Switzerland not among top expat destinations

Important news for anyone who is planning to relocate from Switzerland to another country: The top expats countries list has been revealed by InterNations.

The popular social media platform for expatriates has recently published the results of the Expat Insider 2016 survey regarding countries to move to. The poll has considered the opinions of some 14000 expatriates living abroad: According to that, your current host country Switzerland is ranking only on position 31, while the top countries for living and working abroad are Taiwan, Malta and Ecuador. This ranking might be surprising, also considering how diverse these 3 moving destinations are, however, it is important to keep in mind that a variety of factors such as quality of life, personal finance, working opportunities abroad, and settling in have been taken into account. Surprisingly, the USA have similar to Switzerland reached an average ranking on position 26 out of 67 countries.

A significant role played the high costs for expats regarding healthcare and education, as well as political stability, which has been perceived as low by the expats who participated in the survey. Regarding Taiwan, which has been voted the number 1 country for an international move, respondents appreciate very much factors such as personal finance, quality of life and working conditions. And in particular affordable healthcare services in Taiwan are considered positive by 95% of the expatriates who participated in this survey. Further details can be downloaded from the InterNations web site.