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).
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.
Data
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| 1 | DR Congo | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Colombia | 8.83 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Myanmar | 8.67 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 8.33 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 8.33 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | Paraguay | 8.17 | 7.5 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | Honduras | 8 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8 |
| 8 | South Africa | 7.83 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Iraq | 7.83 | 6.5 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | Yemen | 7.83 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| 11 | Somalia | 7.67 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 11 | Jamaica | 7.67 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 13 | Turkey | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 13 | Venezuela | 7.5 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| 13 | Libya | 7.5 | 9 | 8 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Lebanon | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| 17 | Philippines | 7.33 | 8 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 17 | Sudan | 7.33 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 17 | Peru | 7.33 | 7 | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| 17 | Guatemala | 7.33 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 | Nigeria | 7.17 | 6.5 | 8 | 7 |
| 21 | Mexico | 7.17 | 9 | 8.5 | 4 |
| 21 | Kenya | 7.17 | 7 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 21 | Mozambique | 7.17 | 6 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 7.17 | 8 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 26 | Syria | 7 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 26 | South Sudan | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 8 |
| 26 | Panama | 7 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 29 | Italy | 6.83 | 9 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 29 | Spain | 6.83 | 6 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 29 | Nepal | 6.83 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 29 | Cambodia | 6.83 | 5 | 7.5 | 8 |
| 29 | Haiti | 6.83 | 9 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 29 | Montenegro | 6.83 | 7.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 6.67 | 5.5 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 36 | Indonesia | 6.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 36 | Vietnam | 6.5 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 36 | France | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 36 | Uganda | 6.5 | 5.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 36 | Ukraine | 6.5 | 5 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 36 | Mali | 6.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 36 | Serbia | 6.5 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 43 | Brazil | 6.33 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 43 | Niger | 6.33 | 5.5 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 45 | Germany | 6.17 | 5 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 6.17 | 4.5 | 8 | 6 |
| 45 | Malaysia | 6.17 | 5.5 | 6 | 7 |
| 45 | Cameroon | 6.17 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 6.17 | 5 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 45 | Chad | 6.17 | 5 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 45 | Sweden | 6.17 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.17 | 6 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 53 | Pakistan | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 54 | United States | 5.83 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 54 | Russia | 5.83 | 5.5 | 7 | 5 |
| 54 | Iran | 5.83 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 54 | Madagascar | 5.83 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 54 | Ivory Coast | 5.83 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 54 | Chile | 5.83 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 54 | Netherlands | 5.83 | 4 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 5.83 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 54 | Laos | 5.83 | 2.5 | 7 | 8 |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 5.83 | 4 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.83 | 4.5 | 6 | 7 |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 5.67 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 65 | South Korea | 5.67 | 5.5 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 65 | Greece | 5.67 | 4 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 65 | El Salvador | 5.67 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 65 | Ireland | 5.67 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 65 | Lesotho | 5.67 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 65 | Maldives | 5.67 | 6.5 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 72 | Argentina | 5.5 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 5.5 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 5.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 72 | Portugal | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 72 | Liberia | 5.5 | 3 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 72 | Albania | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 78 | China | 5.33 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 5.33 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 78 | Japan | 5.33 | 5.5 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 5.33 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 78 | Republic of the Congo | 5.33 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 78 | Guyana | 5.33 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 78 | Belize | 5.33 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 6 |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 5.33 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 86 | Tanzania | 5.17 | 3 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 86 | Thailand | 5.17 | 2 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 5.17 | 1 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 86 | Togo | 5.17 | 1 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.17 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 5.17 | 4.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 86 | Denmark | 5.17 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 86 | Moldova | 5.17 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.17 | 1 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 86 | Cyprus | 5.17 | 3.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 96 | Egypt | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 96 | Ghana | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 96 | Zambia | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 96 | Benin | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 5 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 96 | Belarus | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 96 | New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 96 | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 105 | Canada | 4.83 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 105 | Bolivia | 4.83 | 4 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 105 | Belgium | 4.83 | 3 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 4.83 | 1 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 4.83 | 3.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 4.83 | 3 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 111 | Angola | 4.67 | 2.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 111 | Morocco | 4.67 | 1.5 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 4.67 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 111 | Guinea | 4.67 | 1 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 111 | Jordan | 4.67 | 1.5 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 111 | Israel | 4.67 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 111 | Norway | 4.67 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 111 | Slovakia | 4.67 | 3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 111 | Timor-Leste | 4.67 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 111 | Djibouti | 4.67 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 111 | Suriname | 4.67 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 111 | Malta | 4.67 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 111 | Bahamas | 4.67 | 4.5 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 124 | Australia | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 124 | Senegal | 4.5 | 1 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 124 | Switzerland | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 7 |
| 127 | India | 4.33 | 3 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| 127 | Saudi Arabia | 4.33 | 3 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| 127 | Romania | 4.33 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 4 |
| 127 | Qatar | 4.33 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 127 | Namibia | 4.33 | 1 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 127 | Latvia | 4.33 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 133 | Austria | 4.17 | 2 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 133 | Gambia | 4.17 | 1 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 133 | Lithuania | 4.17 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 133 | Slovenia | 4.17 | 2 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 133 | Fiji | 4.17 | 1 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 4.17 | 1 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 133 | Iceland | 4.17 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 140 | Poland | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 140 | Czechia | 4 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 140 | Singapore | 4 | 2.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 140 | Botswana | 4 | 1 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 140 | Bahrain | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 140 | Estonia | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 140 | Barbados | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 150 | Mauritania | 3.83 | 1 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 150 | Gabon | 3.83 | 1 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 150 | Mauritius | 3.83 | 2 | 5.5 | 4 |
| 150 | Seychelles | 3.83 | 1.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 150 | Tonga | 3.83 | 1 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.83 | 1 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 156 | Algeria | 3.67 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 156 | Malawi | 3.67 | 1 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 156 | Uruguay | 3.67 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 156 | Eswatini | 3.67 | 1 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 156 | Comoros | 3.67 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 161 | Hungary | 3.5 | 1 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 161 | Finland | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 161 | Kuwait | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 161 | Mongolia | 3.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 161 | San Marino | 3.5 | 1 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 166 | Tunisia | 3.33 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 3.33 | 2 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 166 | Oman | 3.33 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 166 | Georgia | 3.33 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 166 | Micronesia | 3.33 | 1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 166 | Andorra | 3.33 | 1 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 172 | Burundi | 3.17 | 1 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 172 | Bhutan | 3.17 | 1 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 174 | Rwanda | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 174 | Monaco | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 174 | Palau | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 177 | North Korea | 2.83 | 1 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 177 | Cuba | 2.83 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 177 | Eritrea | 2.83 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.83 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 177 | Luxembourg | 2.83 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 182 | Armenia | 2.67 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 182 | Kiribati | 2.67 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 182 | Grenada | 2.67 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 185 | Samoa | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 185 | Dominica | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 187 | Brunei | 2.33 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 2.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 2.17 | 1 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 190 | Liechtenstein | 1.67 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 191 | Nauru | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 |
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)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
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- WJP RoLI Order and Security ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law IndexPlotr = −0.53 · strong · n = 141
- LP Safety & SecurityLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.44 · moderate · n = 165
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.
































































































































































































