It provides insights into expat life in 31 countries, offering in-depth information on the respondents’ satisfaction with their respective new home. Expats find the locals friendly towards foreign residents (1st), and 73% say making local friends is easy (vs. 39% globally). Thailand offers the best-rated cost of living worldwide, viewed positively by 85% of expats (vs. 39% globally). It’s telling that around half (51%) describe their friends as mostly other expats (vs. 37% globally).Money is the other sore point (30th for Personal Finance). They provided information on various areas of expat life, as well as their gender, age, and nationality.Survey participants were asked to rate up to 53 factors related to expat life on a scale of one to seven.