option><option value="4">Deutschland</option><option value="5">France</option><option value="6">Italy</option><option value="7">Japan</option> </select> </div> </div> <div class="logo"><a href="/en"><img src="/images/bwlogo_webmain_china.png" alt="Business Wire China" width="360" height="80"/></a></div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="navigation"> <ul class="sf-menu"> <li class="current"><a href="/en">Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/en/news/index.html">News</a> </li> <li><a href="/en/events/index.html">Events</a> </li> <li><a href="/en/medias/index.html">Media Services</a> </li> <li><a href="/en/about/index.html">About Us</a> <ul> <li><a href="/en/about/contact.html">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div>  <div class="search_form visible-desktop"> <form action="/en/news/search" method="get"> <input class="inp_search" name="s" type="text" value="Search..." title="Search..." /> <input type="submit" class="search_btn" value=" " /> </form> </div>  </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="page_wrapper"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="container"> <div id="content"> <script src="http://tjs.sjs.sinajs.cn/open/api/js/wb.js?appkey=3616646312" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/swfobject.js"></script> <div class="full_980 main_wrap"> <div class="row"> <div class="span9 main_block story"> <p><img src="/files/logos/I/IFR_Logo.jpg" alt="ifr2016"></p> <h2 class="storytitle">China Overtakes Germany and Japan in Robot Density – IFR reports</h2> <h3 class='storysubtitle'>New World Robotics Data by International Federation of Robotics reveal</h3> <div class="storytimelang"> <span class="time">2024-11-21 15:15</span> <span class="lang"> <ul> <li><a href="/zh/news/58363.html"><img src="/images/zh_cn.png" alt="zh_cn"></a></li> <li><a href="/en/news/58363.html"><img src="/images/en.png" alt="en"></a></li> </ul> </span> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <ul class="industry-list"> <li><a href="/en/industry/technology.html" class="btn">Technology</a></li> </ul> <div class="storycontent"> <p> FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany--(<span itemid="https://www.businesswire.com" itemprop="provider publisher copyrightHolder" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><span itemprop="name"><a href="https://www.businesswire.com/" itemprop="url" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url" rel="nofollow">BUSINESS WIRE</a></span></span>)--<strong>China's adoption of robots continues at a rapid pace: The country has surpassed Germany and Japan in the ratio of robots to factory workers, taking third place in the world in 2023. This is according to the World Robotics 2024 report, published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).</strong></p> <div> <div itemprop="articleBody"> <p> "China's massive investment in automation technology has achieved this high robot density despite a huge manufacturing workforce of around 37 million people," says Takayuki Ito, President of the International Federation of Robotics. "Robot density serves as a useful barometer for comparing the level of automation in manufacturing between countries."</p> <p> <strong>Top countries</strong></p> <p> The <strong>Republic of Korea</strong> is the world´s number one adopter of industrial robots with 1,012 robots per 10,000 employees. Robot density has increased by 5% on average each year since 2018. With a world-renowned electronics industry and a strong automotive industry, the Korean economy relies on the two largest customers for industrial robots.</p> <p> <strong>Singapore </strong>follows with 770 robots per 10,000 employees. Singapore is a small country with a very low number of employees in the manufacturing industry, so it can reach a high Robot density also with a relatively small operational stock.</p> <p> <strong>China´s </strong>push to the use of automation technology results in a high robot density of 470 robots per 10,000 employees (2022: 402 units). China only entered the top 10 in 2019. It has managed to double its robot density within four years.</p> <p> <strong>Germany </strong>ranks fourth with 429 robots per 10,000 employees. The robot density of Europe´s largest economy has grown by 5% CAGR since 2018.</p> <p> <strong>Japan</strong> is in fifth place with 419 units. Robot density of the world´s predominant robot manufacturing country grew by 7% on average each year (2018-2023).</p> <p> Robot density in the <strong>United States </strong>reached 295 units in 2023. The country ranks eleventh in the world.</p> <p> <strong>Robot density worldwide</strong></p> <p> The new <strong>global </strong>average robot density reaches a record 162 units per 10,000 employees in 2023 - more than double the number measured only seven years ago (74 units).</p> <p> <strong>Downloads</strong></p> <p> FULL TEXT press release and graphics at: <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fifr.org%2Fifr-press-releases%2F&esheet=54155759&newsitemid=20241120789594&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fifr.org%2Fifr-press-releases%2F&index=1&md5=39ecf503a96028ec01f731bc7ead8706" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/</a></p> <p> <strong>About</strong></p> <p> The International Federation of Robotics: <a 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