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circle6 The final ranking is based on the average score for a country across the Expats working in finance are attracted to the USA. Expats tend to stay in
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criteria the USA for the medium to long term. However, America is not necessar-
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Each of the criteria is weighted evenly ily viewed as a retirement destination by expats - only 6% of expats in
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Sample size of 2,155 the USA are over 55.
Only countries with more than 30 responses were included in overall
table (14 in total).
Expat Existence Overall Results
Earn and Save
Expat salaries are generally good, with at least 31% of expats earning
more than £100,000 per annum and more than half
earning over £60,000 annually.
Longevity – Popular Destinations
Expats are spending longer away from home, with 45% of those surveyed
having lived abroad for more than 5 years.
Ireland and New Zealand have the greatest percentage of global trav-
ellers, with more than three quarters (80%) of
respondents from both countries stating that they had been away from
home for longer than three years.
Hong Kong-based expats have the highest salaries in the world, with
almost half (49%) earning more than £100,000 p.a.
Europe is a popular destination overall in terms of the length of time
expats stay there – more than three quarters (82%) of expats now living
in the Netherlands have been there for three or more years, followed by
Germany (77%) and Spain (76%)
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