Robot Density Β· 2024
1220
β–² 20.6% vs 2023 (1012)
#1 Worldwide
AV Fleet Units Β· est.
3200
#8 Worldwide
Supercomputers Β· TOP500
19
#6 Worldwide
Automation Score
1313.17
Global Rank #1

Robot density: IFR World Robotics 2024 (via Our World in Data), refreshed automatically. Supercomputer count: TOP500 list, June 2026, refreshed automatically β€” a count of 0 means no system on the current list. AV-fleet figures are modeled estimates pending a live feed.

South Korea Automation Analysis

South Korea's industrial robot density reached 1220 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers in 2024, up from 1012 in 2023 β€” a 20.6% year-over-year increase. That places it #1 of 53 countries we track. Both figures come directly from IFR World Robotics via Our World in Data.

Growth of this kind typically reflects capital investment in automated production lines rather than a shrinking manufacturing workforce β€” density rises when robot installations outpace employment. Read it alongside the live deployment signals below, which capture the specific installations and contracts driving the trend. On high-performance computing, South Korea has 19 systems on the current TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

Note: the autonomous-vehicle fleet figure shown above is a modeled estimate β€” no authority publishes verified per-country AV fleet counts β€” and is excluded from the Automation Score, which uses only measured robot density and live signal activity.

Latest Automation Signals in South Korea

Automation, robotics and AI developments detected in South Korea by our Signal Engine, which scans industry press and news feeds hourly. Showing the 8 most recent of 307 tracked for South Korea.

DEPLOYMENT 2026-08-07
Korean Welding Robots Certified to Navy Standards Operate at Arleigh Burke Builder - techtimes.com
DEPLOYMENT 2026-08-07
Korea’s Nuclear Waste Site Gets Seven-Robot Fleet to Slash Radiation Exposure - techtimes.com
LEADERSHIP 2026-08-06
LG, Nvidia chiefs to discuss AI infrastructure, robotics partnership in person next week - The Korea Herald
HR/LAYOFFS 2026-08-06
BigwaveRobotics, Omron Korea Team Up for Safe Humanoid Adoption - Seoul Economic Daily
DEPLOYMENT 2026-08-05
Korean Welding Robots Certified to Navy Standards Operate at Arleigh Burke Builder - Tech Times
DEPLOYMENT 2026-08-05
Bigwave Robotics Signs Robotics Business Cooperation MOU with OMRON Electronics Korea - μ•„μ‹œμ•„κ²½μ œ
LEADERSHIP 2026-08-04
Korean Robot Force Command System to Be Built by Military and Private Sector - Seoul Economic Daily
DEPLOYMENT 2026-08-04
Korea’s Nuclear Waste Site Gets Seven-Robot Fleet to Slash Radiation Exposure - Tech Times
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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does South Korea rank in automation?

South Korea ranks #1 of 53 countries on the Roboradar24 Automation Score, which anchors to measured IFR robot density and adjusts it by recent automation-signal activity.

How many robots are in South Korea?

South Korea has 1220 industrial robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees (2024 data), up from 1012 in 2023. Source: IFR World Robotics via Our World in Data.

Is South Korea's data live?

The automation signals below are scraped hourly and are genuinely live. Robot density comes from the IFR World Robotics dataset, which is published annually β€” we re-fetch it automatically so the figure updates as soon as IFR releases new data.

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