IFRGermany in 1st place for robots in Europe
With around 221,500 industrial robots, Germany is the most automated economy in the EU - the number increased by 3% (2019). This was reported by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) with the publication of the World Robotics 2020 yearbook.
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In a global comparison, Germany ranks fifth after China, Japan, Korea and the USA. This also applies to annual sales figures in 2019. The record result in 2018 with around 27,000 industrial robots sold was due to a very dynamic special economic situation, mainly triggered by investments in the automotive industry.