China leads world in CCTV surveillance

China has built the world’s biggest CCTV monitoring network, deploying more than half of all surveillance cameras in use globally, according to security research firm, Comparitech


MOST WATCHED CITIES (based on cameras per 1,000 people)

Top 10 cities outside of China 	Cities in China: Average of 372.8*


*Figure based on estimate of 540 million CCTV cameras across China as of 2021


MOST WATCHED CITIES OUTSIDE OF CHINA (cameras per 1,000 people)

1 Indore, India			62.52
2 Hyderabad, India		41.80
3 Delhi, India			26.70
4 Chennai, India		24.53
5 Singapore, Singapore 		18.04
6 Moscow, Russia		16.85
7 Baghdad, Iraq			15.97
8 London, UK			13.35
9 St. Petersburg, Russia 	12.65
10 Los Angeles, U.S.		8.77
11 New Taipei City, Taiwan 	7.83  
12 Seoul, South Korea 		7.80  
13 Bangkok, Thailand 		7.15  
14 Hong Kong, SAR† of China 	7.13  
15 Istanbul, Turkey 		6.97  
16 New York City, U.S. 		6.87  
17 Berlin, Germany 		6.24  
18 Puebla, Mexico 		5.29  
19 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 	5.19
20 Guadalajara, Mexico 		4.81 


†Special Administrative Region 


Source: Comparitech Limited
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