According to the organized crime index, cocaine trade was the most common type of criminal market in Western Africa in 2023, with a score of 6.47 points. Human trafficking and cannabis trade followed as main types of crime in the region. Overall, Western Africa has one of the highest levels of criminality in Africa.
Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in West Africa as of 2023
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).
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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 West Africa as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550514/organized-crime-index-in-west-africa-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 West Africa as of 2023." Chart. November 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550514/organized-crime-index-in-west-africa-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 West Africa as of 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550514/organized-crime-index-in-west-africa-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 West Africa as of 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550514/organized-crime-index-in-west-africa-by-criminal-market/
Institute for Security Studies & INTERPOL & Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in West Africa as of 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1550514/organized-crime-index-in-west-africa-by-criminal-market/ (last visited May 17, 2025)
Leading criminal markets according to the organized crime index in West Africa 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/1550514/organized-crime-index-in-west-africa-by-criminal-market/
