CHART OF MONEY LAUNDERING RISK IN AFRICA BY COUNTRY

A recent report by the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) at the Basel Institute of Governance assessed the world's risk of money laundering. Basel AML Index gives risk scores based on data from 15 publicly available sources, such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum.

Per the report, almost two-thirds of African countries fall into the high-risk category, with an overall risk score of 6.54.

Below are 10 African countries with the highest money laundering risk:

Rank	Country	Overall score	Global rank
1	Chad	8.14	2
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.10	4
3	Republic of the Congo	7.91	5
4	Mozambique	7.88	6
5	Gabon	7.73	7
6	Guinea-Bissau	7.69	8
7	Madagascar	7.43	11
8	Algeria	7.22	12
9	Liberia	7.17	13
10	Sierra Leone	7.09	14

    

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