Global Organized Crime Index
The Global Organized Crime Index is a index that measures and ranks countries based on the prevalence of organized crime and their resilience to it. It evaluates criminal activities like drug trafficking, human trafficking, and cybercrime, alongside a country's ability to combat these threats through governance, law enforcement, and international cooperation. The index is developed by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), a network of experts dedicated to addressing organized crime globally.
It is the first index to specifically measure the extent of organized crime worldwide.{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Shiva |date=2021-10-01 |title=The world has its first nations on UN organized crime index |url=https://brusselsmorning.com/the-world-has-its-first-nations-on-un-organized-crime-index/17634/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=brusselsmorning.com |language=en-GB}} The index is published in several languages.
History
The Global Organized Crime Index was first published in 2021 by GI-TOC and was based on the 2019 ENACT Organised Crime Index for Africa.{{Cite web |title=About the project - The Organized Crime Index |url=https://ocindex.net/about |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=ocindex.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mastrangelo |first=Lindsey |date=2021-09-29 |title=Global Organized Crime Index 2021 |url=https://www.hsdl.org/c/crime-index-2021/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Homeland Security Digital Library |language=en-US}} The second index was published in 2023 and showed a slight increase in the global score.{{Cite web |title=The Global Organized Crime Index 2023 |url=https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/ocindex-2023/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Global Initiative |language=en}}
Methodology
The Organized Crime Index assesses and compares organized crime levels globally using a structured methodology. It defines organized crime to include activities like drug trafficking, human trafficking, and cybercrime, then selects indicators divided into two categories: criminality (measuring the presence of criminal activities) and resilience (measuring a country’s ability to combat crime). Data is collected from official statistics, expert surveys, media reports, and international organizations. Each indicator is weighted, scored, and aggregated to produce overall criminality and resilience scores, which are combined into a composite index. Countries are ranked based on these scores, with higher scores indicating higher vulnerability to and presence of organized crime.[https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Global-organized-crime-index-2023-web-compressed-compressed.pdf The Global Organized Crime Index 2023][https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Nina-Kaysser-Measuring-organized-crime-The-beginnings-of-the-Organized-Crime-Index-April-23-web.pdf Introduction Measuring Organized Crime]
Funding
The Organized Crime Index is partially funded by the United States Department of State.
Country scores
Countries are listed by their score in 2023. {{Static row numbers}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-text" style="font-size: 100%;"
!Country |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MMR}}
| align="center" |8.15 | align="center" |7.59 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{COL}}
| align="center" |7.75 | align="center" |7.66 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MEX}}
| align="center" |7.57 | align="center" |7.56 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PRY}}
| align="center" |7.52 | align="center" |6.70 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{COD}}
| align="center" |7.35 | align="center" |7.75 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{NGA}}
| align="center" |7.28 | align="center" |7.15 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ZAF}}
| align="center" |7.18 | align="center" |6.63 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{IRQ}}
| align="center" |7.13 | align="center" |7.05 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{AFG}}
| align="center" |7.10 | align="center" |7.08 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LBN}}
| align="center" |7.10 | align="center" |6.76 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ECU}}
| align="center" |7.07 | align="center" |6.25 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SYR}}
| align="center" |7.07 | align="center" |6.84 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{HND}}
| align="center" |7.05 | align="center" |6.98 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{IRN}}
| align="center" |7.03 | align="center" |7.10 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TUR}}
| align="center" |7.03 | align="center" |6.89 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{KEN}}
| align="center" |7.02 | align="center" |6.95 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PAN}}
| align="center" |6.98 | align="center" |6.68 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LBY}}
| align="center" |6.93 | align="center" |6.55 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{RUS}}
| align="center" |6.87 | align="center" |6.24 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{KHM}}
| align="center" |6.85 | align="center" |5.83 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{IDN}}
| align="center" |6.85 | align="center" |6.38 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BRA}}
| align="center" |6.77 | align="center" |6.50 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CAF}}
| align="center" |6.75 | align="center" |7.04 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{VEN}}
| align="center" |6.72 | align="center" |6.64 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PHL}}
| align="center" |6.63 | align="center" |6.84 |
| {{GTM}}
| align="center" |6.60 | align="center" |6.48 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{NPL}}
| align="center" |6.57 | align="center" |6.16 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{YEM}}
| align="center" |6.57 | align="center" |6.13 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{UGA}}
| align="center" |6.55 | align="center" |6.14 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{VNM}}
| align="center" |6.55 | align="center" |6.28 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{UKR}}
| align="center" |6.48 | align="center" |6.18 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PER}}
| align="center" |6.40 | align="center" |6.35 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CHN}}
| align="center" |6.37 | align="center" |6.01 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SDN}}
| align="center" |6.37 | align="center" |6.46 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{UAE}}
| align="center" |6.37 | align="center" |5.75 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SSD}}
| align="center" |6.32 | align="center" |6.34 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CMR}}
| align="center" |6.27 | align="center" |6.31 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MYS}}
| align="center" |6.23 | align="center" |5.94 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SAU}}
| align="center" |6.23 | align="center" |6.01 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ITA}}
| align="center" |6.22 | align="center" |5.81 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SRB}}
| align="center" |6.22 | align="center" |6.21 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MOZ}}
| align="center" |6.20 | align="center" |6.53 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TZA}}
| align="center" |6.20 | align="center" |6.15 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{THA}}
| align="center" |6.18 | align="center" |5.76 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SOM}}
| align="center" |6.13 | align="center" |5.89 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LAO}}
| align="center" |6.12 | align="center" |5.51 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PAK}}
| align="center" |6.03 | align="center" |6.28 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CIV}}
| align="center" |6.02 | align="center" |6.15 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GUY}}
| align="center" |5.97 | align="center" |5.10 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{HTI}}
| align="center" |5.93 | align="center" |5.73 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MLI}}
| align="center" |5.93 | align="center" |5.89 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|El Salvador}}
| align="center" |5.92 | align="center" |5.94 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BFA}}
| align="center" |5.92 | align="center" |5.49 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MNE}}
| align="center" |5.90 | align="center" |6.00 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ESP}}
| align="center" |5.90 | align="center" |5.78 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BLR}}
| align="center" |5.87 | align="center" |5.08 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BIH}}
| align="center" |5.85 | align="center" |5.89 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{FRA}}
| align="center" |5.82 | align="center" |5.66 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{JAM}}
| align="center" |5.80 | align="center" |5.91 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GHA}}
| align="center" |5.80 | align="center" |6.01 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{IND}}
| align="center" |5.75 | align="center" |5.53 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GBR}}
| align="center" |5.75 | align="center" |4.89 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{NIC}}
| align="center" |5.72 | align="center" |6.06 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PNG}}
| align="center" |5.72 | align="center" |5.44 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{NER}}
| align="center" |5.70 | align="center" |6.01 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ETH}}
| align="center" |5.68 | align="center" |4.79 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{USA}}
| align="center" |5.67 | align="center" |5.50 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BGR}}
| align="center" |5.65 | align="center" |5.44 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MDA}}
| align="center" |5.60 | align="center" |4.45 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{AGO}}
| align="center" |5.58 | align="center" |5.29 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MDG}}
| align="center" |5.58 | align="center" |5.59 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CRI}}
| align="center" |5.53 | align="center" |4.99 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SEN}}
| align="center" |5.52 | align="center" |4.81 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TCD}}
| align="center" |5.50 | align="center" |5.86 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LBR}}
| align="center" |5.50 | align="center" |5.05 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ZWE}}
| align="center" |5.47 | align="center" |5.66 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{QAT}}
| align="center" |5.45 | align="center" |5.21 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TJK}}
| align="center" |5.45 | align="center" |5.61 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GRC}}
| align="center" |5.35 | align="center" |4.93 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GER}}
| align="center" |5.33 | align="center" |4.90 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BEN}}
| align="center" |5.32 | align="center" |5.25 |
| {{KGZ}}
| align="center" |5.32 | align="center" |5.33 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TGO}}
| align="center" |5.23 | align="center" |5.33 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{KWT}}
| align="center" |5.20 | align="center" |5.14 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TTO}}
| align="center" |5.20 | align="center" |4.94 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CHL}}
| align="center" |5.18 | align="center" |4.60 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ALB}}
| align="center" |5.17 | align="center" |5.63 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{HRV}}
| align="center" |5.15 | align="center" |5.06 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BGD}}
| align="center" |5.12 | align="center" |4.98 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GNB}}
| align="center" |5.10 | align="center" |5.45 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{IRL}}
| align="center" |5.08 | align="center" |4.90 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{EGY}}
| align="center" |5.05 | align="center" |5.16 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MKD}}
| align="center" |5.03 | align="center" |5.31 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{DOM}}
| align="center" |5.02 | align="center" |5.15 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ARG}}
| align="center" |5.00 | align="center" |4.38 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MLT}}
| align="center" |5.00 | align="center" |4.65 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{NLD}}
| align="center" |4.97 | align="center" |4.69 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BHR}}
| align="center" |4.95 | align="center" |4.83 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BOL}}
| align="center" |4.95 | align="center" |4.30 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SLE}}
| align="center" |4.95 | align="center" |5.40 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{UZB}}
| align="center" |4.95 | align="center" |4.96 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{JOR}}
| align="center" |4.93 | align="center" |4.71 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LKA}}
| align="center" |4.92 | align="center" |4.64 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{DZA}}
| align="center" |4.88 | align="center" |4.51 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PRT}}
| align="center" |4.88 | align="center" |4.55 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BLZ}}
| align="center" |4.87 | align="center" |4.64 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BDI}}
| align="center" |4.87 | align="center" |4.51 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CHE}}
| align="center" |4.87 | align="center" |4.34 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GAB}}
| align="center" |4.85 | align="center" |4.90 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ISR}}
| align="center" |4.85 | align="center" |4.41 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{PRK}}
| align="center" |4.82 | align="center" |4.78 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{AZE}}
| align="center" |4.80 | align="center" |5.08 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MAR}}
| align="center" |4.80 | align="center" |4.79 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{COG}}
| align="center" |4.78 | align="center" |5.03 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SUR}}
| align="center" |4.77 | align="center" |4.90 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ZMB}}
| align="center" |4.73 | align="center" |4.93 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SVK}}
| align="center" |4.72 | align="center" |4.69 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SWE}}
| align="center" |4.70 | align="center" |4.56 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CZE}}
| align="center" |4.68 | align="center" |4.63 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{DJI}}
| align="center" |4.65 | align="center" |3.99 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{HUN}}
| align="center" |4.62 | align="center" |4.50 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GIN}}
| align="center" |4.58 | align="center" |5.20 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ROU}}
| align="center" |4.58 | align="center" |4.59 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GMB}}
| align="center" |4.53 | align="center" |4.83 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MWI}}
| align="center" |4.48 | align="center" |3.83 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{POL}}
| align="center" |4.48 | align="center" |4.01 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{KAZ}}
| align="center" |4.47 | align="center" |4.26 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TUN}}
| align="center" |4.45 | align="center" |3.79 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BEL}}
| align="center" |4.43 | align="center" |4.34 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CYP}}
| align="center" |4.43 | align="center" |4.19 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{KOR}}
| align="center" |4.43 | align="center" |4.91 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{OMN}}
| align="center" |4.40 | align="center" |4.14 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SLB}}
| align="center" |4.40 | align="center" |4.15 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TKM}}
| align="center" |4.40 | align="center" |4.61 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GNQ}}
| align="center" |4.38 | align="center" |4.11 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ESW}}
| align="center" |4.38 | align="center" |3.60 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MRT}}
| align="center" |4.38 | align="center" |4.38 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MUS}}
| align="center" |4.37 | align="center" |4.51 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Flag|Slovenia}}
| align="center" |4.37 | align="center" |4.29 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BWA}}
| align="center" |4.35 | align="center" |3.71 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{NAM}}
| align="center" |4.30 | align="center" |4.33 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CPV}}
| align="center" |4.28 | align="center" |4.04 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{JPN}}
| align="center" |4.28 | align="center" |4.53 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MDV}}
| align="center" |4.27 | align="center" |4.06 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{EST}}
| align="center" |4.25 | align="center" |3.60 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{FJI}}
| align="center" |4.15 | align="center" |3.90 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{AUT}}
| align="center" |4.13 | align="center" |4.04 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{MNG}}
| align="center" |4.12 | align="center" |4.01 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{NZL}}
| align="center" |4.08 | align="center" |3.25 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TLS}}
| align="center" |4.08 | align="center" |3.96 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{DNK}}
| align="center" |4.02 | align="center" |3.86 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{AUS}}
| align="center" |4.00 | align="center" |4.00 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ERI}}
| align="center" |3.97 | align="center" |4.34 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LSO}}
| align="center" |3.92 | align="center" |3.90 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{COM}}
| align="center" |3.92 | align="center" |3.86 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BTN}}
| align="center" |3.90 | align="center" |3.69 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LVA}}
| align="center" |3.90 | align="center" |3.51 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LTU}}
| align="center" |3.90 | align="center" |3.31 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SYC}}
| align="center" |3.90 | align="center" |3.68 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CAN}}
| align="center" |3.88 | align="center" |3.66 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BHS}}
| align="center" |3.75 | align="center" |3.79 |
| {{NOR}}
| align="center" |3.75 | align="center" |3.81 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{TON}}
| align="center" |3.70 | align="center" |3.78 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{GEO}}
| align="center" |3.60 | align="center" |2.96 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{RWA}}
| align="center" |3.60 | align="center" |3.68 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{LCA}}
| align="center" |3.53 | align="center" |4.09 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{KNA}}
| align="center" |3.52 | align="center" |4.10 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SMR}}
| align="center" |3.48 | align="center" |3.01 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{SGP}}
| align="center" |3.47 | align="center" |3.13 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{CUB}}
| align="center" |3.37 | align="center" |3.44 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ISL}}
| align="center" |3.37 | align="center" |3.39 |
| {{AND}}
| align="center" |3.22 | align="center" |2.96 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{URY}}
| align="center" |3.22 | align="center" |2.69 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{VCT}}
| align="center" |3.08 | align="center" |3.30 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{BRB}}
| align="center" |3.07 | align="center" |3.21 |
| {{FSM}}
| align="center" |3.00 | align="center" |3.30 |
| {{ATG}}
| align="center" |2.98 | align="center" |3.34 |
| {{FIN}}
| align="center" |2.98 | align="center" |2.71 |
| {{GRD}}
| align="center" |2.93 | align="center" |3.05 |
| {{BRN}}
| align="center" |2.85 | align="center" |2.76 |
| {{LUX}}
| align="center" |2.85 | align="center" |2.36 |
| {{ARM}}
| align="center" |2.82 | align="center" |3.26 |
| {{PLW}}
| align="center" |2.70 | align="center" |2.94 |
| {{DMA}}
| align="center" |2.63 | align="center" |2.63 |
| {{MCO}}
| align="center" |2.58 | align="center" |2.43 |
| {{MHL}}
| align="center" |2.52 | align="center" |2.31 |
| {{KIR}}
| align="center" |2.45 | align="center" |2.35 |
| {{WSM}}
| align="center" |2.43 | align="center" |2.04 |
| {{VUT}}
| align="center" |2.43 | align="center" |2.20 |
| {{LIE}}
| align="center" |2.27 | align="center" |1.89 |
| {{NRU}}
| align="center" |2.05 | align="center" |1.76 |
| {{STP}}
| align="center" |1.70 | align="center" |1.78 |
| {{TUV}}
| align="center" |1.62 | align="center" | 1.54 |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://ocindex.net/ Global Organized Crime Index]