The global market for personal IDs is valued at $10.31 billion in 2024, having grown by 2.0% CAGR since 2019
Demand will continue to grow, with market value reaching $11.60 billion by 2029
The personal ID industry encompasses a wide variety of identity documents, including national ID cards, driving licences, voter ID cards, health cards, and birth certificates; and international travel documents such as passports and visas. The personal ID industry is driven by the need to continue to improve the security of these documents to make them less susceptible to counterfeiting activity, with national and regional initiatives to standardise formats of key types of personal ID to ensure that they embrace enhanced security measures.
Initiatives around digital IDs, along with the potential and challenges they face, are discussed in detail in this report; including the European Union's eIDAS Regulation. The continuing growth of digital IDs is inevitable over the next five years; however, they will complement, rather than replace, physical documents.
Key Questions:
What new and emerging technologies are impacting the personal ID market?
What are the key drivers of demand for passports and secure documents?
Who are the key players in the personal ID industry and how will the competitive landscape change over the next five years?
How regulations will affect this market - specifically the EU's eIDAS Regulation
How can organisations tackle the ongoing challenge of data security and privacy issues?
This report benefits:
Suppliers of security components, inks and substrates
High security printers
Consumables, equipment and machinery suppliers
Table of Contents
Executive summary
Introduction and methodology
Introduction
Report scope
Report objectives
Methodology
Data
Key drivers and trends
Introduction
Global trends
Economic trends
Geopolitical trends
Global population trends
Digital personal IDs
Multipurpose IDs
Immigration trends
Automation of borders
Identity theft
Digital onboarding
Sustainability drivers
Personal ID retail trends
e-Commerce
Instore retail
Disadvantages and risks of facial recognition
Digital IDs and the impact on physical personal ID documents
Introduction
Digital government-issued IDs
Countries with governmentissued digital ID systems
Digital wallets
Digital wallets in the European Union
Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)
Challenges of digital ID
Additional challenges for digital wallets
Impact of digital identities on the personal ID market
Regulatory landscape
Introduction
National ID legislation
European Union
eIDAS
eIDAS and the UK
Other parts of the world
USA - REAL ID
STORK project
FIDO alliance
ICAO
ISO/IEC
Legislation of migration and travel
Europe
iUSA
Data privacy regulations
Europe
USA
Others
Brazil
Canada
China
India
Japan
South Africa
Regulatory working groups
Cutting-edge technologies
Overview
Physical document technologies
Holography
Polymers
Digital identities
Web 3.0
iBlockchain
Non-fungible tokens
The metaverse
Authentication technologies
Optical machine authentication
Biometric authentication
Trends in biometric authentication
Challenges for biometric authentication
Other authentication technologies
Consumable materials and processes
Overview
Substrates
Security papers
Polymeric materials
Polycarbonate
PVC
Composites
Teslin
Other synthetic materials
Security laminates and overlays
Security inks
DOVIDs
Machine-readable features
Biometrics
Fingerprint
Iris recognition
Facial recognition
Voice recognition
Behavioural recognition
Personalisation
Personal ID market by enduse
Overview
Passports
Machine-readable passports
e-Passports
Identity cards
National ID (NID) cards
Military ID cards
Non-governmental ID cards
Traditional ID cards
e-ID cards
Driving licences
Traditional driving licences
e-Driving licence
Mobile driving licences
Visas
Traditional visas
e-Visas
Health cards
Voter ID
Birth certificates
Personal ID by geography
Overview
Western Europe
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
Eastern Europe
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
North America
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
Latin America
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
Asia
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
Middle East
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
Africa
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
Australasia
Passports and visas
National ID
Driving licences
Tables
Security printing for personal ID by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Substrates: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Substrates: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Security inks: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Security inks: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
DOVIDs: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
DOVIDs: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Machine-readable features: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Machine-readable features: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Biometrics: Personal ID market by end use-sector ($ million), 2019-29
Biometrics: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Personalisation print: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Personalisation print: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Security printing for personal ID by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
The world's most and least powerful passports
Passports: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Passports: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
National ID cards: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
National ID cards: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Driving licences: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Driving licences: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Visas: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Visas: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Health cards: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Health cards: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Electoral registration systems: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Electoral registration systems: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Birth certificates: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Birth certificates: Personal ID market by region ($ million), 2019-29
Security printing for personal ID by region ($ million), 2019-29
Western Europe: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Western Europe: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Eastern Europe: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Eastern Europe: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
North America: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
North America: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
South/Central America: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
South/Central America: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Asia: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Asia: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Middle East: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Middle East: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Africa: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Africa: Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Australasia: Personal ID market by technology ($ million), 2019-29
Personal ID market by end-use sector ($ million), 2019-29
Figures
Economic growth in selected countries/ regions (%)
Migrants as a share of total population by region (%)
Airport procedures requiring improved queue management (% of respondents)
In-store facial recognition technology solution
Thales Group: Gemalto Color Laser Shield
Presence of data protection legislation by region (%)
Evolution of the internet since the early 1990s
IDEMIA: OneLook multi-biometric ID verification solution
Global prevalence of compulsory voting (%)
Prevalence of birth registrations for children under 5 by region (%)
Users of e-government services in selected Western European countries (% of internet users)
Vehicle ownership in selected Western European countries (cars per 1,000 inhabitants)
Users of e-government services in selected Eastern European countries (% of internet users)
Vehicle ownership in selected Eastern European countries (cars per 1,000 inhabitants)
Percentage of Africans requiring a visa to travel within the region (%)