South Africa has been voted as the friendliest nation in the world, according to a new study by Remitly, a leader in digital financial services.
Remitly surveyed over 3 000 participants across the globe to answer a series of questions based on the Big 5 Personality Test.
The test was based on the scientific ‘Big Five’ model of the five key personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, and neuroticism. The questions in the study were based purely on the ‘agreeableness’ aspect of the test, as it was deemed the most effective way to gauge social harmony.
Respondents were asked questions to ascertain how much concern they feel for others, whether they take the time out for other people, and whether they like to make people feel at ease.
Each question was presented as a statement with respondents asked whether they disagreed, slightly disagreed, were neutral, slightly agreed, or agreed with the statement in question.
The higher their scores, the…
