The HSBC conducts an annual survey of what a country is like to be an Expat in.
For lifestyle it designates as a combination of
- Health
- Culture
- Quality of life
China comes dead last
https://www.expatexplorer.hsbc.com/survey/
The HSBC conducts an annual survey of what a country is like to be an Expat in.
For lifestyle it designates as a combination of
- Health
- Culture
- Quality of life
China comes dead last
https://www.expatexplorer.hsbc.com/survey/
Surely the smog enhances the health, culture and quality of life of an expat in China?! ;-)
Are we reading the same table? The following countries all score lower than China:
China Group: bottom Your criteria rank:34 All criteria rank (2016):34 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):27 Kuwait Group: bottom Your criteria rank:35 All criteria rank (2016):35 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):34 South Korea Group: bottom Your criteria rank:36 All criteria rank (2016):36 All criteria rank (2015):NEW Philippines Group: bottom Your criteria rank:37 All criteria rank (2016):37 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):28 Indonesia Group: bottom Your criteria rank:38 All criteria rank (2016):38 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):33 Turkey Group: bottom Your criteria rank:39 All criteria rank (2016):39 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):35 Kenya Group: bottom Your criteria rank:40 All criteria rank (2016):40 All criteria rank (2015):NEW Chile Group: bottom Your criteria rank:41 All criteria rank (2016):41 All criteria rank (2015):NEW Peru Group: bottom Your criteria rank:42 All criteria rank (2016):42 All criteria rank (2015):NEW Italy Group: bottom Your criteria rank:43 All criteria rank (2016):43 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):37 Egypt Group: bottom Your criteria rank:44 All criteria rank (2016):44 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):36 Brazil Group: bottom Your criteria rank:45 All criteria rank (2016):45 Ranking compared to last year last year: All criteria rank (2015):38
It's difficult to quantify...I used to work for the European Broadcasting Union and they had very generous expat. packages. Strong salaries, no rent, insurance, flights, food allowance, etc. The only question was where you preferred to be...for example, I preferred Beijing to Salt Lake City and Turin, but I preferred Sydney and Athens to Beijing...I saved more in Beijing than the other places, got treated more like royalty in Beijing and Athens, etc...preferred the food in Athens and Turin, preferred nightlife in Sydney (I was in my twenties), etc, etc...got kids now so that's another point...
If you click on a country it gives you the rankings for each criteria so you can tell what drags a country down.