These Are the Countries Offering the Best Opportunities for Immigrants in Terms of Career Growth

What are the best countries to migrate to? Henley Opportunity has published a study on this topic, giving a detailed answer. The study has listed 46 top countries for immigration based on six parameters – earning potential, career advancement, employment prospects, education, economic mobility and livability. Each parameter is given points out of 100 and aggregate decides the position of the countries on the list.

Switzerland tops the list with an aggregate score of 84 percent. The country has a high earning potential and a high probability of career advancement. It is also home to seven of the best universities in the world. Switzerland is followed by Singapore with an aggregate score of 79. The country has one of the top economies and education systems in the world, making it an attractive choice for immigration.

The USA, the world's largest economy, secures third place, with a total score of 78%. Along with being the global economy driver, the country is also the leader in technology and home to the giant tech companies. Its universities, like Harvard and MIT, consistently make it to the top five universities of the world. Moreover, its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program helps provide permanent residency to immigrants. Just recently, the US president announced gold visas for $5 million investment in exchange for residency.

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Australia ranks fourth on the list with an aggregate score of 76. Being a large continent with low population, Australia welcomes immigrants and has vibrant education and health systems to fulfill the needs of its population. In fifth place is Canada with an aggregate score of 73, another country with a large land mass, but low population. Canada is one of the favorite destinations for immigrants globally due to its economic stability, employment prospects and education.

The UK is placed on the sixth spot with an aggregate score of 70. The UK is one of the great economies of Europe with high employment prospects. The country is home to some of the well-known universities, like Cambridge university and Oxford university, where students from around the world come every year for studying. The UK is followed by the UAE with an aggregate score of 67. The country is a tourist attraction with a high employment rate and earning potential due to it being a favorite place for investors from around the world.

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New Zealand, Austria and Italy follow with the aggregate scores of 65, 65 and 64 respectively. New Zealand due to its low population and remoteness has high economic mobility and livability rates. Austria, again a country with low population and being a part of the continental Europe, has high economic mobility, livability and employment prospects rates. Italy is one of the top four economies of Europe with high economic mobility and employment prospects rates.

Country	Earning potential	Career Advancement	Employment Prospects	Premium Education	Economic Mobility	High Livability	Total Opportunity Score (%)
Switzerland	100	81	85	73	92	75	84%
Singapore	100	61	99	58	92	64	79%
USA	89	75	85	77	75	66	78%
Australia	69	66	77	80	92	74	76%
Canada	66	74	80	73	75	73	73%
UK	62	58	71	89	76	65	70%
UAE	78	51	84	65	66	56	67%
New Zealand	61	54	60	55	92	67	65%
Austria	58	56	69	50	92	68	65%
Italy	53	61	65	52	93	59	64%
Hong Kong	85	52	81	52	50	47	61%
Latvia	73	59	48	38	90	53	60%
Malta	44	62	58	40	92	56	59%
Hungary	71	43	49	43	91	52	58%
Greece	48	44	59	43	92	53	56%
Portugal	41	50	52	44	92	59	56%

Overall, out of top 16 countries, 9 countries are European, which is not a surprise at all, for Europe is the most developed and peaceful continent. Only 3 Asian countries are included in the list: the UAE, Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong and Singapore are too small countries to compare them to the Europeans. The countries, like New Zealand, Australia and Canada, which are far away from the political and regional issues faced by Asia and are economically stable, then become the favourite destinations for immigrants.

The Threat of Climate Change

The threat of climate change must remain in mind while choosing the country of your choice, which was not considered in Henley Opportunity Index. As predicted by scientists, some countries will be badly affected by climate change, making them less habitable and causing migration. Due to the rising sea levels and increasing temperature, some current popular destinations will not remain the same.

Although Australia is in the top ten, the rising temperature will make the continent too hot in the coming decades. Similarly, some areas in the USA will also feel the impact of climate change along with most of the countries in the global South. So the countries with cold climates in the global North, like Canada, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, will be more suitable for living.

These countries are economically stable, have a high livability rate and will become the destination of most migrants in near future, which makes them the best options to choose from.

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by Ehtasham Ahmad via Digital Information World