Maldives and India are much better places to live than other South Asian countries, according to the Failed States Index prepared by the Washington DC-based research organisation Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine.
Many countries bordering the Indian Ocean are in the top 37 ‘Alert’ category of Failed States, including Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan, Kenya, Yemen, Burma, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran.
Maldives, ranked at 84 in the ‘Warning’ category is considered less ‘failed’ than India, ranked at 79, and Thailand, ranked at 81.
The Failed States Index is based on 12 social, economic and political indicators.
