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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Country Dossier

India

Cooked Index
44/ 100
Global Rank
10/ 72
10th Most Cooked
Top 3 Pain Points
  • Billionaires hoarded#3
  • Air pollution (PM2.5)#4
  • Political polarization#8
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Overview

Out of 72 countries, India sits at #10 — 10th Most Cooked. Three departments are doing the heavy lifting here: political institutions (political polarization beats 89% of the field, just not in a good way), environmental and industrial policy (air pollution, 94th percentile), and housing policy bringing up the rear. Different agencies, same energy.

Overall score: 44/100 — 17 points above the global median of 27 (higher = more cooked). Where the system is holding up: incarceration rate (Incarceration 40/100k) — better than 96% of countries tracked. The story here isn't the country — it's the political institutions stack behind these numbers.

Sources: V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025) · IQAir World Air Quality Report (2025) · OECD Affordable Housing Database (HC1.2) (2024)

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