Country rankings

What Country Has the Most Gangs

DR Congo has the highest Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) in 2025 (9), followed by Colombia (8.83) and Myanmar (8.67). Tuvalu has the lowest (1.5).

Year 2025193 of 235 countries

Aggregate Gang Index (OCI), 2025

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 193 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
Middle half 4 – 6.17
Average
5.1
193 countries
Highest
9
DR Congo
Lowest
1.5
Tuvalu

Data

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193 countries · # = rank by Aggregate Gang Index (OCI)
#
1DR Congo9999
2Colombia8.839.59.57.5
3Myanmar8.67989
4Ecuador8.338.58.58
4Central African Republic8.33889
6Paraguay8.177.589
7Honduras88.57.58
8South Africa7.83887.5
8Iraq7.836.589
8Yemen7.837.57.58.5
11Somalia7.679.57.56
11Jamaica7.67887
13Turkey7.5886.5
13Venezuela7.59.55.57.5
13Libya7.5985.5
13Lebanon7.56.57.58.5
17Philippines7.3386.57.5
17Sudan7.337.56.58
17Peru7.3378.56.5
17Guatemala7.33868
21Nigeria7.176.587
21Mexico7.1798.54
21Kenya7.17786.5
21Mozambique7.17687.5
21Costa Rica7.17867.5
26Syria74.58.58
26South Sudan75.57.58
26Panama77.576.5
29Italy6.83947.5
29Spain6.83677.5
29Nepal6.835.57.57.5
29Cambodia6.8357.58
29Haiti6.83974.5
29Montenegro6.837.576
35United Kingdom6.675.577.5
36Indonesia6.567.56
36Vietnam6.5676.5
36France6.55.56.57.5
36Uganda6.55.577
36Ukraine6.557.57
36Mali6.576.56
36Serbia6.5676.5
43Brazil6.33874
43Niger6.335.576.5
45Germany6.17567.5
45Afghanistan6.174.586
45Malaysia6.175.567
45Cameroon6.173.57.57.5
45Burkina Faso6.17576.5
45Chad6.17576.5
45Sweden6.175.56.56.5
45Trinidad and Tobago6.17666.5
53Pakistan66.574.5
54United States5.835.566
54Russia5.835.575
54Iran5.834.57.55.5
54Madagascar5.83566.5
54Ivory Coast5.833.56.57.5
54Chile5.83566.5
54Netherlands5.8346.57
54Sierra Leone5.833.56.57.5
54Laos5.832.578
54Nicaragua5.8346.57
54Bosnia and Herzegovina5.834.567
65Ethiopia5.67476
65South Korea5.675.556.5
65Greece5.6746.56.5
65El Salvador5.67665
65Ireland5.6765.55.5
65Lesotho5.6765.55.5
65Maldives5.676.564.5
72Argentina5.5565.5
72Zimbabwe5.52.57.56.5
72Azerbaijan5.555.56
72Portugal5.54.566
72Liberia5.5376.5
72Albania5.56.573
78China5.336.57.52
78Bangladesh5.33664
78Japan5.335.564.5
78Tajikistan5.33655
78Republic of the Congo5.333.56.56
78Guyana5.33457
78Belize5.336.53.56
78Saint Lucia5.335.54.56
86Tanzania5.1736.56
86Thailand5.17267.5
86Papua New Guinea5.17186.5
86Togo5.17177.5
86Kyrgyzstan5.175.55.54.5
86Bulgaria5.174.565
86Denmark5.17555.5
86Moldova5.17555.5
86Guinea-Bissau5.17186.5
86Cyprus5.173.557
96Egypt5465
96Ghana5276
96Sri Lanka55.563.5
96Zambia5267
96Benin5168
96Dominican Republic555.54.5
96Belarus53.556.5
96New Zealand5465
96Croatia5465
105Canada4.83554.5
105Bolivia4.83455.5
105Belgium4.8335.56
105United Arab Emirates4.8316.57
105North Macedonia4.833.565
105Cape Verde4.83356.5
111Angola4.672.565.5
111Morocco4.671.575.5
111Uzbekistan4.67455
111Guinea4.6716.56.5
111Jordan4.671.575.5
111Israel4.67644
111Norway4.67455
111Slovakia4.6735.55.5
111Timor-Leste4.67545
111Djibouti4.67167
111Suriname4.67356
111Malta4.67275
111Bahamas4.674.536.5
124Australia4.54.554
124Senegal4.5166.5
124Switzerland4.53.537
127India4.3336.53.5
127Saudi Arabia4.3336.53.5
127Romania4.333.55.54
127Qatar4.33166
127Namibia4.3315.56.5
127Latvia4.33445
133Austria4.17246.5
133Gambia4.1716.55
133Lithuania4.173.54.54.5
133Slovenia4.17255.5
133Fiji4.1715.56
133Solomon Islands4.1714.57
133Iceland4.173.54.54.5
140Poland4264
140Kazakhstan4354
140Czechia42.54.55
140Singapore42.554.5
140Botswana415.55.5
140Bahrain4165
140Estonia433.55.5
140Barbados4543
140Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41.555.5
140Antigua and Barbuda433.55.5
150Mauritania3.8315.55
150Gabon3.8314.56
150Mauritius3.8325.54
150Seychelles3.831.555
150Tonga3.8314.56
150Saint Kitts and Nevis3.83155.5
156Algeria3.67155
156Malawi3.6714.55.5
156Uruguay3.672.54.54
156Eswatini3.6715.54.5
156Comoros3.671.54.55
161Hungary3.5145.5
161Finland3.533.54
161Kuwait3.5163.5
161Mongolia3.514.55
161San Marino3.5136.5
166Tunisia3.331.54.54
166Turkmenistan3.3324.53.5
166Oman3.33154
166Georgia3.333.53.53
166Micronesia3.3314.54.5
166Andorra3.3313.55.5
172Burundi3.17144.5
172Bhutan3.1714.54
174Rwanda3234
174Monaco312.55.5
174Palau3144
177North Korea2.83134.5
177Cuba2.833.532
177Eritrea2.83152.5
177Equatorial Guinea2.83125.5
177Luxembourg2.83125.5
182Armenia2.67233
182Kiribati2.67143
182Grenada2.67134
185Samoa2.5133.5
185Dominica2.5142.5
187Brunei2.33124
188Vanuatu2.1711.54
188Marshall Islands2.1712.53
190Liechtenstein1.67113
191Sao Tome and Principe1.511.52
191Nauru1.511.52
191Tuvalu1.5112.5

What correlates with Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) (2025)?

Pearson r against 1,411 other country metrics sharing at least 116 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

  1. Criminal Actors Score (GOCI)Crime Rate by Country
    r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 192
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  2. Overall Criminality Score (GOCI)Crime Rate by Country
    r = +0.89 · very strong · n = 192
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  3. Criminal Markets Score (GOCI)Crime Rate by Country
    r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 192
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  4. SusceptabilityNatural Disaster Risk by Country
    r = +0.56 · strong · n = 193
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  5. VulnerabilityNatural Disaster Risk by Country
    r = +0.55 · strong · n = 193
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  6. Crime Index Numbeo (1-100)Crime Rate by Country
    r = +0.54 · strong · n = 138
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

  1. Political Stability ScorePolitical Stability by Country
    r = −0.61 · strong · n = 193
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  2. Governance ValuePolitical Stability by Country
    r = −0.58 · strong · n = 192
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  3. Percentile RankPolitical Stability by Country
    r = −0.56 · strong · n = 192
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  4. Safety Index Numbeo (100-1)Crime Rate by Country
    r = −0.54 · strong · n = 138
    Plot
  5. WJP RoLI Order and Security ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index
    r = −0.53 · strong · n = 141
    Plot
  6. LP Safety & SecurityLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 165
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Aggregate Gang Index (OCI)?
DR Congo has the highest Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) in 2025, at 9, followed by Colombia (8.83) and Myanmar (8.67).
Which country has the lowest Aggregate Gang Index (OCI)?
Tuvalu has the lowest Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) in 2025, at 1.5.
What is the median Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) across countries?
The median is 5 across the 193 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this what country has the most gangs data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: 2025 Report - Organized Crime Index; 2025 Report Section 5 - Organized Crime Index; Methodology - Organized Crime Index.

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