World Number of Industrial Robots Breaks Record in 2025

According to the information compiled from the report of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), the number of active industrial robots operating in factories around the world broke a record with 5 million 79 thousand in 2025, increasing by 9 percent compared to the previous year.

IFR President Jane Heffner stated that this transformation in the global industry shows that industrial automation is advancing at a dizzying pace.

Heffner stated that this new threshold of 5 million robots active in factories is more than double the total number of robots just 7 years ago.

Consolidating its overwhelming superiority in the global robot market, China increased its annual installations by 20 percent and included 354 thousand new robots in its production lines.

Japan, one of Asia's other strong players, saw a sharp decrease of 19 percent in the number of robots in 2025, falling to 36 thousand 219.

With this loss, a major recovery is not foreseen in the short and medium term for the Japanese market, which lost second place to the USA and fell to third place in the global rankings.