−9%
change in US industrial robot installations from 2023 to 2024; Taiwan +33%, Italy −16%
What the chart shows
Installations fell in 2024 in half of the ten largest markets for industrial robots. Italy had the steepest drop, 16%, followed by the United States (9%), Germany (5%), Japan (4%) and South Korea (3%).
Taiwan grew fastest, by 33%, from a much smaller base than China. China and India each grew 7%, Mexico 4% and Spain 1%. Worldwide, installations were up 0.2% (related chart).
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | +33% |
| China | +7% |
| India | +7% |
| United States | −9% |
| Italy | −16% |
How to read it
- Year-on-year change in new installations, 2023 to 2024, for the 10 largest markets in 2024. The data file rounds growth to whole percentages.
- A large percentage change can come from a small base: Taiwan installed 5,800 robots in 2024, against China’s 295,000 (country chart).
Source: International Federation of Robotics (IFR), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.5.6: Annual growth rate of industrial robots installed by geographic area, 2023 vs. 2024. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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