Malaysia Second 'Most Good' Country

Finally....some good news for Malaysia!

After years of negative reporting about politics, crime and economy, Malaysian could use some music to their ears.

The Star Online reported that Malaysia has been ranked the second 'most good' country in ASEAN, according to the Good Country Index.

The Good Country Index, it's a global ranking indicator aimed at measuring the contribution of every country to the common good of humanity. 

The index tabulates the score from 35 indicators taken from sources like the World Bank and the United Nations.

This edition, Malaysia ranked 46th out of 163 countries - which is good for second place in ASEAN. Guess which country is no.1 from ASEAN...it is Singapore which ranked 24th.

The other ASEAN countries in the list include Thailand (57th), the Philippines (74th), Indonesia (83rd), Brunei (104th), Vietnam (115th), Cambodia (149th) and Laos (151st). Malaysia’s highest contribution to global wellbeing was in the 'prosperity and equality' category. 

Malaysia also ranked ninth globally, thanks to its open trading and direct investments in other countries.

According to the report, Malaysia is also rated positively in several areas such as Internet security, the freedom of movement of its citizens, international health regulations compliance and the deployment of peacekeeping troops for UN missions, to name a few.

However, the one area that Malaysia performed badly was the 'planet and climate' category. No thanks to its exports of hazardous pesticides, carbon dioxide emissions and deforestation issues, Malaysia was ranked 153rd in the world - 15 spots behind Indonesia.

Without much surprise, Sweden is the 'most good' country in the world.