Red-hot Latin lovers are far from fictional and they outdo the rest of the world in the extraordinary orgasm stakes, it has emerged.

Durex has unveiled the results of its latest Sexual Wellbeing survey, revealing that Mexico and Brazil are home to some of the world's most satisfied sexual beings.

People there are happiest with the intensity of their orgasms, apparently, while lacklustre lovers in Japan languish with less-than earth-shattering climaxes.

"If you want to have an orgasm, it's important that you allow yourself to surrender to the good feelings you are experiencing," sexpert Kevan Wylie remarked to Reuters, in a valiant attempt at advice for the survey's eastern respondents.

Couples from China and Hong Kong are the least likely to reach orgasm at all during sex, according to Durex, while Italian and Spanish lovers continue to have "no problems" coming in the boudoir (or so they say).

In news that will be no real novelty to seasoned self-pleasurers, a large proportion of women polled admitted that they come easier when they are alone, though the majority of their male counterparts said they prefer to do so with a partner (brings a tear to the eye, eh?).

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