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Revealed: World’s 25 Best Countries To Live And Work In 2021

Sophie IrelandSophie IrelandStats Gate
Switzerland

International expats named Switzerland as the best country in the world to live and work with aspects like happiness, healthcare, peace, average monthly salary, cost of living, and property price to income ratio all taken into account. The annual Expat named Switzerland as the best country for international workers – perhaps that’s not surprising.

RankCountryHappiness IndexHealthcare IndexPeace IndexAverage Monthly SalaryCost of LivingProperty Price to Income Ratio
1Switzerland7.4872.441.3756406.34122.48.68
2Denmark7.6801.3163802.86837.45
3Iceland7.49465.921.0723042.26100.486.74
4Norway7.55474.361.5363411.3101/438.77
5Australia7.22873.541.4193633.0473.547.52
6Finland7.76975.791.4882976.0970.388.35
7 New Zealand7.30773.811.2212795.0572.538.52
8Netherlands7.48874.651.533049.8973.757.51
9Austria7.24678.731.2912497.3970.3810.88
10Canada7.27871.581.3272514.8767.627.97
11Singapore6.26270.841.3473705.2481.122.31
12Sweden7.34369.231.5332954.2169.839.27
13Japan5.88681.141.3692757.5783.3513
14Belgium6.92374.341.5332490.0771.786.91
15Germany6.98573.321.5472887.8165.269.38
16Ireland7.02151.891.392860.3675.917.49
17Qatar6.37473.31.6963425.2964.045.82
18United Kingdom7.05474.461.8012560.1567.2810.09
19France6.59279.991.8922522.6674.1413.04
20 United States of America6.89269.272.4013681.0971.053.52
21South Korea5.89581.971.8672423.4278.1817.31
22United Arab Emirates6.82567.041.8472712.4161.985.29
23Israel7.13973.292.7352542.2381.1512.83
24Taiwan6.44686.711.7251477.8661.3723.69
25Spain6.35478.881.6991651.4753.779.37

Each of these factors brings with it a critical way of understanding the quality of life in the cities and each of the metrics was normalized in order to properly quantify them into a single overall score.

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Sophie Ireland

Sophie Ireland

Sophie is currently serving as a Senior Economist at CEOWORLD magazine's Global Unit. She started her career as a Young Professional at CEOWORLD magazine in 2010 and has since worked as an economist in three different regions, namely Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, East Asia, and the Pacific. Her research interests primarily revolve around the topics of economic growth, labor policy, migration, inequality, and demographics. In her current role, she is responsible for monitoring macroeconomic conditions and working on subjects related to macroeconomics, fiscal policy, international trade, and finance. Prior to this, she worked with multiple local and global financial institutions, gaining extensive experience in the fields of economic research and financial analysis.

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