A Study Into the Size of the World's Intelligence Industry

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Intelligence and Analysis Service (IAS)

80163

Defense Intelligence Headquarters

2,300164

Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA)

1,500165

Jordan

$19,268,072.12

1,352

$127,199,096.80

5,750

$21,229,784.00

5,000

$21,229,784166

5,000167

General Intelligence Department (GID) 87

Kazakhstan National Security Committee - Syrbar (KNB) Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence (GRU)

Kenya National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) Military Intelligence (MI)

162

Ken Kotani, "Current State of Intelligence and Intelligence Issues in Japan," The National Institute for Defense Studies News, no. 100 (2006), 2, http://www.nids.go.jp/english/dissemination/briefing/2006/pdf/100.pdf. 163 Ibid, 271. 164 Ibid, 268. 165 Ibid, 270. 166 Low Credibility, 24.11, Fred Mukinda, "Battle Lines Drawn Over Election Violence Report," Daily Nation, October 22, 2008, http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/483076/-/view/printVersion/-/thp3kkz//index.html. 167 Ibid.

A Study Into the Size of the World's Intelligence Industry

Published on Jan 6, 2010

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This thesis determines the approximate size of the world’s intelligence industry in quantitative terms. It reviews existing literature which describes, in qualitative terms, various themes found about intelligence agencies around the world. The thesis provides a quantitative method to estimate unknown intelligence spending and personnel. The study concludes that the world’s intelligence industry spends approximately 106 billion United States Dollars, and employs about one million people. Furthermore, the hypothesized direct correlation between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and intelligence spending may exist, but the research does not strongly support the assertion. It is apparent that GDP is a factor when it comes to intelligence spending, but it does not seem to be the primary component.

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