Karachi ranks 93rd on the list of most habitable companies based on stress indicators. This was deduced in a study commissioned by a renowned German well-being company “VAAY”
The study looked at 15 major stress indicators ranging from governance, environment and finance to safety, unemployment levels, air pollution, density, social security, mental health and access to healthcare etc.
According to the study, Karachi lies among the 10 most stressful urban centres to breathe in, slightly better than Baghdad (94), Kabul (95) and Moscow (96).
The organisation conducting this survey claims it has chosen the most and least stressful cities for their size and significance, as well as for their availability of reliable and comparable data.
The ten least stressful countries of the world include Reykjavik, Iceland’s coastal capital city offering sweeping nature views of the sea and green hills, Bern (Switzerland), Helsinki, (Finland), Wellington, Melbourne, Oslo, Copenhagen, Innsbruck (Austria), Hannover (Germany) and Graz (Austria).
In March 2021, Iceland was named the second happiest country in the world, falling behind Finland, which had won four consecutive years in a row.
Other major cities of the world rank as follows:
Vienna is at 13th position, Amsterdam (15), Zurich (17), Sydney (19), Stockholm (20), Madrid (21), Geneva (23), Frankfurt (24), Houston (25), Manchester (26), Abu Dhabi (28), Toronto (30), Brussels (31), Singapore (33), Tokyo (34), Hamburg (35), Berlin (36), Seoul (37), Edinburgh (38), Seattle (39), Chicago (40), Munich (41), Rome (42), Boston (43), Los Angeles (45), Dublin (46), Washington (47), Buenos Aires (48), Johannesburg (49), Cape Town (51), Prague (52), Budapest (54), Tel Aviv (55), Belgrade (57), Athens (58), Sofia (60), Paris (62), Warsaw (63), San Francisco (64), Doha (65), Kuwait (66), Rio de Janeiro (67), London (69), Taipei (71), Bucharest (72), Hong Kong (74), New York (75), Kuala Lumpur (76), Riyadh (77), Casablanca (79), Nairobi (80), Mexico City (81), Beirut (82), Shanghai (83), Tehran (86), Bangkok (87), Cairo (88), Bogota (89) and Istanbul (90).
Jakarta is at 92nd position and Kiev (Ukraine) occupies 91st slot on this list.
New Delhi rests at 97th position and Mumbai is at rock bottom or 100th position. Manila is ranked at the 98th slot.
