In the fiscal year 2020, agricultural drones dominated the Japanese industrial drone market with a market size valued at approximately 26 billion Japanese yen. According to the source, the inspection drone market may outgrow the agricultural drone market by fiscal 2027.
Value of the industrial drone market in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by application type
(in billion Japanese yen)
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fiscal year 2020; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
market size includes drone fuselage and services
Supplementary notes
*Forecast.
The drone fuselage market includes objects with a weight of up to 150 kilograms that can be remotely controlled through wireless transmission, have a power source (excluding parachutes), and are used for industry purposes (excluding hobby uses). The service market includes providing drone operations, such as aerial photography or delivery (excluding training schools for drone operations, etc.), and handling drone-obtained sensory data, such as measurements or visual analysis (excluding analysis of general photography, etc.).
100 Japanese yen equal 0.74 U.S. dollars or 0.70 euros as of December 2022. Figures prior to FY 2020 come from previous reports.
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Nomura Research Institute. (December 17, 2021). Value of the industrial drone market in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by application type (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024294/japan-industrial-drone-market-size-by-type/
Nomura Research Institute. "Value of the industrial drone market in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by application type (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. December 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024294/japan-industrial-drone-market-size-by-type/
Nomura Research Institute. (2021). Value of the industrial drone market in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by application type (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024294/japan-industrial-drone-market-size-by-type/
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