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.
| Rank | Country | Happiness Index | Healthcare Index | Peace Index | Average Monthly Salary | Cost of Living | Property Price to Income Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 7.48 | 72.44 | 1.375 | 6406.34 | 122.4 | 8.68 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 7.6 | 80 | 1.316 | 3802.86 | 83 | 7.45 | |
| 3 | Iceland | 7.494 | 65.92 | 1.072 | 3042.26 | 100.48 | 6.74 | |
| 4 | Norway | 7.554 | 74.36 | 1.536 | 3411.3 | 101/43 | 8.77 | |
| 5 | Australia | 7.228 | 73.54 | 1.419 | 3633.04 | 73.54 | 7.52 | |
| 6 | Finland | 7.769 | 75.79 | 1.488 | 2976.09 | 70.38 | 8.35 | |
| 7 | New Zealand | 7.307 | 73.81 | 1.221 | 2795.05 | 72.53 | 8.52 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | 7.488 | 74.65 | 1.53 | 3049.89 | 73.75 | 7.51 | |
| 9 | Austria | 7.246 | 78.73 | 1.291 | 2497.39 | 70.38 | 10.88 | |
| 10 | Canada | 7.278 | 71.58 | 1.327 | 2514.87 | 67.62 | 7.97 | |
| 11 | Singapore | 6.262 | 70.84 | 1.347 | 3705.24 | 81.1 | 22.31 | |
| 12 | Sweden | 7.343 | 69.23 | 1.533 | 2954.21 | 69.83 | 9.27 | |
| 13 | Japan | 5.886 | 81.14 | 1.369 | 2757.57 | 83.35 | 13 | |
| 14 | Belgium | 6.923 | 74.34 | 1.533 | 2490.07 | 71.78 | 6.91 | |
| 15 | Germany | 6.985 | 73.32 | 1.547 | 2887.81 | 65.26 | 9.38 | |
| 16 | Ireland | 7.021 | 51.89 | 1.39 | 2860.36 | 75.91 | 7.49 | |
| 17 | Qatar | 6.374 | 73.3 | 1.696 | 3425.29 | 64.04 | 5.82 | |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 7.054 | 74.46 | 1.801 | 2560.15 | 67.28 | 10.09 | |
| 19 | France | 6.592 | 79.99 | 1.892 | 2522.66 | 74.14 | 13.04 | |
| 20 | United States of America | 6.892 | 69.27 | 2.401 | 3681.09 | 71.05 | 3.52 | |
| 21 | South Korea | 5.895 | 81.97 | 1.867 | 2423.42 | 78.18 | 17.31 | |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 6.825 | 67.04 | 1.847 | 2712.41 | 61.98 | 5.29 | |
| 23 | Israel | 7.139 | 73.29 | 2.735 | 2542.23 | 81.15 | 12.83 | |
| 24 | Taiwan | 6.446 | 86.71 | 1.725 | 1477.86 | 61.37 | 23.69 | |
| 25 | Spain | 6.354 | 78.88 | 1.699 | 1651.47 | 53.77 | 9.37 |
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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