US News and World Report Top 10 Countries to be an Immigrant

July 10, 2017

It seems that US News and World Report has rankings for just about everything, from universities to law schools to . . . the “best country to be an immigrant.” Here is the US News best countries for immigrants:

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1. Sweden

2. Canada

3. Switzerland

4. Australia

5. Germany

6. Norway

7. United States

8. Netherlands

9. Finland

10. Denmark

To determine the Best Countries to Be an Immigrant, U.S. News assessed international perceptions of a country, as well as immigration policy and economic data.

More than 21,000 people from all regions of the world participated in the Best Countries survey, in which they assessed how closely they associated 80 countries with specific characteristics. Four of these – “economically stable,” “good job market,” “income equality” and “is a place I would live” – were included in the Best Countries to Be an Immigrant ranking.

Countries also were scored in relation to others on the share of migrants in their population; the amount of remittances the migrants they host sent home; and graded on a United Nations assessment of integration measures provided for immigrants, such as language training and transfers of job certifications, and the rationale behind current integration policies.

In the ranking of the United States, US News notes that:

“Despite being the foremost global power, the U.S. still faces domestic challenges, including racial tensions, income inequality and an increasingly polarized electorate. All of these fissures were on display during the 2016 national presidential campaign between Trump and Hillary Clinton. While national security is a concern, so too, is the debt incurred from wars and expenditures on an aging population. The U.S. leads the developed world in deaths due to firearms.”

Here are two other revealing tables from the rankings:

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