This is a list of intelligence agencies by country. It includes only currently operational institutions which are in the public domain. The list is not intended to be exhaustive.
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives.
Afghanistan
General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) – د استخباراتو لوی ریاست
Albania
State Intelligence Service (SHISH) – Sherbimi Informativ Shteteror
Algeria Directorate of Security Services Central Directorate of Army Security
Antigua and Barbuda
Office of the Prime Minister National Security Council (NSC) Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force (ABDF) Intelligence Centre (IC) Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance and Public Private Partnerships Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Ministry of Legal Affairs, Public Safety, Immigration and Labour Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
Argentina
President's Office Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) – Agencia Federal de Inteligencia Directorate of Judicial Surveillance (DOJ) – Dirección de Observaciones Judiciales Federal Counternarcotics Service (SEFECONAR) – Servicio Federal de Lucha contra el Narcotráfico Argentine National Gendarmerie Intelligence (SIGN) – Inteligencia de la Gendarmería Nacional Argentina Ministry of Defense National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence (DNIEM) – Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar Ministry of Justice Federal Penitentiary Service Intelligence – Inteligencia del Servicio Penitenciario Federal Airport Security Police Intelligence – Inteligencia de la Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria Ministry of Interior National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence (DNIC) – Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal Argentine Federal Police Intelligence – Inteligencia de la Policía Federal Argentina Buenos Aires Police Intelligence (SIPBA) (Buenos Aires Police Intelligence) – Inteligencia de la Policía Bonaerense Argentine Naval Prefecture Intelligence (SIPN) – Inteligencia de la Prefectura Naval Argentina Ministry of Economy Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) – Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera Intelligence Department of the Joint General Staff of the Armed Forces (J-2) Military Intelligence Collection Center (CRIM) – Central de Reunión de Inteligencia Militar Army Intelligence Service (SIE) – Servicio de Inteligencia del Ejército Naval Intelligence Service (SIN) – Servicio de Inteligencia Naval Air Force Intelligence Service (SIFA) – Servicio de Inteligencia de la Fuerza Aérea
Armenia
National Security Service (NSS) Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS)
Australia
Office of National Intelligence (ONI) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) Department of Home Affairs Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Department of Defence Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO)
Austria
Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung (BMLV): Federal Ministry of Defence Heeresnachrichtenamt (HNA): Army Intelligence Office Abwehramt (AbwA): Counter-Intelligence Office Bundesministerium für Inneres (BMI): Federal Ministry of the Interior Direktion Staatsschutz und Nachrichtendienst (DSN): Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service
Azerbaijan
State Security Service (Dövlət Təhlükəsizliyi Xidməti) Foreign Intelligence Service (Xarici Kəşfiyyat Xidməti) Financial Monitoring Service (Maliyyə Monitorinqi Xidməti)
Bahamas
Security and Intelligence Branch (SIB) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) National Crime Intelligence Agency (NCIA)
Bahrain
NSA – National Security Agency
Bangladesh
Prime Minister's Office National Committee for Intelligence Coordination National Security Intelligence (NSI) Special Security Force – Intelligence Bureau (SSF-IB) Ministry of Home Affairs Special Branch (SB) Detective Branch (DB) Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Intelligence Wing of the Rapid Action Battalion Ministry of Defence Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau (CTIB) National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) Ministry of Finance Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Cyber Security Agency Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)
Barbados
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
Belarus
State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KDB/KGB) (State Security Committee)
Belgium
VSSE (State Security Service) ADIV / SGRS (General Intelligence and Security Service)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (OSA) Državna Agencija za Istrage i Zaštitu (State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA)
Botswana
Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS)
Brazil
Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) Federal Police Department (DPF) (counterintelligence agency) Gabinete de Segurança Institucional (Institutional Security Bureau) (GSI) Responds directly to the president's office and the armed forces. Coordinates some intelligence operations. Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil (Federal Revenue Secretariat) (RFB) (General Coordination for Research and Investigations - Coordenação-Geral de Pesquisa e Investigação - Copei)
Brunei
Internal Security Department (Brunei) (internal)
Bulgaria
State Intelligence Agency (Държавна агенция „Разузнаване“ (DAR)) – overseas intelligence gathering service under the supervision of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria State Agency for National Security (Държавна агенция за национална сигурност (DANS)) – national security service under the supervision of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
Burundi
Service national de renseignement (SNR)
Canada
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Canadian Forces Intelligence Command (DND) Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit (DND) operated by the Canadian Forces Military Police Group Joint Task Force X Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) Intelligence Branch Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Bureau of Intelligence Analysis and Security and Bureau of Economic Intelligence Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Intelligence Division Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Immigrations Intelligence
Chad
Agence nationale de sécurité (ANS)
Chile
Ministry of Interior National Intelligence Agency (ANI) – Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia
People's Republic of China
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCCPC) International Department (ID) United Front Work Department (UFWD) People's Liberation Army (PLA) Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (JSDCMC) Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff Department (IBJSD) Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Ministry of State Security (MSS) Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR (OSNS)
Colombia
Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia (DNI)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
National Intelligence Agency (ANR) General Staff of Military intelligence (ex-DEMIAP)
Croatia
Internal and Foreign Intelligence Sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija (SOA) (Security and Intelligence Agency) Military Intelligence Vojna sigurnosno-obavještajna agencija (VSOA) (Military Security and Intelligence Agency)
Cuba
Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Ministry of the FAR (MINFAR) Military Counterintelligence Directorate Ministry of the Interior Dirección de Inteligencia (G2)
Cyprus
Cyprus Intelligence Service (CIS) (Κυπριακή Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών)(ΚΥΠ), (former Central Intelligence Service-KYP)
Czech Republic
Security Information Service (Bezpečnostní informační služba, BIS) Office for Foreign Relations and Information (Úřad pro zahraniční styky a informace, ÚZSI) Ministry of Defence Military Intelligence (Vojenské zpravodajství, VZ)
Denmark
Danish Security and Intelligence Service (Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET)). Danish Defence Intelligence Service (Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE)). Army Intelligence Center (Efterretningsregimentet (EFR)).
Egypt
Gihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma (GIS) (General Intelligence Service) Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Harbyya wa al-Istitla (OMIR) (Office of Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance) Al-amn al-Watani (HS) (Homeland Security)
Eritrea
National Security Office
Estonia
Estonian Internal Security Service (KaPo) (Kaitsepolitseiamet) Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (VLA) (Välisluureamet) Military Intelligence Centre of Estonian Defence Forces (Kaitseväe luurekeskus)
Ethiopia
National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) - (የብሔራዊ መረጃና ደህንነት አገልግሎት) Information Network Security Agency (INSA) - ( የመረጃ መረብ ደህንነት አስተዳደር)
Finland
Ministry of Defence Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency – Puolustusvoimien tiedustelulaitos (PVTIEDL) / Försvarsmaktens underrättelsetjänst Defense Command Intelligence Division – Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto (PE TIEDOS) / Huvudstabens underrättelseavdelning) Ministry of Interior Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO) – Suojelupoliisi / Skyddspolisen
France
President of France National Centre for Counter Terrorism (CNRLT, Coordination nationale du renseignement et de la lutte contre le terrorisme) Ministry of Interior General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI; Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure) – Domestic counter-terrorism and counter-espionage intelligence. National Police Central Directorate of Public Security direction nationale du renseignement territorial (DNRT) Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ; Direction centrale de la Police judiciaire) – Organised crime intelligence. Sous-direction anti-terroriste (SDAT) Ministry of Defence Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE; Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure) – Foreign intelligence relating to national security. Direction du Renseignement et de la Sécurité de la Défense (DRSD; Direction du Renseignement et de la Sécurité de la Défense) – Foreign intelligence relating to national security. Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM; Direction du renseignement militaire) – Military intelligence. Ministry of Finance Tracfin Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquêtes Douanières (DNRED)
Gambia
State Intelligence Services (the Gambia) (SIS)
Georgia
State Security Service (SSSG) − სახელმწიფო უშიშროების სამსახური Georgian Intelligence Service (GIS) − საქართველოს დაზვერვის სამსახური Georgian Armed Forces Military Intelligence Department
Germany
Federal Bundeskanzleramt: Federal Chancellery Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND): Federal Intelligence Service Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI): Federal Ministry of Interior Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV): Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI): Federal Office for Information Security Bundespolizei: Federal Police Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (IKTZ): Center for information and communication technology Bundeswehr: Federal Defense Force Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD): Military Counterintelligence Service
State Landesministerium des Innern: State Ministry of the Interior (different denominations from state to state) Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz (LfV): (semi-independent) State Authority for the Protection of the Constitution for every single state
Ghana
Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) – (Internal Intelligence Agency)
Greece
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic