The 10 most and least affordable countries for expats in 2025
Increasing living costs and global economic uncertainty continued to be financially difficult, some expats have found that moving abroad could be easier in their wallets.
For the fifth year in a row, Vietnamese In the case of personal finance, it is the most affordable country in the world for 46 destinations to be in the first place. 2025 Expat Insider Study An international, an online platform and a global community for expatriates.
The study, which has been carried out every year since 2014, has collected insight from more than 10,000 expatriates representing 172 nations living in countries and regions around the world.
For the personal finance index, survey participants were asked to rating their satisfaction with their financial situations, overall life costs and disposable household revenues to live a comfortable life in the countries where they reside.
10 destinations for 10 most suitable staff in 2025, according to international:
- Vietnam (most affordable)
- Colombia
- Panama
- Chinese
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Mexican
- Malaysia
- Brazil
Asian countries have dominated the list when it comes to the personal financing of expats, five out of the top 10 countries from Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia.
According to the report, “Compared to 2024, nine of the top 10 countries maintains this title. Only Malaysia (9th) is a new addition last year, 11th place.” In particular, no European country has made the list.
In Vietnam, 89% of the participants were pleased with the general living cost, while 87% of the participants said that disposable household revenues were enough to live a comfortable life compared to global 40% and 69%, respectively.
This financial respiratory chamber can explain why some expatriates leave the roots in the country -54% live there for five or more years and 30% want to stay forever.
Colombia and Panama ranked second and third, respectively.
The majority of the participants in Colombia said that their disposable revenues were enough to live easily – globally 92% compared to 69%. Furthermore, no immigrants in the country did not mark the cost of living as a major concern before moving, which is a global an average of 21% contrast than international.
Meanwhile, Panama is particularly popular among retirees – data, globally, 35% of the expatriates who retired compared to only 11% have already retired.
According to the elections, at least 10 countries for expatriates in 2025:
- Norway (Global 46 out of 46)
- Australia
- Ireland
- South Korea
- Singapore
- Train
- Türkiye
- Finland
- United Kingdom
- Canada (at least affordable)
Canada and the UK completed the bottom of the personal financial index, which was investigated in a way that was not satisfied with the general living cost, respectively compared to 62% and 61% of the abuse, and the global average 40%.
In particular, this year’s study had three new additions to the bottom: Qatar (42.) and Australia (38.) shifted to the bottom, South Korea (40.) took part in 25 from 2024.
The United States listed 35 out of 46 people globally in the personal finance ranking of the study and only missed the lower 10.
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