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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Kuwait

Cooked Index
25/ 100
Global Rank
39/ 72
39th Most Cooked
Top 3 Pain Points
  • Air pollution (PM2.5)#3
  • Income inequality (Gini)#18
  • Incarceration rate#30
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Overview

Out of 72 countries, Kuwait sits at #39 — #39 Most Cooked. Three departments are doing the heavy lifting here: environmental and industrial policy (air pollution beats 96% of the field, just not in a good way), economic policy (income inequality, 75th percentile), and political institutions bringing up the rear. Different agencies, same energy.

Overall score: 25/100 — 2 points below the global median of 27 (higher = more cooked). Where the system is holding up: billionaires hoarded (3 billionaires) — better than 72% 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) · World Bank — Gini Index (SI.POV.GINI) (2018–2022) · V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025)

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