Hi everyone, welcome back on my channel!
I also want to say: welcome to my new apartment
because this is the first time I'm filming a Taiwan Global News video here in this new place
If you didn't see my last video, I moved to Brussels
welcome in Brussels!
the article I want to take a look at today has the title: 'Taiwan ranked number 1 in world for expats'
(expats are people living abroad)
first of all, little side note: I took a quick look at the article already
and I saw that Taiwan ranked 1st between 59 countries
so that's a lot of countries, but of course it's not the whole world
it's all the participating countries
this article was made based on a study made by InterNations
basically in this study, they want to measure every year what country people like to live in most
outside of their own country
I think Taiwan has always been doing very well on this list
I think it's not the first time they're number 1
In 2021, Taiwan, Mexico, and Costa Rica are the best expat destinations worldwide:
all of them attract expats with their ease of settling in and good personal finances.
the top findings in this study are:
In #1 Taiwan, not a single expat feels personally unsafe
can you imagine? from all the people they've asked, not one person felt unsafe in Taiwan
I can completely get behind that because I have lived for several months in Taiwan
and I have to say it's a very safe feeling place
#2 in the findings is that Mexico places first worldwide for personal happiness
who would have thought? I didn't know that
I've never been to Mexico. I would love to go there one day!
people in Mexico are very happy apparently
In #3 Costa Rica, over nine in ten expats describe the population as generally friendly
Taiwan has retained its title as the best place in the world for expats for the third year in a row
see, I knew that Taiwan was doing great!
In the InterNations Expat Insider report titled "The Best & Worst Places for Expats in 2021"
expats around the world ranked Taiwan as the top spot among 59 destinations
In second place was Mexico,
with Costa Rica, Malaysia, Portugal, New Zealand, Australia, Ecuador, Canada, and Vietnam rounding out the top 10
The list was generated by a January survey that asked 12,420 expats representing 174 nationalities
in 186 countries and regions to rate various aspects of their lives abroad
A total of 37 factors grouped under four major indices were assessed, including:
Quality of Life, Ease of Settling In, Working Abroad, and Personal Finance
I know that while living abroad, 'finances' is a big factor that plays a role in people's overall happiness
In countries where food is very cheap, I find myself more happy in general than in countries where it's very expensive
For a destination to be listed under one of the indices and in the overall ranking,
there had to be at least 50 participants living there
In the case of Taiwan, the country ranked first in both the Quality of Life and Working Abroad indices
Taiwan was rated well ahead of global averages for job security, state of the local economy, happiness with one's job
and life in general
that's really good!
In addition, expats in Taiwan rated the quality of their host country's medical care very highly at 96 percent
I wonder if it's due to the whole pandemic, because this is the study made in 2021
and at that time Taiwan kept everyone very safe during Covid
It hasn't been as good as at the start, where Taiwan had a very long period of no cases at all
but still, Taiwan has globally done very well during this pandemic
so I wonder if that's why it has such a high score for Taiwan's medical care by foreigners
94 percent were pleased with Taiwan's affordability
that's also much higher than the global percentage: 68 percent
Interesting, right?
The expat guide cited a Chilean resident as saying that
the Taiwanese healthcare system truly considers people as human beings instead of mere numbers.
it's sad if a healthcare system somewhere makes you feel as if you're just a number and they don't truly care about you
expats also reported feeling extraordinarily safe in the East Asian nation
with none saying they felt personally unsafe
Taiwan ranked slightly lower in the Ease of Settling index in 13th place
however, in the friendliness subcategory
let me guess... it must be really high
Taiwan took first place!!
of course! Taiwanese people are the friendliest in the world. this is no surprise to me at all
with a majority of expats finding it easy to make friends and considering Taiwanese to be "friendly towards foreign residents"
I also wanted to check the list to see what the worst places are. you are probably curious too
if I go to the "bottom 10"...
all the way on 59 there's Kuwait
and 58 is Italy? What?
I really love Italy, I go there on many holidays and my grandmother is Italian
I do really love Italy but...
maybe it's different as a tourist, just going there on holidays, and as an expat who needs to live and work there
I don't know!
at the bottom, there's also South Africa, Russia, Egypt, Japan, Cyprus, Turkey, India and Malta
Japan, I also really love but I've only been a tourist there so I don't have an opinion
and India?
I have lived there for 6 months, I did an internship
India is just so HUGE that you can't consider it as one place in my opinion
I was staying all the way in the south: Kerala and Tamil Nadu and those places were paradise!
nature was awesome, people were friendly too so I guess it depends where you are living in India
and I can't accept India on the 51st place
anyway, where's Belgium? Let's see...
number 41
41 out of 59 countries, that's not great
so I guess... don't come to Belgium
No, I'm kidding. Come to Belgium!
maybe don't live in Belgium, because these are expats talking
but for a holiday, I think Belgium is the heart of Europe that you should definitely consider at least passing through
to buy some waffles, fries and chocolate
anyway, I had a lot of fun looking at this rating
and I'm curious to know what you think. do you think Taiwan deserves the first place?
do you think Belgium should be on 41? (Don't answer to that if it's negative)
thank you so much for watching!
if you sticked around until the end, you are awesome, because not many people do that actually
I'm going to choose a password
and if you write that password in the comments, I know that you have come until this point in the video and you are awesome
what word should I choose?
Let's just say 'expat'! if you write 'expat' in the comments you're awesome <3
thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining me today and I hope to see you very soon for the next video
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