These are the 21 countries where expats have the best lifestyle
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Your support makes all the difference.HSBC annual expat explorer report looks at one its like to be a foreigner living and working in countries around the world.
The bank asked YouGov to survey nearly 27,000 expats from 190 countries and territories for the report, asking them about how easy it was for them to live, work, and raise a family where they were.
For each category, HSBC calculated a score out of 1 and then used the average of those numbers to work out a ranking.
Below are the results of its survey of expats' experience of different countries, taking into account questions on lifestyle, how easy it is to integrate with the local population, and how easy it is to set up a new life there.
Check it out:
21. Italy: 0.48
Overall: 0.48.
Lifestyle: 0.61.
People: 0.56.
Setting up: 0.29.
20. Mexico: 0.49
Overall: 0.49.
Lifestyle: 0.54.
People: 0.55.
Setting up: 0.36.
T=17. United Arab Emirates: 0.50
Overall: 0.50.
Lifestyle: 0.49.
People: 0.58.
Setting up: 0.42.
T=17. Turkey: 0.50
Overall: 0.50.
Lifestyle: 0.53.
People: 0.54.
Setting up: 0.43.
T=17. Switzerland: 0.50
Overall: 0.50.
Lifestyle: 0.58.
People: 0.53.
Setting up: 0.40.
T=15. Austria: 0.51
Overall: 0.51.
Lifestyle: 0.54.
People: 0.51.
Setting up: 0.47.
T=15. Oman: 0.51
Overall: 0.51.
Lifestyle: 0.49.
People: 0.60.
Setting up: 0.44.
T=13. Malaysia: 0.52
Overall: 0.52.
Lifestyle: 0.49.
People: 0.55.
Setting up: 0.52.
T=13. Japan: 0.52
Overall: 0.52.
Lifestyle: 0.60.
People: 0.64.
Setting up: 0.33.
12. Hong Kong: 0.53
Overall: 0.53.
Lifestyle: 0.48.
People: 0.61.
Setting up: 0.50.
T=10. Norway: 0.54
Overall: 0.54.
Lifestyle: 0.55.
People: 0.55.
Setting up: 0.51.
T=10. Thailand: 0.54
Overall: 0.54.
Lifestyle: 0.54.
People: 0.52.
Setting up: 0.57.
T=8. France: 0.55
Overall: 0.55.
Lifestyle: 0.65.
People: 0.56.
Setting up: 0.44.
T=8. Czech Republic: 0.55
Overall: 0.55.
Lifestyle: 0.56.
People: 0.60.
Setting up: 0.50.
T=6. Taiwan: 0.56
Overall: 0.56.
Lifestyle: 0.51.
People: 0.66.
Setting up: 0.52.
T=6. Bahrain: 0.56
Overall: 0.56.
Lifestyle: 0.52.
People: 0.62.
Setting up: 0.56.
T=4. Australia: 0.59
Overall: 0.59.
Lifestyle: 0.59.
People: 0.61.
Setting up: 0.56.
T=4. Singapore: 0.59
Overall: 0.59.
Lifestyle: 0.59.
People: 0.67.
Setting up: 0.52.
3. Canada: 0.60
Overall: 0.60.
Lifestyle: 0.59.
People: 0.65.
Setting up: 0.56.
2. Spain: 0.61
Overall: 0.61.
Lifestyle: 0.69.
People: 0.64.
Setting up: 0.49.
1. New Zealand: 0.64
Overall: 0.64.
Lifestyle: 0.61.
People: 0.67.
Setting up: 0.64.
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