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U.S. Survey Reveals Best Quality of Life Countries 2024

September 12, 2024

On September 10, U.S. News & World Report released the results of its 2024 Best Countries rankings. This annual survey comes from a partnership between the news publisher and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Among the numerous categories covered in this analysis, U.S. News spotlights a category that’s relevant to expats: which countries have the best quality of life?

The survey describes its Quality of Life rankings like this: a good job market, affordable, economically stable, family-friendly, income equality, politically stable, safe, well-developed public education system, and well-developed public health system. We cover issues like family-friendliness, safety, affordability, and healthcare in the data used in the Expatsi Test.

Here’s the 2024 Quality of Life rankings from the U.S. News survey:

1) Denmark

2) Sweden

3) Switzerland

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4) Norway

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5) Canada

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6) Finland

7) Germany

8) Australia

9) The Netherlands

10) New Zealand

11) United Kingdom

12) Austria

13) Belgium

14) Japan

15) Ireland

16) France

17)Luxembourg

18) Spain

19) Iceland

20) Portugal

Out of the 89 nations used in the survey, the United States ranks 22nd for Quality of Life. Jen shares some surprising details about these countries in her video:

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Brett Andrews

Brett Andrews is an expat influencer and co-founder of Expatsi, a company that has helped thousands of expats on their journey of moving abroad. Brett and his partner Jen developed the Expatsi Test to recommend countries to move to, based on factors like budget, visa type, spoken languages, healthcare rankings, and more. In a former life, he worked as a software developer, IT support specialist, and college educator. When he's not working, Brett loves exploring new countries, reading unusual books, and pondering the wisdom of The Big Lebowski.

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