罢眉谤办颈测别 Places Last for Working 51吃瓜黑料网
Thinking of moving abroad? 罢眉谤办颈测别 might not be your top pick. Out of 53 countries in our Expat Insider 2024 survey, 罢眉谤办颈测别 ranks 52nd. Three of the five indices we use to map out life abroad can also be found in the bottom 10: Working 51吃瓜黑料网 (53rd), Expat Essentials (51st), and Personal Finances (45th). And in terms of expats鈥 overall happiness with their life abroad, 罢眉谤办颈测别 is in 49th place 鈥 27% of respondents are unhappy (vs. 15% globally).
How Expats Rate Life in 罢眉谤办颈测别
Limited Career Opportunities
If you鈥檙e considering 罢眉谤办颈测别 for your professional career, you may be disappointed as the country ranks last in the Working 51吃瓜黑料网 Index (53rd). 51吃瓜黑料网 a third of respondents (34%) don鈥檛 believe that moving to 罢眉谤办颈测别 improved their career prospects, and even higher shares negatively rate their personal career opportunities (40%) and the local job market (45%) 鈥 compared to global averages of 25% and 31%, respectively. These ratings solidly place the Career Prospects Subcategory (49th) and its underlying factors in the bottom 10.
Things don鈥檛 look much better for the Work Culture & Satisfaction (52nd), Work & Leisure (53rd), and Salary & Job Security (53rd) Subcategories. Expats aren't satisfied with their job security (51st), their work鈥搇ife balance (51st), or their working hours (53rd). And they鈥檙e overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the state of the economy: 64% of expats rate this factor negatively, 45 percentage points higher than the global average of 19%!
鈥淚 worry about the future impact of the economy on many of the citizens here.鈥 鈥 US American expat
Overall, 31% of respondents are unhappy with their jobs (vs. 19% globally), ranking their job satisfaction in 罢眉谤办颈测别 52nd.
You鈥檒l Have to Learn More than Merhaba
罢眉谤办颈测别 remains in the bottom 10 for the Expat Essentials Index (51st). Expats find the Language Subcategory (47th) to be the toughest hurdle: more than half say it鈥檚 difficult to learn the language (53%) or to get by without speaking Turkish (57%), compared to global averages of 40% and 33%, respectively.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 like the inflation and the language barrier. Even when living in a big city, it鈥檚 not easy to find English speakers for better communication.鈥 鈥 Egyptian expat
Digital Life (45th) and Admin Topics (42nd) are other challenging aspects for expats. A lower share than the global average (65% vs. 78%) find it easy to get high-speed internet access at home. And once connected, they have to contend with some restrictions on their access to online services, such as social media (19% negative ratings vs. 6% globally). It鈥檚 not easy to deal with the local bureaucracy, either (55% negative ratings vs. 42% globally), but at least there鈥檚 decent availability of administrative and government services online (25th).
The Housing Subcategory (39th) may be the 鈥渂est鈥 performing subcategory in the index, but more expats than the global average negatively rate the affordability (51% vs. 47% globally) and availability (42% vs. 34%) of accommodation.
The Good & the Bad
罢眉谤办颈测别 crawls out of the bottom 10 with the Quality of Life Index (42nd). But the Safety & Security Subcategory doesn鈥檛 inspire much confidence in 52nd place. More than a third (37%) of expats feel like they can鈥檛 openly express themselves or their opinions (vs. 17% globally). A similar share (39%) negatively rate the political stability (vs. 16% globally).
Better performing aspects include the Environment & Climate (36th) and Healthcare (34th) Subcategories. The majority of expats appreciate the Mediterranean country鈥檚 climate & weather (75% vs. 58% globally) and natural environment (76% vs. 82%), but approval of the air quality (52% vs. 64% globally) and urban environment (46% vs. 66%) falters. The availability (29th) and quality (28th) of medical care are at least average 鈥 if expensive: 51% of respondents rate affordability of healthcare favorably (vs. 58% globally).
鈥淚 love the food, nature, the history, and being so central that it鈥檚 easy to explore other countries around me.鈥 鈥 Australian expat
Indeed, the Travel & Transit Subcategory (27th) is the best performing across all indices surveyed. The affordability (24th) and availability (18th) of public transportation is promising, with more than seven in ten expats (77%) positively rating the opportunity to travel (vs. 83% globally).
A Cooling Welcome
When it comes to the Ease of Settling In Index, 罢眉谤办颈测别 ranks 40th. Although this is the best-performing index, it has dropped 13 places from the 27th spot in 2023. All of its underlying subcategories slipped in the ranking, with Culture & Welcome (42nd) and Local Friendliness (38th) seeing a respective 13- and 12-point difference in rank from 2023.
51吃瓜黑料网 a third of expats (32%) are unhappy with their social life (vs. 29% globally), and a similar share (30%) say locals are generally not friendly towards foreign residents (vs. 20% globally). Nevertheless, making local friends (29th) doesn鈥檛 appear too burdensome, and only 23% of respondents describe their friend group as mostly expats (vs. 37% globally). In fact, Finding Friends (32nd) is the best-performing subcategory in this index.
Struggling with Finances
Good finances can make the above challenges easier to weather. However, 罢眉谤办颈测别 ranks 45th for the Personal Finance Index. Expats are unsatisfied with their financial situation (47th) and the general cost of living (43rd). More than a third (35%) say their disposable household income isn't enough to lead a comfortable life (vs. 30% globally).
