Venezuela

Overview

Venezuela lands at #2 of 72 on the Cooked Index — 2nd Most Cooked. The clearest fault line runs through political institutions: political polarization (Polarization 92/100) is worse than 99% of countries tracked. Housing policy isn't far behind — housing cost burden trails 93% of the field. And economic policy rounds out the picture: income inequality (Gini 53) sits worse than 94% of countries. Same scoreboard, different departments.

Venezuela scores 52 out of 100, the global median sits at 27 — so this is 25 points above that line (higher means more cooked). Where the system is holding up: billionaires hoarded (0 billionaires) — better than 83% of countries tracked. None of this is really about Venezuela specifically — it's about what's propping up the political institutions numbers underneath.

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