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IN the Expat City Ranking 2019 by InterNations, Doha takes the top spot among the cities in the GCC States.
Doha ranks 12th followed by Abu Dhabi (15th), Manama (21st), Muscat (28th) and Dubai (34th).
Kuwait City comes in the last place (82nd) comes in last place both within the region and worldwide.
According to the report, barring Kuwait City, the cities are among the top 25 worldwide for getting settled, and expats generally value the safety as well as the availability and affordability of housing.
The Expat City Ranking is based on the annual Expat Insider survey by InterNations, which is with more than 20,000 respondents in 2019 one of the most extensive surveys about living and working abroad.
In 2019, 82 cities around the globe were analysed in the survey, offering in-depth information about
five areas of expat life: Quality of Urban Living, Getting Settled, Urban Work Life, Finance & Housing and Local Cost of Living.
This year’s biggest winner, Doha gains 38 places to become the best GCC city overall, ranking 12th out
of 82 cities in the Expat City Ranking 2019. Qatar’s capital has moved rapidly up the ranks, performing best in the Finance & Housing (10th), Getting Settled (22nd), and Urban Work Life (25th) Indices.
For the latter, it gained 31 ranks, with 70 percent of expats in Doha now satisfied with their job in general, which is both above the global average in 2019 (64%) and the share for Doha in 2018 (59%).
Doha
IN the Expat City Ranking 2019 by InterNations, Doha takes the top spot among the cities in the GCC States.
Doha ranks 12th followed by Abu Dhabi (15th), Manama (21st), Muscat (28th) and Dubai (34th).
Kuwait City comes in the last place (82nd) comes in last place both within the region and worldwide.
According to the report, barring Kuwait City, the cities are among the top 25 worldwide for getting settled, and expats generally value the safety as well as the availability and affordability of housing.
The Expat City Ranking is based on the annual Expat Insider survey by InterNations, which is with more than 20,000 respondents in 2019 one of the most extensive surveys about living and working abroad.
In 2019, 82 cities around the globe were analysed in the survey, offering in-depth information about
five areas of expat life: Quality of Urban Living, Getting Settled, Urban Work Life, Finance & Housing and Local Cost of Living.
This year’s biggest winner, Doha gains 38 places to become the best GCC city overall, ranking 12th out
of 82 cities in the Expat City Ranking 2019. Qatar’s capital has moved rapidly up the ranks, performing best in the Finance & Housing (10th), Getting Settled (22nd), and Urban Work Life (25th) Indices.
For the latter, it gained 31 ranks, with 70 percent of expats in Doha now satisfied with their job in general, which is both above the global average in 2019 (64%) and the share for Doha in 2018 (59%).
