The Global Organized Crime Index is a multi-dimensional tool that assesses the level of criminality and resilience to organized crime for 193 countries along three key pillars – criminal markets, criminal actors, and resilience. Developed over a two-year period, the Index draws from both quantitative and qualitative sources and is underpinned by over 350 expert assessments and evaluations by the GI-TOC’s regional observatories.
The objective of the Index is to provide metrics-based information that would allow policymakers and continental and regional bodies to prioritize their interventions on the basis of a holistic assessment of where vulnerabilities lie and equip them with the means to measure the efficacy of their responses to mitigate the impact of organized crime.
The Global Organized Crime Index assesses the level of organised crime and resilience to organised criminal activity within a country. It ranks all UN member states through a dataset modelled on the scope, scale and impact of 10 criminal markets; the structure and influence of four types of criminal actors; and countries’ resilience to organised crime. The index website includes country summaries with background information on each country’s score and key trends. The scores for organised crime have been compared to the scores for corruption (as measured by the CPI) and a moderate positive correlation has been found in the accompanying report (Global Initiative 2021).
Despite the CPI measuring different factors than this index, the positive correlation shows the interconnectedness of corruption and organised crime (Global Initiative 2021).