Expats Vote Spain The Best Place To Do Business

Spain is the best country in the world for expats in business, according to a new survey of company chiefs.

The Mediterranean nation tops a list of 68 countries voted by CEOWorld magazine as the best – and worst – for doing business.

Spain deposed last year’s winner Canada at the top, with the North American country slipping to seventh place.

The poll picked out Finland and Portugal as places where expats were impressed with quality of life and the ease of relocating families.

Nigeria props up the table again – having taken last place in 2018 and between 2013 and 2016.

Britain takes 24^th place, up five places from 29^th in 2018.

The survey asked 105,000 expats in business across 95 countries about their experiences overseas. Countries were scored and rated on six metrics –  career opportunities; earning potential; quality of life; ease of family relocation; ease of raising families and ease of settling in.

Expats were classed as employees of multinationals on assignment and independent workers living outside their home country.

Best countries for expats in business 2019

Rank	Country	Score	Rating	Rank 2018
1	Spain	84.7	AAA	2
2	Singapore	82.5	AAA	3
3	Switzerland	80.1	AAA	5
4	Japan	78.7	AAA	4
5	Taiwan	78.2	AA	7
6	Finland	77.8	AA	18
7	Canada	77.6	AA	1
8	United Arab Emirates	77.3	AA	6
9	Israel	75.8	AA	8
10	Portugal	75.2	A	12
11	Estonia	74.9	A	9
12	Australia	74.7	A	11
13	Germany	74.5	A	10
14	Costa Rica	74.1	A	22
15	Czech Republic	73.8	A	17
16	Austria	73.7	A	14
17	New Zealand	73.4	A	19
18	United States	73.2	A	15
19	Saudi Arabia	72.9	A	21
20	Netherlands	72.7	A	16

Source: CEOWorld

Worst countries for expats in business 2019

Rank	Country	Score	Rating	Rank 2018
59	Egypt	62.5	B	60
60	Peru	62.3	B	63
61	Brazil	61.7	B	62
62	Turkey	61.6	CCC	55
63	Malaysia	61.5	CCC	57
64	Romania	61.4	CCC	66
65	Slovakia	61.1	CCC	64
66	Belarus	60.7	CCC	65
67	Georgia	60.5	CC	67
68	Nigeria	59.8	CC	68

Source: CEOWorld