A very interesting report developed by the organization Inter Nations in which 14,272 expatriates from 174 nationalities who are residents in 191 different countries provide a complete vision of the different aspects that surround life for those who live and work in a foreign country.

‘Expats Insider 2016’ was based in five evaluation items: quality of life, easiness of integration, personal economic situation, working life, and family life. Survey respondents had to assess 43 different aspects of their experience abroad using a scale from 1 to 7 points.

Even though, by definition, expatriate most of the times refers to those people who move to another country due to work, by request of their employer, in ‘Expats Insider 2016’, expatriates are defined a every person who, due to professional reasons, live in a foreign country. Inter Nations defines ten different expatriates profiles in its report, considering reasons for moving, age, family and professional conditions, and other key variables.

Inter Nations stated that the average profile of expatriates is male (51%) with a stable personal relationship (63%), around 43 years old, who works an average of 41 hours a week. Only 21% have children.

31% of the 14,000 survey respondents said they plan to stay at their new home for the rest of their life, followed by 23% of those who are indecisive, 22% who plan to stay for at least three years, 20% who will only stay for 1 to 3 years, and only 5% who expect to stay for less than 12 months. Around 81% of survey respondents have a university or postgraduate degree.

Close to 15% of expatriates found a job for themselves in the country selected, around 13% were moved by their companies, 11% moved for a romantic relationship, 9% were motivated by improving their life quality, and 9% moved due to their partner’s work or training.

Considering the ten different profiles of expatriates, Intern Nations establishes a direct link between the reasons for moving and the destination country: while those who are moved by their organizations are mostly sent to Romania, Kazakhstan, Kenia, India or Ukraine, those who move to pursue higher levels of education generally choose Denmark, Finland, United States, Germany or the Netherlands.

Even though Taiwan, Malta, Ecuador, Mexico and New Zealand were the five countries that welcomed the largest share of expatriates during 2016, in certain cases those destinations vary when the question refers to the best places to work. In this ranking, the Top 5 includes: Luxemburg, Taiwan, Germany, New Zealand and Malta.