The 2023 score includes new criminality indicators.
The source explains that the ENACT Organized Crime Index is an innovative tool aimed at measuring levels of organized crime in countries in Africa and assessing their resilience to organized-criminal activity. It adds that the Index, consisting of two composite metrics, ranks countries both according to their levels of criminality on a score from 1 to 10 (lowest to highest crime levels) and based on resilience to organized crime from 1 to 10 (lowest to highest resilience levels).Â
It defines organized crime as "illegal activities, conducted by groups or networks acting in concert, by engaging in violence, corruption or related activities in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or material benefit. Such activities may be carried out both within a country and transnationally".
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Organized crime index in Nigeria 2023, by type of crime
According to the organized crime index, arms trafficking and synthetic drug trade were the most common types of criminal market in Nigeria as of 2023, each with a score of *** points. By extension, Western Africa has one of the highest levels of criminality in Africa.
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Institute for Security Studies, & INTERPOL , & Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. (November 23, 2023). Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in Nigeria as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550529/organized-crime-index-in-nigeria-by-criminal-market/
Institute for Security Studies, und INTERPOL , und Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. "Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in Nigeria as of 2023." Chart. November 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550529/organized-crime-index-in-nigeria-by-criminal-market/
Institute for Security Studies, INTERPOL , Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. (2023). Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in Nigeria as of 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550529/organized-crime-index-in-nigeria-by-criminal-market/
Institute for Security Studies, and INTERPOL , and Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. "Leading Criminal Markets According to The Organized Crime Index in Nigeria as of 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550529/organized-crime-index-in-nigeria-by-criminal-market/
Institute for Security Studies & INTERPOL & Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in Nigeria as of 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550529/organized-crime-index-in-nigeria-by-criminal-market/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in Nigeria as of 2023 [Graph], Institute for Security Studies, & INTERPOL , & Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, November 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550529/organized-crime-index-in-nigeria-by-criminal-market/
