Increased job prospects, higher salaries and better economies. These are just some of the factors that prompted many expatriates in the latest HSBC Bank Expat Explorer survey to choose China as the best country in the world for foreigners followed by Germany and Singapore.
Here is the list:
1) China
2) Germany
3) Singapore
4) Cayman Islands
5) Australia
6) Canada
7) Russia
8) Belgium
9) United Arab Emirates
10) Hong Kong
11) Turkey
12) United States
13) Qatar
14) New Zealand
15) South Africa
16) Mexico
17) France
18) Netherlands
19) Saudi Arabia
20) Spain
21) Kuwait
22) United Kingdom
23) Italy
24) Ireland
25) Thailand
The 2013 edition of the survey, which was released on Wednesday, ranked the China best country overall for people choosing to move abroad. The ranking was based on expat attitudes towards their host countries in terms of several parameters such as financial incentives, quality of life and ease of raising children.
Factors include the place in work/life balance, working environment, social life, entertainment and local transport,raising children among many others. Among the GCC countries, the UAE scored the highest in quality of education, childcare services and changes in children’s behaviour.
The survey collated answers from over 7,000 respondents across 100 countries.
Better job prospects were cited as a major come-on for three out of five expats, while 73 per cent said the financial status of their households has improved since they moved overseas, outpacing the global average of 59 per cent.
