Pakistan ranked among top 10 angriest countries report finds

The latest global emotions report by Gallup has revealed some interesting facts about populations that experience the most anger.

Pakistan among top 10 angriest nations in the world

Angry Pakistani small investors scuffle with police outside the building of The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). Source: RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images

According to the annual Gallup Global Emotions , Pakistan ranked number 10 in the list of most angry populations in 2018.

The report ranks countries based on how stressed angry or worried people were in 2018.

Approximately 38 per cent of the Pakistani population has reported having experienced anger beating the global average of 22 per cent by 16 percentage points.

Armenia ranked as the angriest country in the world with 45 per cent of people claiming to have experienced a lot of anger followed by Iraq (44 per cent) and Iran (43 per cent).

Top 10 Most Angry:
The 10 most angry countries in the world
10 Most Angry Populations 2018 - Gallup Source: Gallup Website
Estonia ranked as the least angry population in the world with only 6 per cent of people experiencing a lot of anger followed by Singapore (7 per cent) and Finland (7 per cent).

Australia ranked at 126 out of 140 countries with only 10 per cent of the population experiencing a lot of anger.  

The 10 Least Angry:  
The 10 least angry countries in the world
10 Least Angry Populations 2018 Source: Gallup Website
John Clifton, Gallup managing partner said on the that the world is getting more negative.

“In three of our metrics on global negative emotions (worry, sadness and anger) all of them are on record highs.

[Gallup] has been doing this for over a decade. We go into 140 countries every single year and ask people on how your life is going?”

“The reason we do it is because one of the things our founder was most passionate about was understanding how people’s lives were going?” said Mr Clifton.
The report also found the most stressed countries in the world with the US making it among the top ten. 55 per cent of its population said that they experienced a lot of stress.

The most stressed country is Greece where 59 per cent of the population reported to have experienced a lot of stress followed by Philippines (58 per cent) and Tanzania (57 per cent).

The least stressed country is Turkmenistan with only 10 percent of the population experiencing stress followed by Uzbekistan (13 percent) and Kyrgyzstan (13 percent).

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