Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry. UAVs are being utilized in countless ways across the world from surveying vast regions of land to search for wildfires and poachers, to protecting our borders and playing key roles in rescue and supply delivery missions.

UAVs have been around for a very long time but it wasn’t until recently these crafts have undergone some drastic technological advances that made them more resourceful, and able to be applied in a broader number of scenarios.

UAVs are used in countless industries that range from defense and industrial to environmental. One of the keys behind the boom we’ve seen in the expansion of the UAV industry is the diversity among these crafts in shape, size, along with the accessories and components each UAV can individually be equipped with and use.

The infographic below summarizes all of the important facts and statistics on UAVs such as how much the entire industry is worth; amount of jobs that have been created; a breakdown on how these devices are operated; the range of sizes; and other noteworthy statistics.