Earth is ghetto8 billion roommates, zero security deposit1 in 3 households crushed by housing costsOne hospital bill from bankruptcyIncome inequality: above 0.40 and climbingLife expectancy: don't get too attachedAir quality: questionablePolitical polarization: surgingHomicide rates: location-dependentNow scoring 9 metrics — Gini coefficient addedRecommendation: do not move in

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Argentina

Cooked Index
34/ 100
Global Rank
26/ 72
26th Most Cooked
Top 3 Pain Points
  • Political polarization#13
  • Housing cost burden#13
  • Income inequality (Gini)#14
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Overview

Every country has a weak point. Argentina's happens to be political institutions, where political polarization ranks worse than 82% of the 72 countries on this list. Housing policy and economic policy aren't doing much better, landing at the 82nd and 81st percentiles respectively. Overall, that puts Argentina at #26 — #26 Most Cooked.

At 34/100, Argentina is 7 points above the median of 27 across all 72 countries (higher = more cooked). Performance is lopsided: political polarization ranks worse than 82% of countries, while billionaires hoarded (7 billionaires) is the closest thing to a bright spot — and it still only beats 51% of the field. Strip away the country name and you're really looking at a political institutions problem.

Sources: V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025) · OECD Affordable Housing Database (HC1.2) (2024) · World Bank — Gini Index (SI.POV.GINI) (2018–2022)

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