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Top 10 places for expatriates to live in 2021; United States out of list

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 8:56 PM by Edwin Lamptey

There are many people leaving the shores of their countries on a daily basis to study and work abroad. They hope to achieve success in these foreign nations as some of them only leave homes with just a bag and their dreams.

YEN.com.gh presents the top 10 places for expatriates to live in 2021 and the United States and Canada are unfortunately out of the list.

According to Expat Nations, 12,420 ex-pats participated in the Expat Insider survey, representing 174 nationalities and living in 186 countries or territories.

Top 10 places for expatriates to live in 2021, United States out of it — Taiwan is the best place to live in 2021. Photo credit: Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg
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Top ten places for expatriates to live in 2021

1. Taiwan

Taiwan has been ranked as the best place to live and work abroad in 2021. This was based on its cost of living, ease of settling in and overall quality of life, Bloomberg reports.

The majority of the respondents were happy with the quality of care in Taiwan. Expats also reported they were more satisfied with their job security in the Asian country.

2. Mexico

Mexico is trailing Taiwan as the best place to live and work in the diaspora in 2021. The same factor that helped Taiwan also helped Mexico in getting the number two spot on the list.

3. Costa Rica

Costa Rica is the number three best place to live and work abroad.

4. Malaysia

The Southeast Asian country made the number four position on the list.

5. Portugal

Portugal is trailing Malaysia on the list as the findings of the survey earned it the number five spot.

Other countries on the list include:

6. New Zealand

7. Australia

8. Ecuador

9. Canada

10. Vietnam

In similar news, Canada is the best country in the world, according to US News.

The country has a population of 37.6 million and a GDP of $1.74 trillion (N664,680,000,000,000).

Japan made the number two position on the list of 10 best countries in the world. Japan has a population of 126 million people and it is one of the world's most literate and technically advanced nations in the world.