Data breach notification costs worldwide 2018

Published by
Ani Petrosyan,
Jan 9, 2024
This statistic shows the estimated data breaches notification costs worldwide in 2018, by country. The reported costs include the creation of databases, compliance costs, as well as consultancy fees in case of data breach. The highest costs were registered among companies in the U.S. with average notification costs of nearly 740 thousand U.S. dollars as of 2018.

Estimated notification costs of data breaches worldwide in 2018, by country (in million U.S. dollars)

CharacteristicCosts in million U.S. dollars
United States 0.74
Middle East* 0.3
Germany 0.27
UK 0.21
Canada 0.14
ASEA* 0.1
South Korea 0.09
Japan 0.08
Italy 0.08
France 0.08
Turkey 0.07
South Africa 0.05
Australia 0.05
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July 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017 and 2018

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477 organizations and 2,200 individuals

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*ME is a cluster sample of companies located in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
*ASEAN is a cluster sample of companies located in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia.

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