★ Earth is ghetto★ 8 billion roommates, zero security deposit★ 1 in 3 households crushed by housing costs★ One hospital bill from bankruptcy★ Income inequality: above 0.40 and climbing★ Life expectancy: don't get too attached★ Air quality: questionable★ Political polarization: surging★ Homicide rates: location-dependent★ Now scoring 9 metrics — Gini coefficient added★ Recommendation: do not move in
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Taiwan

Cooked Index
25/ 100
Global Rank
41/ 72
41st Most Cooked
Top 3 Pain Points
  • Billionaires hoarded#12
  • Incarceration rate#12
  • Catastrophic health spending#30
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Overview

Every country has a weak point. Taiwan's happens to be housing policy, where housing cost burden ranks worse than 56% of the 72 countries on this list. Political institutions and economic policy aren't doing much better, landing at the 31st and 50th percentiles respectively. Overall, that puts Taiwan at #41 — #41 Most Cooked.

At 25/100, Taiwan is 2 points below the median of 27 across all 72 countries (higher = more cooked). Where the system is holding up: homicide rate (Homicide 0.8/100k) — better than 75% of countries tracked. Strip away the country name and you're really looking at a housing policy problem.

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

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