{
  "slug": "jp-robotics",
  "name": "Japan Robotics & Automation",
  "updated": "2026-09-21",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/jp-robotics",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Population ages 65 and above (% of total)",
      "value": "29.99",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Population ages 15-64 working-age (% of total)",
      "value": "58.77",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), Japan",
      "value": "17.55",
      "unit": "% of manufactured exports",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)",
      "value": "7.64",
      "unit": "% of total goods exports",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)",
      "value": "17.55",
      "unit": "% of manufactured exports",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)",
      "value": "54156",
      "unit": "international dollars",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts, Japan",
      "value": "51.91",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.GSR.ROYL.CD?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)",
      "value": "17.10",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Gross domestic R&D expenditure as share of GDP (national innovation investment intensity)",
      "value": "3.44",
      "unit": "percent of GDP",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)",
      "value": "7.65",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments, Japan",
      "value": "29.1",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BM.GSR.ROYL.CD?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Patent applications, residents",
      "value": "222452",
      "unit": "count",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2021",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IP.PAT.RESD?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Resident patent applications filed per year (domestic innovation output)",
      "value": "222452",
      "unit": "applications",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2021",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IP.PAT.RESD?locations=JP"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Job offer-to-applicant ratio (labour-market tightness)",
      "value": "1.4",
      "unit": "job offers per applicant",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2014-2019",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2024/04/addressing-demographic-headwinds-in-japan-a-long-term-perspective_85b9a67f/96648955-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Years for elderly (65+) population share to rise from 14% to 20%",
      "value": "12",
      "unit": "years",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "1994-2006",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2024/04/addressing-demographic-headwinds-in-japan-a-long-term-perspective_85b9a67f/96648955-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average factory-gate value per industrial robot produced in Japan",
      "value": "4.9",
      "unit": "JPY million",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.jara.jp/data/press/2026/260724.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Japan machining/material-processing robot shipment value YoY growth (JARA)",
      "value": "101.5",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2025-Q3",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.jara.jp/e/data/dl/quarter/July-September-2025.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Japan automotive-industry robot installations, year-on-year change",
      "value": "11",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/japans-car-industry-has-highest-robot-installations-in-five-years"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Japan automotive industry annual industrial-robot installations (2024)",
      "value": "13000",
      "unit": "units installed",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/japans-car-industry-has-highest-robot-installations-in-five-years"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Electrical/electronics share of Japan operational robot stock",
      "value": "33",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "JP",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://ifr.org/downloads/press2018/2024-SEP-24_IFR_press_release_World_Robotics_2024_-_Japan.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}