One very important reason we moved to France from the UK over 20 years ago was to offer our very young family the opportunity to grow up in a better environment giving more security, better education and health services.
The HSBC Bank confirms that this was the right decision.
According to a recent report (November 2011) by HSBC bank (shown below) Countries which provide expats with the greatest benefits in terms of salary and economic rewards don’t always provide the best quality of life for children and families. The report lists France as offering the best quality of life for children of families relocating.
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League Table (based on 2011 results)
| Country | Your criteria | All criteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Score | Rank | Score | ||
| Thailand * | 1 | 0.52 | |||
| Saudi Arabia * | 2 | 0.52 | |||
| Singapore | 3 | 0.51 | 1 | 0.49 | |
| Egypt * | 4 | 0.51 | |||
| Switzerland * | 5 | 0.50 | |||
| Hong Kong | 6 | 0.48 | 2 | 0.48 | |
| Malaysia * | 7 | 0.48 | |||
| Philippines * | 8 | 0.48 | |||
| Mexico | 9 | 0.48 | 4 | 0.45 | |
| Japan * | 10 | 0.47 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 0.47 | 3 | 0.46 | |
| Bahrain * | 12 | 0.46 | |||
| United States | 13 | 0.46 | 6 | 0.44 | |
| South Africa * | 14 | 0.46 | |||
| Qatar * | 15 | 0.46 | |||
| Russia * | 16 | 0.46 | |||
| Brazil * | 17 | 0.45 | |||
| Vietnam * | 18 | 0.45 | |||
| Canada * | 19 | 0.44 | |||
| Australia | 20 | 0.43 | 5 | 0.45 | |
| Belgium * | 21 | 0.42 | |||
| India * | 22 | 0.41 | |||
| Spain * | 23 | 0.40 | |||
| Turkey * | 24 | 0.40 | |||
| China | 25 | 0.39 | 8 | 0.41 | |
| Germany * | 26 | 0.39 | |||
| New Zealand * | 27 | 0.38 | |||
| France | 28 | 0.36 | 7 | 0.42 | |
| United Kingdom | 29 | 0.36 | 10 | 0.35 | |
| Italy * | 30 | 0.35 | |||
| Netherlands | 31 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.38 | |
* Unfortunately we cannot give an overall ranking for these countries as we received insufficient Raising Children Abroad data.
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