Spain

Overview

Every country has a weak point. Spain's happens to be political institutions, where political polarization ranks worse than 64% of the 72 countries on this list. Economic policy and housing policy aren't doing much better, landing at the 49th and 21st percentiles respectively. Overall, that puts Spain at #56 — #56 Most Cooked.

Spain scores 19 out of 100, the global median sits at 27 — so this is 8 points below that line (higher means more cooked). Where the system is holding up: homicide rate (Homicide 0.7/100k) — better than 82% of countries tracked. None of this is really about Spain specifically — it's about what's propping up the political institutions numbers underneath.

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