Malaysia ranks 19th safest and most peaceful in the world


Malaysia has been ranked the most peaceful country in Southeast Asia and the fourth safest in the Asia Pacific behind New Zealand, Japan and Australia in the latest Global Peace Index ranking.

The country ranks 19th safest and most peaceful out of 153 countries in the world, according to the survey by Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace.

Malaysian women rank 16th most stressed in the world

Malaysian women rank 16th most stressed in the world, according to a recent study on the stress levels which women worldwide are subjected to.

Indian women rank as the world’s most stressed (87 per cent), says the study, prepared by the information and media company, Nielsen.

They are closely followed by Mexican women (74 per cent) and Russian women (69 per cent).

The study, which researched social behavioural patterns of women in 21 developing and emerging economies, revealed that women all over the world felt stressed out, with those in the so-called emerging countries facing greater stress than their counterparts in the developed countries.

Bernama