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Crime Rate by Country
Myanmar has the highest Overall Criminality Score (GOCI) in 2025 (8.1), followed by Colombia (7.8) and Mexico (7.7). Tuvalu has the lowest (1.5).
Crime & Safety203 countries · 11 metricsUpdated Oct 28, 2026Original page
11 sources
- Crime Index by Country 2025 - Numbeo
- Criminality - The Organized Crime Country
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wiki
- Crime Violent Offences - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Intentional homicide - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Victims of intentional homicide - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Serious assault 2018 - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Sexual Violence - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Kidnappings - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Robbery - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Statistics for Crime - Violent Crime - NationMaster
192 of 235 countries
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Overall Criminality Score (GOCI), 2025
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 192 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
5.1
Middle half 4.2 – 6.1
Average
5.1
192 countries
Lowest (best)
1.5
Tuvalu
Highest (worst)
8.1
Myanmar
Biggest changes · 2023 → 2025
191 countries have a value in both years.
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Data
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192 countries · # = rank by Overall Criminality Score (GOCI)
| # | |||||
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| 1 |  Tuvalu | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| 2 |  Nauru | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| 3 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
| 4 |  Liechtenstein | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 8.4 |
| 5 |  Marshall Islands | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| 6 |  Dominica | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 5.3 |
| 7 |  Vanuatu | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| 7 |  Kiribati | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| 9 |  Samoa | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 5.9 |
| 10 |  Monaco | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 5.8 |
| 11 |  Andorra | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 8.0 |
| 12 |  Grenada | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 5.2 |
| 12 |  Micronesia | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
| 14 |  Luxembourg | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 7.5 |
| 15 |  Palau | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| 16 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.4 |
| 17 |  Brunei | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| 17 |  Barbados | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 6.1 |
| 19 |  Armenia | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.6 |
| 20 |  Iceland | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 8.2 |
| 20 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 22 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.4 |
| 23 |  San Marino | 3.1 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 24 |  Finland | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 8.4 |
| 25 |  Cuba | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| 25 |  Saint Lucia | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| 27 |  Tonga | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 28 |  Bhutan | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| 29 |  Uruguay | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 7.5 |
| 30 |  Seychelles | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
| 31 |  Singapore | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 7.8 |
| 32 |  Norway | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 7.9 |
| 32 |  Comoros | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
| 34 |  Rwanda | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
| 34 |  Georgia | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
| 34 |  Estonia | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 8.0 |
| 37 |  Bahamas | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
| 38 |  Eritrea | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| 39 |  Timor-Leste | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 40 |  Fiji | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
| 41 |  Mongolia | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 42 |  Australia | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 7.5 |
| 43 |  Lithuania | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.4 |
| 43 |  Latvia | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 7.6 |
| 43 |  Cape Verde | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| 46 |  Denmark | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 8.2 |
| 47 |  New Zealand | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 7.9 |
| 48 |  Canada | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 7.4 |
| 48 |  Malawi | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 48 |  Botswana | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| 51 |  Mauritius | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
| 52 |  Japan | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 7.5 |
| 52 |  Eswatini | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
| 54 |  Slovenia | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
| 55 |  Austria | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7.5 |
| 56 |  Turkmenistan | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 |
| 57 |  Equatorial Guinea | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 2.1 |
| 58 |  Mauritania | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 59 |  South Korea | 4.4 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 8.0 |
| 59 |  Maldives | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 4.0 |
| 61 |  Namibia | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 62 |  Oman | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
| 64 |  Cyprus | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 64 |  Solomon Islands | 4.5 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 66 |  Lesotho | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| 67 |  Czechia | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
| 68 |  Gambia | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 69 |  Hungary | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 70 |  Switzerland | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 7.3 |
| 71 |  Poland | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
| 72 |  North Korea | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| 72 |  Tunisia | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 74 |  Gabon | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| 75 |  Burundi | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 2.3 |
| 75 |  Sweden | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 7.4 |
| 77 |  Slovakia | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 78 |  Zambia | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| 79 |  Belgium | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 7.2 |
| 79 |  Bahrain | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 81 |  Romania | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| 82 |  Djibouti | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 83 |  Malta | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 84 |  Guinea-Bissau | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 2.7 |
| 85 |  Suriname | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.2 |
| 86 |  Uzbekistan | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 87 |  Algeria | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 87 |  Sri Lanka | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.7 |
| 87 |  Portugal | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.6 |
| 87 |  Ireland | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 7.4 |
| 87 |  Belize | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 92 |  North Macedonia | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 93 |  Croatia | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 94 |  Azerbaijan | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 94 |  Republic of the Congo | 5.0 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 3.1 |
| 96 |  Guinea | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.0 |
| 97 |  Israel | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 98 |  Jordan | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 99 |  Kuwait | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 100 |  Bolivia | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 101 |  Benin | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| 102 |  Netherlands | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 7.4 |
| 102 |  Dominican Republic | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| 104 |  Albania | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 105 |  Senegal | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 105 |  Togo | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| 105 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 108 |  Argentina | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 108 |  Kyrgyzstan | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 3.8 |
| 110 |  Bangladesh | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| 110 |  Egypt | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
| 112 |  Germany | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 7.4 |
| 113 |  Morocco | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 113 |  Tajikistan | 5.4 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 2.5 |
| 113 |  Qatar | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 116 |  Sierra Leone | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.0 |
| 117 |  El Salvador | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 3.3 |
| 118 |  Chile | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 119 |  Moldova | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 4.1 |
| 120 |  Zimbabwe | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 3.0 |
| 120 |  Greece | 5.6 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| 122 |  Bulgaria | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 123 |  Angola | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
| 124 |  Liberia | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 3.4 |
| 125 |  Nicaragua | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 2.0 |
| 126 |  Ghana | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 127 |  Ivory Coast | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 127 |  Papua New Guinea | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 3.2 |
| 127 |  Guyana | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| 130 |  Montenegro | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
| 131 |  Madagascar | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
| 131 |  Belarus | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 3.1 |
| 133 |  United States | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 7.0 |
| 133 |  United Kingdom | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 7.6 |
| 135 |  India | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
| 135 |  Costa Rica | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 137 |  France | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 7.0 |
| 138 |  Tanzania | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 138 |  Niger | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| 138 |  Jamaica | 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| 141 |  Chad | 6.0 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 2.3 |
| 142 |  Ethiopia | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
| 142 |  Burkina Faso | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 2.9 |
| 144 |  Spain | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 145 |  Cameroon | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.1 |
| 145 |  Serbia | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 4.9 |
| 147 |  China | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.5 |
| 147 |  Pakistan | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 4.0 |
| 149 |  Saudi Arabia | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 3.8 |
| 149 |  Mali | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 2.1 |
| 151 |  United Arab Emirates | 6.4 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 152 |  Thailand | 6.4 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 5.0 |
| 152 |  Italy | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 6.4 |
| 152 |  Laos | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 3.4 |
| 155 |  South Sudan | 6.4 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 2.0 |
| 156 |  Ukraine | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 157 |  Malaysia | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 157 |  Haiti | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 2.2 |
| 159 |  Somalia | 6.6 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
| 160 |  Philippines | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| 161 |  Vietnam | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
| 162 |  Peru | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 4.5 |
| 163 |  Sudan | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 2.3 |
| 163 |  Yemen | 6.6 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
| 163 |  Mozambique | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
| 163 |  Nepal | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 3.9 |
| 167 |  Uganda | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 3.7 |
| 168 |  Guatemala | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 4.0 |
| 169 |  Indonesia | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 4.3 |
| 170 |  Iran | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 3.1 |
| 171 |  Russia | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 3.4 |
| 172 |  Panama | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 4.7 |
| 173 |  Venezuela | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
| 174 |  Syria | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
| 175 |  Afghanistan | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 1.5 |
| 175 |  Cambodia | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 3.5 |
| 177 |  Central African Republic | 7.0 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 2.1 |
| 178 |  Libya | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| 179 |  Brazil | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.0 |
| 180 |  Honduras | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 3.9 |
| 181 |  Iraq | 7.2 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
| 182 |  Kenya | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 5.2 |
| 183 |  Turkey | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 4.0 |
| 184 |  Lebanon | 7.3 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 3.1 |
| 185 |  Nigeria | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.5 |
| 186 |  South Africa | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 5.7 |
| 187 |  DR Congo | 7.5 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 2.2 |
| 188 |  Ecuador | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 |
| 188 |  Paraguay | 7.5 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 3.3 |
| 190 |  Mexico | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 4.5 |
| 191 |  Colombia | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 5.5 |
| 192 |  Myanmar | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 1.5 |
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- WJP RoLI Civil Justice ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law IndexPlotr = −0.61 · strong · n = 140
- WJP RoLI Criminal Justice ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law IndexPlotr = −0.61 · strong · n = 140
- WJP RoLI Absence of Corruption ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law IndexPlotr = −0.60 · strong · n = 140
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Overall Criminality Score (GOCI)?
- Myanmar has the highest Overall Criminality Score (GOCI) in 2025, at 8.1, followed by Colombia (7.8) and Mexico (7.7).
- Which country has the lowest Overall Criminality Score (GOCI)?
- Tuvalu has the lowest Overall Criminality Score (GOCI) in 2025, at 1.5.
- What is the median Overall Criminality Score (GOCI) across countries?
- The median is 5.1 across the 192 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does this crime rate by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Crime Index by Country 2025 - Numbeo; Criminality - The Organized Crime Country; List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wiki; Crime Violent Offences - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Last updated 2026-10-28.
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