• The same poll conducted in 2011 had placed India at the fourth place. 

• India was followed by Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Nigeria and the U.S. — in that order.

• India ranked as the most dangerous on three of the topic questions.

1. The risk of sexual violence and harassment against women, 2.The danger women face from cultural, tribal and traditional practices, and 

3. The country where women are most in danger of human trafficking including forced labour, sex slavery and domestic servitude.

• A source in the Ministry of Women and Child Development said the survey was not based on scientific findings.

• The question on cultural practices targeting women included offences such as infanticide, acid attacks, female genital mutilation, child marriage, forced marriage, physical abuse or mutilation as a form of punishment.

• The other category in which India ranked the worst was sexual violence which comprised rape as a weapon of war, domestic rape, rape by a stranger, lack of access to justice in rape cases, sexual harassment and coercion into sex as a form of corruption.

• The only western nation in the top 10 was the United States, which ranked joint third when respondents were asked where women were most at risk of sexual violence, harassment and being coerced into sex.

The Hindu, NDTV.