Independent work topic: Living in another country

3. Mexico

Like Taiwan, Mexico has also dropped one place compared to 2016’s most welcoming country ranking, taking third place this year. In 2017, Mexico is the friendliest country in general, with more than nine in ten expats (93%) agreeing that Mexicans are friendly people. In terms of settling into expat life in Mexico, 80 percent think it’s easy to get used to the culture there. Expats don’t seem stick together in Mexico — 73 percent agree it’s easy to make local friends, and an impressive 30 percent say most of their friends are local residents. A Canadian expat shares that the best thing about life in Mexico is the “friendliness of the town’s people”.