Soft/Governance & Integrity/Internal Security & Order

Organised Crime & Illicit Economy Response

The capacity to fight networks rather than incidents: standing units, intelligence-led operations, asset recovery and the cross-border cooperation that organised crime forces on every state.
pending/cap/organised-crime-illicit-economy-response
World mean
8.3
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
1–18
middle half 5.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.27
round 1 ±0.95 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1
Advanced 20
Established 24
Transitional 46
Foundational 45
Nascent 53
Inception 8

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
3 🇮🇹Italy Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
4 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
5 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
23 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.50
27 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
29 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.50
30 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
33 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
35 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±0.83
36 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
37 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
38 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.50
40 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
43 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±0.71
45 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
46 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
47 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇲🇹Malta Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.83
53 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
54 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
60 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
61 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.71
68 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
71 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 9 Transitional ±1.12
74 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
75 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
77 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
80 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
83 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
86 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
87 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
89 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
90 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
91 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
92 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
94 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
123 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
124 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
125 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
132 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
133 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
135 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
136 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
137 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
142 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
147 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
152 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
160 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
162 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
164 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
171 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
172 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
180 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
184 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
185 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
186 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
189 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
191 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
196 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00

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Policing & Law Enforcement9.42–19Singapore
Criminal Justice & Corrections8.82–18Finland, Norway