SA ranks in top 20 best countries to raise a family

Cape Town -  South Africa is one of the top 20 best countries in the world to raise a family.

This is according to 14 000 foreign expats living in countries across the world who took part in the survey run by international website Expat Insider.

Overall, South Africa scored a lowly 49^th when it comes to the world's most appealing destinations for expats in the world,  but when it comes to Family Life category SA came in 18^th, beating the UK who came in 22^nd.  

The Expat Insider survey found the three most appealing destinations for worldwide expats to be Ecuador, Mexico and Malta.

The Best Place to Raise a Family category took into consideration four sub-categories, including availability of Childcare and Education where South Africa scored well, ranking in position 11 overall.

SA ranked 20th for the Cost of Childcare and Education and Quality of Education sub-categories.  The worst performing sub-catergory for South Africa however was in the area of health and safety for children 

The Top 25 Best Countries to Raise a Family:

1. Austria

2. Finland

3. Sweden

4. Israel

5. New Zealand

6. Singapore

7. Germany

8. France

9. Australia

10. Luxembourg

11. Denmark

12. Spain

13. Poland

14. Philippines

15. Mexico

16. Canada

17. Norway

18. South Africa

19. Bahrain

20. Costa Rica

21. Netherlands

22. United Kingdom

23. China

24. Belgium

25. USA

Download the full survey here

Most Welcoming Countries:

Top 3: Myanmar, Mexico and Portugal.

SA – 39th

Where Expats Love to Work:

Top 3: Malta, Norway and Luxembourg.

SA – 54th.

Best Countries for the Expat Wallet:

Top 3: Ecuador, Luxembourg and Mexico.

SA – 52nd.