Civilizational Stress · live tracker
The world is not on fire,
but the stress is measurable.
The Human Index tracks 25 countries across 31 indicators in five domains — economic, social, mental, technological, environmental. The pipeline checks every 12 hours; sources publish on their own cadence. Every number traceable.
Where stress lives, on the map.
Twenty-five countries colored by their composite stress score. Hover any tracked country for a full readout — click to dive in.
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Highest stress
- 1South Africa54.8Elevated
- 2Turkey45.9Elevated
- 3South Korea43.4Moderate
- 4United States42.2Moderate
- 5Argentina41.9Moderate
Lowest stress
- 1Norway24.0Low
- 2Switzerland26.3Moderate
- 3Sweden26.9Moderate
- 4Netherlands28.4Moderate
- 5New Zealand30.3Moderate
Five dimensions of stress
Each composite score is a weighted average of five meta-indexes. Below, the global average across all 25 countries for each.
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All Pulses →Where the labor market is breaking, this week.
Corporate layoff announcements aggregated from SEC EDGAR, WARN Act filings, and verified news — feeding the Economic meta-index.
- 🇺🇸Amazon—affected
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- 🇺🇸id Software—affected
- 🇺🇸Sobr Safe, Inc.—affected
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- 🇺🇸Estee Lauder Companies Inc—affected
136 people affected across these signals.