Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, is the second most stressful city in the world.
Gatekeepers News reports that Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub follows Mumbai, a city India, which is the number one most stressful city in the world.
On the other hand, the first and second least stressful cities in the world are Reykjavik in Iceland and Bern in Switzerland respectively.
This was contained in a 2021 Least and Most Stressful Cities Index released on Thursday.
The Least and Most Stressful Cities Index 2021 compares and analyses 100 global cities for indicators related to stress, according to VAAY.com.
“The cities were chosen for their size and significance, as well as for their availability of reliable and comparable data,” the report said.
“The study consists of 4 broad categories – governance, city, finance and citizens’ health – each made up of individual stress indicators that determine how stressful a city is to live in.”
See the lists below:
The ten most stressful cities in 2021
- Mumbai, India
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Manila, Philippines
- New Delhi, India
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Moscow, Russia
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Kiev, Ukraine
The ten least stressful cities in 2021
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Bern, Switzerland
- Helsinki, Finland
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Melbourne, Australia
- Oslo, Norway
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Innsbruck, Austria
- Hanover, Germany
- Graz, Austria
