Robotics Market

How big is the Robotics Market in 2026?

Demand for robots in factories, hospitals and stores is expected to bring the Robotics Market to USD 228.2 billion by 2036. FMI estimates the 2026 market at USD 38.1 billion and projects a 19.6% CAGR from 2026 to 2036. The market was valued at USD 31.9 billion in 2025. Disinfection holds 61.2% by application in 2026. Automotive represents 28.0% by end user, and Industrial Robots account for 47.8% by robot type in FMI's 2026 assessment.

Factory installations and service robot shipments both rose in 2025. The International Federation of Robotics counted more than 600,000 new industrial robots in 2025 and an operating stock of 5 million units [1]. It expects 655,000 installations in 2026. Professional service robot shipments rose 24.0% to almost 250,000 units in the same year. China's National Bureau of Statistics reported industrial robot output up 28.5% in the first seven months of 2026 [23].

Skills and integration work slow conversion of interest into orders. Make UK found in June 2026 more than 50.0% of manufacturers cite skills shortages as the main barrier to adopting AI tools [7]. ABB offers a qualified example of ownership change [8]. It agreed in October 2025 to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group at an enterprise value of USD 5.4 billion. Its third-quarter 2026 release still expected closing in the fourth quarter [9]. The deal changes one supplier's owner, not demand.

Key Market Trends & Insights

• Growth is spreading beyond car plants. A3 reported that non-automotive customers accounted for 56.0% of North American robot units ordered in the second quarter of 2026. Orders from semiconductor and electronics buyers rose 38.0% in that quarter, while automotive OEM orders fell 25.0% in the first half [25]. Suppliers that depend on vehicle programmes face a different order cycle from those selling to electronics and life sciences plants.
• Mobile platforms are becoming the carrier for arms. FANUC introduced a DC-powered controller in October 2026 so its CRX collaborative robots can run from the battery of an AMR or AGV [10]. Transport and logistics was the top professional service application in 2025 with 117,500 units [2]. Buyers can now specify one moving cell for several stations instead of a fixed cell at each.
• Humanoid machines remain a small volume. About 7,000 full-size humanoids were sold worldwide in 2025 and most uses still needed human teleoperation [2]. South Korea's trade ministry launched a K-Humanoid Alliance in April 2025 with a 2025 robotics budget of KRW 200.0 billion [27]. Demand for these units is tracked in the humanoid robot market that FMI covers separately.

Regional Highlights

• In Asia, China set the pace for factory automation. The country accounted for 59.0% of global industrial robot installations in 2025 with 354,000 units. Chinese suppliers held 55.0% of that home demand [1]. Value-added output of industrial robots rose 28.0% in 2025 and unit output rose a further 28.5% between January and July 2026 [24][23]. Foreign suppliers must compete on price and local service to hold share in the region.
• In Europe, the installed base is large but new orders are weak. Germany made up 41.0% of European Union installations in 2025 even as its own count fell 8.0% [1]. The VDMA Robotics + Automation association expects a 5.0% fall in German industry turnover to EUR 14.1 billion in 2026 [26]. Suppliers in the region are relying on replacement cells and software upgrades until vehicle investment returns.

Robotics Market Size and Forecast

Table 1: Robotics Market Size and Forecast

Market size and forecast	Value
Market size in 2025	USD 31.9 billion
Estimated market size in 2026	USD 38.1 billion
Projected market size by 2036	USD 228.2 billion
CAGR from 2026 to 2036	19.6%

Source: Future Market Insights analysis of the robotics market, 2026.

Analyst Perspective

“Buyers now approve a robot against a defined task with a cycle time, a payload and an acceptance test on real parts. Suppliers separate themselves through controllers that connect to existing lines, programming that plant staff can maintain and a service contract with a named response time. The main qualification risk is site readiness. A cell that waits for guarding, fixtures or trained operators earns nothing until it runs.”

- Sudip saha, Principal Consultant, FMI

How is the Robotics Market segmented?

• By application: Disinfection, Shelf Scanning, RFID Scanning, Delivery, Security & Inspection, and Advertising.
• By end user: Automotive, Retail, Healthcare, and Electronic.
• By robot type: Industrial Robots, Professional Service Robots, and Personal and Domestic Service Robots. Fixed and mobile arms used on production lines are also covered in the industrial robot market that FMI tracks separately.
• By region: North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, East Asia, South Asia and Pacific, and Middle East and Africa.

Why does Disinfection lead by Application in the Robotics Market in 2026?

Disinfection holds 61.2% of the Robotics Market by application in 2026.

Hospitals buy these units to add a measured step to routine cleaning. A 2025 study in the Journal of Hospital Infection sampled 12 high-touch surfaces across 180 samples in a working hospital [4]. Standard cleaning alone cut total viable counts by 67.0%. Cleaning followed by a UV-C robot cut them by 96.0%. The result gives infection control teams a measured number to include in a business case.

The same study shows the qualification work a buyer must do. The mean dose that reached sampled surfaces was 29.3 mJ per square centimetre, and the robot was less effective in the ward than in the laboratory [4]. Facilities teams therefore test coverage room by room before signing a service contract. Suppliers that document dose maps and route times have a stronger case for repeat orders across a hospital group.

Shelf Scanning, RFID Scanning, Delivery, Security & Inspection and Advertising together hold the remaining 38.8%. Delivery is the fastest-moving of these jobs. Transport and logistics robots reached 117,500 units in 2025 and made up 47.0% of professional service shipments [2]. Indoor goods movement of this kind overlaps with the warehouse robotics market that FMI reports on separately.

Table 2: Application, 2026 Share

Leading Share	2026 market share
Disinfection	61.2%
All Other Segments Combined Share	38.8%

Source: Future Market Insights analysis of the robotics market, 2026.

Why does Automotive lead by End User in the Robotics Market in 2026?

Automotive accounts for 28.0% of the Robotics Market by end user in 2026.

Vehicle plants buy robots in programme-sized batches tied to a model launch. Yaskawa reported in April 2026 that large automotive projects in China increased its robot sales there. Automotive investment in Japan, the Americas and Europe stayed sluggish [14]. Yaskawa attributed that Chinese growth to large-scale projects, so a single plant decision can move a supplier's regional order book [14]. That lumpiness explains why automotive still leads even when its order growth lags other industries.

The buyer base inside the industry is shifting from assemblers to parts makers. A3 found that North American orders from automotive component plants rose 24.0% in the first half of 2026 while orders from automotive OEMs fell 25.0% [25]. The IFR expects new vehicle investment in South Korea to take effect in 2027 and 2028 [1]. Suppliers with standard welding and handling cells can serve component plants without the custom engineering that an assembly line needs.

Retail, Healthcare and Electronic buyers together represent the remaining 72.0%. Electronics is growing fastest in North America. Orders from semiconductor and electronics plants rose 35.0% in the January to June 2026 period [25]. Intuitive placed 546 da Vinci surgical systems in the third quarter of 2026 and reported an installed base of 12,094 [16].

Table 3: End User, 2026 Share

Leading Share	2026 market share
Automotive	28.0%
All Other Segments Combined Share	72.0%

Source: Future Market Insights analysis of the robotics market, 2026.

Why do Industrial Robots lead by Robot Type in the Robotics Market in 2026?

Industrial Robots hold 47.8% of the Robotics Market by robot type in FMI's 2026 assessment.

Factory arms carry a higher unit value than most service machines and are bought in volume. The IFR counted more than 600,000 industrial robot installations in 2025 [1]. It expects 655,000 in 2026 after an 11.0% rise last year. Japanese makers alone produced 207,004 manipulators and robots worth JPY 945.3 billion in 2025 [22]. That output was 21.0% higher by value than a year earlier. Exports from Japan rose 32.4% to JPY 789.7 billion as domestic shipments fell 10.8%.

Supplier results confirm the weight of the segment. FANUC's Robot segment earned JPY 378.6 billion in fiscal 2025, a rise of 14.9% [11]. Yaskawa's Robotics segment reported JPY 247.0 billion for the year to February 2026 [14]. Both companies sell controllers and service with the arm, which keeps revenue per unit above the price of the mechanical hardware.

Professional Service Robots and Personal and Domestic Service Robots together account for the remaining 52.2%. Professional units rose 24.0% to almost 250,000 in 2025 [2]. Consumer units rose 37.0% to almost 34.2 million. Consumer volumes are high but unit prices are low. iRobot completed a court-supervised sale of all its equity to its contract manufacturer Picea in January 2026 after a Chapter 11 process [18]. Price pressure in home robots limits the revenue that these volumes bring.

Table 4: Robot Type, 2026 Share

Leading Share	2026 market share
Industrial Robots	47.8%
All Other Segments Combined Share	52.2%

Source: Future Market Insights analysis of the robotics market, 2026.

What are the key drivers restraints and opportunities?

Robot revenue follows capital spending in a few industries and the readiness of each site to run a cell. The same factors that lift orders in electronics plants can leave vehicle programmes idle for a year.

Driver

Electronics and semiconductor investment is generating orders in several regions at once. Yaskawa reported in October 2026 that semiconductor demand was strong in the Americas, China and Europe and remained high in South Korea and Taiwan [15]. A3 recorded a 35.0% rise in North American robot orders from semiconductor and electronics buyers during the first six months of 2026 [25]. Collaborative units accounted for 36.5% of that industry's first-half orders [25], which points to smaller arms bought in larger numbers and links the segment to the collaborative robots market.

Restraint

Weak vehicle investment and a shortage of integration skills hold back orders in Europe and Japan. German installations fell 8.0% in 2025 and the VDMA expects a 5.0% decline in 2026 turnover [1][26]. FANUC said automobile-related demand in Japan had not recovered during fiscal 2025 [11]. On the buyer side, more than 50.0% of UK manufacturers surveyed by Make UK named skills shortages as their main barrier to new technology [7]. A plant that cannot staff commissioning delays its order even when the capital is approved.

Opportunity

Suppliers can sell mobile cells that move between stations and carry their own power. FANUC's R-50iA Compact DC controller lets a CRX collaborative arm draw power from an AMR or AGV and ships from November 2026 [10]. KUKA brought its LBR iisy cobot onto the iiQKA.OS2 platform in July 2026 with access to virtual commissioning [12]. Teradyne's robotics business sells collaborative and mobile robots. It reported its highest third-quarter revenue to date at USD 96.0 million in 2026 [17]. Each of these products reduces the fixed guarding and wiring that a first-time buyer must fund.

How do safety standards and public programmes shape robot purchases?

The safety standard for industrial cells now assigns duties across the whole project. ISO 10218-2:2025 was published in February 2025 and covers design, integration, commissioning, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of robot applications and cells [3]. The standard sets out what integrators must provide for each cell. Buyers use the standard to allocate guarding and validation work in the contract.

Governments are paying for adoption support instead of machines. The United Kingdom's Robotics Adoption Programme runs from April 2026 to March 2030 with GBP 52.0 million [5]. On 9 October 2026 the government named eight Robotics Adoption Hubs backed by GBP 40.0 million, with GBP 1.7 million for a convening body and GBP 2.5 million for 12 skills projects [6]. South Korea's trade ministry set a 2025 robotics budget of KRW 200.0 billion and projects more than KRW 1.0 trillion of humanoid investment by 2030 [27]. Such programmes shorten the trial phase for small buyers and give suppliers a route to first orders.

What limits reliable robot supply and cell performance?

Integration capacity sets the pace once hardware is ordered. Yaskawa's robotics profit fell 43.3% in the half-year to August 2026 on lower Japanese sales during a new ERP rollout and temporary European restructuring costs [15]. KUKA's EBIT fell 23.3% to EUR 58.7 million in 2025 even as revenue rose 4.4% to EUR 3.9 billion [13]. Thin margins leave less room to fund application engineers at each customer site.

Performance in the field also falls short of laboratory results. The UV-C robot tested by Casini and colleagues needed a higher dose in a hospital than in controlled conditions to achieve the same reduction [4]. The IFR notes that most humanoid uses still need human teleoperation [2]. Buyers therefore write acceptance tests on real parts, real rooms and real shift patterns before final payment.

Where can suppliers win additional business?

Service and software attach can grow faster than hardware. FANUC's Service segment earned JPY 141.1 billion in the twelve months to March 2026 [11]. Mitsubishi Electric signed a three-year agreement in May 2026 with the Chiba Institute of Technology to develop physical AI for maintenance and inspection robots [19]. Intuitive grew its da Vinci installed base 12.0% to 12,094 systems by September 2026 and guided to 14.0% to 15.0% procedure growth for the year [16]. Each installed unit then buys instruments, software updates and support for years. Suppliers that price those services separately protect margin when hardware competition increases.

Robotics Market by Country (2026 to 2036)

Table 5: Robotics Market Country Growth Forecast

Country	CAGR, 2026 to 2036
United States	19.8%
South Korea	19.7%
Japan	19.6%
United Kingdom	19.5%
Germany	19.4%

Source: Future Market Insights analysis of the robotics market, 2026.

United States

American factories moved back into second place worldwide for new robots in 2025. The IFR recorded almost 38,500 installations in 2025 [1]. That was a rise of 12.0% and the third-highest total on record. The country passed Japan in the ranking. Robot density stood at 307 units per 10,000 factory workers in 2024 and placed the United States eighth worldwide [20]. That figure leaves room for further automation in metal, food and electronics plants.

Orders in 2026 show which buyers are active. A3 counted 8,940 robots ordered in North America in the second quarter with a value of USD 622.0 million [25]. Unit orders rose 4.3% and value rose 21.3%, so buyers chose larger or better-equipped cells. Orders from semiconductor and electronics plants rose 38.0% and from automotive component plants 20.0%. Automotive OEM orders fell 25.0% across the first half.

The breadth of that demand supports the highest rate in the profiled group, with the US market rising at a 19.8% CAGR over 2026 to 2036. Healthcare adds a second engine. Intuitive placed 315 da Vinci 5 systems in the third quarter of 2026 and reported quarterly revenue of USD 3.1 billion, up 22.0% [16]. Yaskawa noted firm automotive and data centre demand in the Americas through August 2026 [15]. FANUC noted tariff concerns in the Americas alongside its sales growth there [11]. Suppliers with local service staff and standard cells for component plants should secure most of the growth in new sites.

South Korea

No country uses robots more intensively on the factory floor than South Korea. The IFR measured 1,220 robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees in 2024 and ranked that density the highest in the world [20]. New installations have been flat near 31,000 units a year since 2019 [1]. The 2025 count of about 30,000 units was a 1.0% fall. Growth must therefore come from replacement, new product lines and service robots instead of first-time automation.

Two sources of new demand are visible. The IFR expects investment by vehicle makers to take effect in 2027 and 2028 and says demand may break the flat trend in 2027 [1]. Semiconductor capital spending stayed high in South Korea and Taiwan through the six months to August 2026, according to Yaskawa [15].

Policy is pushing a third source. The trade ministry launched the K-Humanoid Alliance in April 2025 with 15 experts and about 40 participating companies and universities [27]. It set a 2028 target for a basic robot AI model and for humanoids under 60 kg with more than 50 joints. Those programmes and the vehicle investment cycle give the Korean market a 19.7% CAGR from 2026 to 2036 in FMI's forecast. The risk is concentration. Large groups decide many of the capital projects, so one delayed fab or plant can shift a year of orders. Suppliers that already hold service contracts in those groups are best positioned for replacement work.

Japan

Japan's robot industry exported its way through a weak home market in 2025. The Japan Robot Association reported orders of 218,987 units in 2025 and a 20.0% rise [22]. Production was worth JPY 945.3 billion and rose 21.0%. Exports rose 32.4% to JPY 789.7 billion while domestic shipments fell 10.8% to JPY 204.1 billion. The IFR counted 36,219 installations inside Japan and a 19.0% fall from 2024 [1]. The country slipped to third place worldwide.

Supplier results tell the same story from the company side. FANUC's Robot segment grew 14.9% to JPY 378.6 billion in the year to March 2026 on strong Chinese demand, while its Japanese sales fell because automobile-related demand did not recover [11]. Yaskawa's Robotics segment rose 4.0% to JPY 247.0 billion in the year to February 2026 [14]. In the following six months Yaskawa saw strong semiconductor and electronic component investment at home [15]. Those mixed results feed a 19.6% CAGR for the Japanese market during 2026 to 2036, which rests on domestic recovery and new product cycles.

Product launches show where Japanese suppliers expect that recovery to start. FANUC will ship its R-50iA Compact DC controller from November 2026 for cobots mounted on mobile platforms [10]. Yaskawa's NEX10 pairs a 10.0 kg arm with an autonomous control unit and a single-cable connection [28]. Mitsubishi Electric signed a basic agreement in May 2026 for a planned three-year physical AI programme with a Chiba research partner [19]. The IFR expects only slight growth in Japanese demand and no major recovery in the short to medium term [1]. Domestic buyers therefore need a clearer payback case than exporters, and suppliers will keep leaning on overseas sales for volume.

United Kingdom

British manufacturers installed few robots in 2024. The IFR counted 2,500 installations in 2024 after a fall of 35.0% [21]. The government has responded with adoption support instead of purchase subsidies. UK Research and Innovation runs a GBP 52.0 million Robotics Adoption Programme from April 2026 to March 2030 [5]. On 9 October 2026 the government named eight hubs sharing GBP 40.0 million [6]. They range from a national surgical robotics hub to hubs for Welsh manufacturers, waste and recycling and agri-food.

The barrier the programme targets is skills and not capital. Make UK's June 2026 survey found that only 2.0% of manufacturers used AI widely across their operations [7]. More than 50.0% named skills shortages as the main obstacle. Production use stood at 11.0%. The earlier Made Smarter Adoption scheme supported small and medium manufacturers in England from April 2022 to March 2025. Its evaluation was published in July 2026 [29].

The hubs are designed to run demonstrations and test-before-invest trials and to link firms with integrators and finance providers [6]. Suppliers that can staff a trial and then a first installation stand to convert many of those firms. Surgical robotics is a second route. The national surgical robotics hub signals public demand for systems used in hospital procedures. Weak domestic vehicle investment still limits orders from car plants. Growth will depend on food, pharmaceutical and logistics sites. Taken together with a low starting point, these conditions give the UK market a 19.5% CAGR across 2026 to 2036.

Germany

Germany combines a large robot base with weak order flow. Installations fell 8.0% to fewer than 25,000 units in 2025 [1]. That count still represented 41.0% of European Union demand and fifth place worldwide. Density reached 449 units per 10,000 manufacturing employees in 2024 and ranked third in the world [20]. The VDMA Robotics + Automation association expects German industry turnover to fall 5.0% to EUR 14.1 billion in 2026 [26]. That mix of a deep base and weak orders yields a 19.4% CAGR for the German market from 2026 to 2036, the slowest among the five profiled countries.

The main domestic supplier reflects those conditions. KUKA booked orders of EUR 4.2 billion in 2025 and revenue of EUR 3.9 billion [13]. Orders rose 1.9% and revenue rose 4.4%. EBIT fell 23.3% to EUR 58.7 million. Its supervisory board chairman described continued stagnation in Europe, while the company's China segment passed EUR 1.0 billion of revenue for the first time. Yaskawa also reported weak European automotive capital investment through August 2026 alongside growth in semiconductor demand [15].

Replacement and software upgrades will supply most of that growth. The installed base means that many cells reach the end of their controller life each year. KUKA's July 2026 LBR iisy launch on iiQKA.OS2 targets that work with one software platform from entry cobots to larger systems [12]. Integrators that can connect new arms to older line controls will win most of these projects. New vehicle plant investment is the missing driver. Until it returns growth will come from electronics, pharmaceutical and logistics sites and from retrofits inside existing plants.

Who are the notable companies in the Robotics Market?

FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, KUKA and ABB Robotics supply the arms and controllers used in most factory cells. FANUC's Robot segment brought in JPY 378.6 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2026, with China cited for strong growth [11]. Yaskawa's Robotics segment reported JPY 247.0 billion in the year to February 2026 and sells its arms with the company's own motion control products [14]. KUKA is owned by Midea Group and reported 2025 revenue of EUR 3.9 billion across robotics, systems and logistics automation [13]. ABB agreed in October 2025 to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group at an enterprise value of USD 5.4 billion, and in October 2026 it expected the sale to close in the fourth quarter [8][9].

Mitsubishi Electric sells MELFA arms as part of a wider factory automation range. In May 2026 it signed a three-year agreement with the Chiba Institute of Technology to develop physical AI for walking, humanoid and drone-type robots [19]. Teradyne's robotics business supplies collaborative and mobile robots and reported record third-quarter revenue of USD 96.0 million in 2026 [17].

Service robot specialists compete on a different basis. Intuitive sells surgical systems and then earns from instruments, accessories and service. Its third-quarter 2026 revenue was USD 3.1 billion and its da Vinci installed base reached 12,094 [16]. iRobot now belongs to its former contract manufacturer Shenzhen Picea Robotics after a sale completed in January 2026 [18]. Buyers should judge each supplier on local service capacity and on the software that connects its machines to the rest of the site.

Key Developments in the Robotics Market

• On 23 January 2026, Picea completed the acquisition of 100.0% of iRobot's equity through a court-supervised transaction that ended the Chapter 11 process. iRobot became a privately held company with its headquarters kept in Bedford, Massachusetts [18].
• On 15 July 2026, KUKA launched a new generation of its LBR iisy industrial cobot on the iiQKA.OS2 operating system. The platform adds simulation and virtual commissioning through iiQWorks.Sim [12].
• In October 2026, FANUC unveiled the R-50iA Compact DC controller that powers CRX collaborative robots from the battery of an AMR or AGV. Shipments were scheduled to begin in November 2026 [10].

Key Players in the Robotics Market

• FANUC Corporation
• Yaskawa Electric Corporation
• KUKA AG
• ABB Ltd (ABB Robotics)
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Teradyne, Inc. (Robotics)
• Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
• iRobot Corporation

Robotics Market Report Scope

Table 6: Robotics Market Report Scope

Coverage field	Report scope
Market definition	Revenue from robot systems sold to commercial and institutional buyers, including the arm or platform, its controller and bundled software and service. Standalone automation software and engineering services sold without a robot are excluded.
Application	Disinfection; Shelf Scanning; RFID (radio frequency identification) Scanning; Delivery; Security & Inspection; Advertising
End User	Automotive; Retail; Healthcare; Electronic
Robot Type	Industrial Robots; Professional Service Robots; Personal and Domestic Service Robots
Regions covered	North America, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, East Asia including China and Japan, South Asia and Pacific, and Middle East and Africa
Profiled markets	United States, South Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany
Companies covered	FANUC Corporation; Yaskawa Electric Corporation; KUKA AG; ABB Ltd (ABB Robotics); Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Teradyne, Inc. (Robotics); Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; iRobot Corporation
Analytical subjects	Installation and shipment indicators, safety standards, public adoption programmes, supplier results and product launches
Quantitative Units	USD billion

Source: Future Market Insights analysis of the robotics market, 2026.

Robotics Market Research Methodology

The robotics assessment draws on industry body installation and shipment statistics, national statistics, safety standard documentation, peer-reviewed clinical evidence, government programme announcements and supplier disclosures [1][2][22][23][3][4][6][11]. FMI measures annual revenue from robot systems sold with their controllers and bundled software and service. Segment values are classified by application, end user and robot type. Country forecasts reflect installation trends, capital spending by industry, public adoption support and supplier activity over the same 2026 to 2036 period. Unit counts, order values and company revenue are treated as separate indicators.

Robotics Market by Segments

Robotics Market segmented by Application:

• Disinfection
• Shelf Scanning
• RFID Scanning
• Delivery
• Security & Inspection
• Advertising

Robotics Market segmented by End User:

• Automotive
• Retail
• Healthcare
• Electronic

Robotics Market segmented by Robot Type:

• Industrial Robots
• Professional Service Robots
• Personal and Domestic Service Robots

Robotics Market by Region

• North America
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Mexico
• Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Rest of Latin America
• Western Europe
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • France
  • Nordic
  • BENELUX
  • Rest of Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • Poland
  • Hungary
  • Balkan & Baltic
  • Rest of Eastern Europe
• East Asia
  • China
  • Japan
  • South Korea
• South Asia and Pacific
  • India
  • ASEAN
  • Australia & New Zealand
  • Rest of South Asia and Pacific
• Middle East and Africa
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Other GCC Countries
  • Türkiye
  • South Africa
  • Other African Union
  • Rest of Middle East & Africa

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