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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Bangladesh

Cooked Index
45/ 100
Global Rank
9/ 72
9th Most Cooked
Top 3 Pain Points
  • Air pollution (PM2.5)#1
  • Catastrophic health spending#5
  • Housing cost burden#11
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Overview

Out of 72 countries, Bangladesh sits at #9 — 9th Most Cooked. Three departments are doing the heavy lifting here: environmental and industrial policy (air pollution beats 99% of the field, just not in a good way), healthcare financing (catastrophic health spending, 93rd percentile), and political institutions bringing up the rear. Different agencies, same energy.

Overall score: 45/100 — 18 points above the global median of 27 (higher = more cooked). Where the system is holding up: billionaires hoarded (0 billionaires) — better than 82% of countries tracked. The story here isn't the country — it's the environmental and industrial policy stack behind these numbers.

Sources: IQAir World Air Quality Report (2025) · WHO / World Bank SDG 3.8.2 (2024) · V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025)

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