United Kingdom

Overview

Every country has a weak point. United Kingdom's happens to be political institutions, where political polarization ranks worse than 57% of the 72 countries on this list. Housing policy and economic policy aren't doing much better, landing at the 33rd and 35th percentiles respectively. Overall, that puts United Kingdom at #54 — #54 Most Cooked.

At 20/100, United Kingdom is 7 points below the median of 27 across all 72 countries (higher = more cooked). Performance is lopsided: political polarization ranks worse than 57% of countries, while homicide rate (Homicide 1.2/100k) is the closest thing to a bright spot — and it still only beats 60% of the field. Strip away the country name and you're really looking at a political institutions problem.

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