In a survey, guaranteed to gain wide coverage across Portugal’s media, the country has been nominated as the fifth best in the world in which expats live and work.
The Expat Insider survey, conducted annually by InterNations, this year received opinions from 13,000 expatriates from 166 countries.
Respondents considered Portugal as the number one in terms of its friendly attitude towards foreigners, a key factor when assessing the ranking.
To the delight of the tourist board, Portugal is ahead of Spain’s number ten place, but Bahrain is number one, followed by Costa Rica, Mexico and Taiwan.
The worst places to live and work includes Brazil, Greece, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
The survey, which assesses the views of thousands of executives, skilled workers, students and retirees, shows that the United Kingdom (in 54th position) and the United States (at 43rd) have slipped down the table, the UK suffering from Brexit fears and the US from the Trump effect.
One of the favourite places where expatriates work is China, where two-thirds of respondents are happy with their careers. The country only ranks 55th because of the poor quality of life.
