Table 2 Selected information on PSCs in selected countries/regions

Britain and N. Ireland, USA and Israel

PSCs’ budgets and the number of personnel employed exceed those of the public police^a

India

Estimated ratio of PSC personnel to state police: 4.98 to 1^a

Estimated number of PSC personnel: over 7 million^a

South Africa

Number of private security guards increased by 150 % from 1997 to 2006^c

Kenya

About 2000 PSCs in 2005^b

Largest PSC in 2005 had 10,000 personnel and operated in 68 different locations across Kenya

Nigeria

Between 1500 and 2000 PSCs in 2005, employing over 100,000 people^b

Brazil

Security market has reached US$49 billion, about 10 % of GDP, of which 60 % were private expenditures^c

PSCs employed 1.5 million people in 2006^c

Latin America

1.6 registered private security guards^a

Estimated 2 million unlicensed private security guards^a

Global/worldwide

Civilian private security industry estimated at US$165 billion in 2009, and US$244 billion in 2016^a