Crime Safety
What Country Has the Most Gangs 2026
Country | Aggregate Gang Index (OCI) 2025↓ | Mafia Style Groups Index (OCI) 2025 | Criminal Networks Index (OCI) 2025 | Foreign Actors Index (OCI) 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | DR Congo | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
 | Colombia | 8.83 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 7.50 |
 | Myanmar | 8.67 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 |
 | Ecuador | 8.33 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.00 |
 | Central African Republic | 8.33 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 |
 | Paraguay | 8.17 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 9.00 |
 | Honduras | 8.00 | 8.50 | 7.50 | 8.00 |
 | South Africa | 7.83 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 7.50 |
 | Iraq | 7.83 | 6.50 | 8.00 | 9.00 |
 | Yemen | 7.83 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 8.50 |
 | Somalia | 7.67 | 9.50 | 7.50 | 6.00 |
 | Jamaica | 7.67 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 |
 | Turkey | 7.50 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 6.50 |
 | Venezuela | 7.50 | 9.50 | 5.50 | 7.50 |
 | Libya | 7.50 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 5.50 |
 | Lebanon | 7.50 | 6.50 | 7.50 | 8.50 |
 | Philippines | 7.33 | 8.00 | 6.50 | 7.50 |
 | Sudan | 7.33 | 7.50 | 6.50 | 8.00 |
 | Peru | 7.33 | 7.00 | 8.50 | 6.50 |
 | Guatemala | 7.33 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 |
 | Nigeria | 7.17 | 6.50 | 8.00 | 7.00 |
 | Mexico | 7.17 | 9.00 | 8.50 | 4.00 |
 | Kenya | 7.17 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 6.50 |
 | Mozambique | 7.17 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 7.50 |
 | Costa Rica | 7.17 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 7.50 |
 | Syria | 7.00 | 4.50 | 8.50 | 8.00 |
 | South Sudan | 7.00 | 5.50 | 7.50 | 8.00 |
 | Panama | 7.00 | 7.50 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
 | Italy | 6.83 | 9.00 | 4.00 | 7.50 |
 | Spain | 6.83 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 7.50 |
 | Nepal | 6.83 | 5.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
 | Cambodia | 6.83 | 5.00 | 7.50 | 8.00 |
 | Haiti | 6.83 | 9.00 | 7.00 | 4.50 |
 | Montenegro | 6.83 | 7.50 | 7.00 | 6.00 |
 | United Kingdom | 6.67 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 7.50 |
 | Indonesia | 6.50 | 6.00 | 7.50 | 6.00 |
 | Vietnam | 6.50 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
 | France | 6.50 | 5.50 | 6.50 | 7.50 |
 | Uganda | 6.50 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
 | Ukraine | 6.50 | 5.00 | 7.50 | 7.00 |
 | Mali | 6.50 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 6.00 |
 | Serbia | 6.50 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
 | Brazil | 6.33 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 4.00 |
 | Niger | 6.33 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
 | Germany | 6.17 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 7.50 |
 | Afghanistan | 6.17 | 4.50 | 8.00 | 6.00 |
 | Malaysia | 6.17 | 5.50 | 6.00 | 7.00 |
 | Cameroon | 6.17 | 3.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
 | Burkina Faso | 6.17 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
 | Chad | 6.17 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
 | Sweden | 6.17 | 5.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.17 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.50 |
 | Pakistan | 6.00 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 4.50 |
 | United States | 5.83 | 5.50 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
 | Russia | 5.83 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 5.00 |
 | Iran | 5.83 | 4.50 | 7.50 | 5.50 |
 | Madagascar | 5.83 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 6.50 |
 | Ivory Coast | 5.83 | 3.50 | 6.50 | 7.50 |
 | Chile | 5.83 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 6.50 |
 | Netherlands | 5.83 | 4.00 | 6.50 | 7.00 |
 | Sierra Leone | 5.83 | 3.50 | 6.50 | 7.50 |
 | Laos | 5.83 | 2.50 | 7.00 | 8.00 |
 | Nicaragua | 5.83 | 4.00 | 6.50 | 7.00 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.83 | 4.50 | 6.00 | 7.00 |
 | Ethiopia | 5.67 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 |
 | South Korea | 5.67 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 6.50 |
 | Greece | 5.67 | 4.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
 | El Salvador | 5.67 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
 | Ireland | 5.67 | 6.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 |
 | Lesotho | 5.67 | 6.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 |
 | Maldives | 5.67 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 4.50 |
 | Argentina | 5.50 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 5.50 |
 | Zimbabwe | 5.50 | 2.50 | 7.50 | 6.50 |
 | Azerbaijan | 5.50 | 5.00 | 5.50 | 6.00 |
 | Portugal | 5.50 | 4.50 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
 | Liberia | 5.50 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
 | Albania | 5.50 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 3.00 |
 | China | 5.33 | 6.50 | 7.50 | 2.00 |
 | Bangladesh | 5.33 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 |
 | Japan | 5.33 | 5.50 | 6.00 | 4.50 |
 | Tajikistan | 5.33 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 5.33 | 3.50 | 6.50 | 6.00 |
 | Guyana | 5.33 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 |
 | Belize | 5.33 | 6.50 | 3.50 | 6.00 |
 | Saint Lucia | 5.33 | 5.50 | 4.50 | 6.00 |
 | Tanzania | 5.17 | 3.00 | 6.50 | 6.00 |
 | Thailand | 5.17 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 7.50 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 5.17 | 1.00 | 8.00 | 6.50 |
 | Togo | 5.17 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 7.50 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.17 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 4.50 |
 | Bulgaria | 5.17 | 4.50 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
 | Denmark | 5.17 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.50 |
 | Moldova | 5.17 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.50 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.17 | 1.00 | 8.00 | 6.50 |
 | Cyprus | 5.17 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 7.00 |
 | Egypt | 5.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
 | Ghana | 5.00 | 2.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 |
 | Sri Lanka | 5.00 | 5.50 | 6.00 | 3.50 |
 | Zambia | 5.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 |
 | Benin | 5.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 |
 | Dominican Republic | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.50 | 4.50 |
 | Belarus | 5.00 | 3.50 | 5.00 | 6.50 |
 | New Zealand | 5.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
 | Croatia | 5.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
 | Canada | 4.83 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 |
 | Bolivia | 4.83 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.50 |
 | Belgium | 4.83 | 3.00 | 5.50 | 6.00 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 4.83 | 1.00 | 6.50 | 7.00 |
 | North Macedonia | 4.83 | 3.50 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
 | Cape Verde | 4.83 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 6.50 |
 | Angola | 4.67 | 2.50 | 6.00 | 5.50 |
 | Morocco | 4.67 | 1.50 | 7.00 | 5.50 |
 | Uzbekistan | 4.67 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
 | Guinea | 4.67 | 1.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
 | Jordan | 4.67 | 1.50 | 7.00 | 5.50 |
 | Israel | 4.67 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
 | Norway | 4.67 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
 | Slovakia | 4.67 | 3.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 |
 | Timor-Leste | 4.67 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
 | Djibouti | 4.67 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 |
 | Suriname | 4.67 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 |
 | Malta | 4.67 | 2.00 | 7.00 | 5.00 |
 | Bahamas | 4.67 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 6.50 |
 | Australia | 4.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.00 |
 | Senegal | 4.50 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 6.50 |
 | Switzerland | 4.50 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 7.00 |
 | India | 4.33 | 3.00 | 6.50 | 3.50 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 4.33 | 3.00 | 6.50 | 3.50 |
 | Romania | 4.33 | 3.50 | 5.50 | 4.00 |
 | Qatar | 4.33 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
 | Namibia | 4.33 | 1.00 | 5.50 | 6.50 |
 | Latvia | 4.33 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
 | Austria | 4.17 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 6.50 |
 | Gambia | 4.17 | 1.00 | 6.50 | 5.00 |
 | Lithuania | 4.17 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
 | Slovenia | 4.17 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 5.50 |
 | Fiji | 4.17 | 1.00 | 5.50 | 6.00 |
 | Solomon Islands | 4.17 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 7.00 |
 | Iceland | 4.17 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
 | Poland | 4.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 |
 | Kazakhstan | 4.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 |
 | Czechia | 4.00 | 2.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 |
 | Singapore | 4.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 |
 | Botswana | 4.00 | 1.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 |
 | Bahrain | 4.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
 | Estonia | 4.00 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 5.50 |
 | Barbados | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 5.50 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.00 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 5.50 |
 | Mauritania | 3.83 | 1.00 | 5.50 | 5.00 |
 | Gabon | 3.83 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 6.00 |
 | Mauritius | 3.83 | 2.00 | 5.50 | 4.00 |
 | Seychelles | 3.83 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
 | Tonga | 3.83 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 6.00 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.83 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 5.50 |
 | Algeria | 3.67 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
 | Malawi | 3.67 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 5.50 |
 | Uruguay | 3.67 | 2.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 |
 | Eswatini | 3.67 | 1.00 | 5.50 | 4.50 |
 | Comoros | 3.67 | 1.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 |
 | Hungary | 3.50 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.50 |
 | Finland | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 |
 | Kuwait | 3.50 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 3.50 |
 | Mongolia | 3.50 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 |
 | San Marino | 3.50 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 6.50 |
 | Tunisia | 3.33 | 1.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 |
 | Turkmenistan | 3.33 | 2.00 | 4.50 | 3.50 |
 | Oman | 3.33 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 |
 | Georgia | 3.33 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.00 |
 | Micronesia | 3.33 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
 | Andorra | 3.33 | 1.00 | 3.50 | 5.50 |
 | Burundi | 3.17 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 |
 | Bhutan | 3.17 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 |
 | Rwanda | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
 | Monaco | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 5.50 |
 | Palau | 3.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
 | North Korea | 2.83 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 |
 | Cuba | 2.83 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
 | Eritrea | 2.83 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 2.50 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.83 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 5.50 |
 | Luxembourg | 2.83 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 5.50 |
 | Armenia | 2.67 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
 | Kiribati | 2.67 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
 | Grenada | 2.67 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
 | Samoa | 2.50 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.50 |
 | Dominica | 2.50 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.50 |
 | Brunei | 2.33 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
 | Vanuatu | 2.17 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 4.00 |
 | Marshall Islands | 2.17 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 |
 | Liechtenstein | 1.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 |
 | Nauru | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 |
 | Tuvalu | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 |
- Global Organized Crime Index (GOCI) data compile three years’ data at a time.For example, 2025 data compile data from 2023-2025.
- Higher scores indicate a greater presence and influence of organized crime of the relevant category.
- GOCI defines ‘Mafia Style Groups’ as: clearly defined, organized criminal groups, including militia and guerrilla groups that are primarily funded by illicit activities. There are four defining features of a mafia-style group: a known name, a defined leadership, territorial control and identifiable membership.
- GOCI defines ‘Criminal Networks’ as: loose networks of criminal associates engaging in criminal activities. This also includes relatively small groups that do not control territory and are not widely known by a name or with a known leader. Criminal networks are involved in illicit trafficking of commodities but do not have territorial control or any of the other defining features of mafia-style groups. In essence, criminal networks and entrepreneurs are defined by their failure to meet the defining characteristics of mafia-style groups.
- GOCI defines ‘Foreign Actors’ as: state or non-state criminal actors operating outside their home country. In addition to foreign nationals, this may also in some instances include individuals forming part of a diaspora group that has established roots in the country.
