★ 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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United Arab Emirates

Cooked Index
22/ 100
Global Rank
48/ 72
48th Most Cooked
Top 3 Pain Points
  • Air pollution (PM2.5)#8
  • Incarceration rate#19
  • Billionaires hoarded#24
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Overview

Every country has a weak point. United Arab Emirates's happens to be environmental and industrial policy, where air pollution ranks worse than 89% of the 72 countries on this list. Housing policy and political institutions aren't doing much better, landing at the 32nd and 14th percentiles respectively. Overall, that puts United Arab Emirates at #48 — #48 Most Cooked.

Overall score: 22/100 — 5 points below the global median of 27 (higher = more cooked). Where the system is holding up: homicide rate (Homicide 0.5/100k) — better than 90% 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) · OECD Affordable Housing Database (HC1.2) (2024) · V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025)

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