Experts have narrowed it down to a top ten, with Australia taking the number one spot.

Australia is known for its high quality of life and has previously been voted home to the best city in the world, Melbourne.

In an annual ranking of 140 of the world’s best cities to live in, The Economist pitted cities against each other in five key categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. Last year Melbourne came out on top and it looks like the whole country gets a thumbs-up for its low crime rates, too.

In second place is Malta. We would happily rate this Mediterranean gem for its beautiful scenery and sandy beaches, but we’re pleasantly surprised it’s such a positive place to be as a woman.

Other countries on the list include Iceland and New Zealand, but there’s absolutely no mention of the UK.

Sadly, this shouldn’t be a huge surprise. The UK has continually been criticised for not doing enough for women, with Plan International UK releasing a report last year that showed the extent of harassment females are subjected to from a young age.

“Our research found that overall the UK is failing girls,” said Lucy Russell, the UK girls’ rights campaign manager for Plan International UK and lead author on the study. “It’s clear that despite being one of the richest, most developed countries in the world, girls don’t have equal rights and equal life chances across the UK.”

“What we’ve heard from girls in our research is that girls are facing daily harassment in school – in the classroom and on the way to and from school,” she says.

“They need to use technology, but they don’t always feel safe to do that. They’re scared every day on the street, they have certain things they don’t do and places they don’t go.”

New World Wealth may not have put the UK in the running for safest places to live as a woman, but Britain wasn’t among the worst either. The report found that the least safe countries in the world for women in 2017 include Somalia, Sudan, Iraq and Syria.

These are the 10 safest countries to live in as a woman, and the UK's not one of them