The best and worst countries in the world for making friends

We might not be as friendly to expat families as we'd like to think.

In a ranking of 67 countries around the world for 'Ease of settling in', the UK ranked 42nd for Friendliness, and 43rd for 'Finding Friends'.

This is according to the Expat Insider 2016 index by InterNations, which surveyed more than 14,000 respondents.

The UK ranked 33rd on the index of 191 countries, overall.

For the subindex 'Friendliness', we have produced a map of the rankings of the countries surveyed.

Taiwan, Uganda and Costa Rica were the most friendly countries, while Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait were found to be the least friendly.

Here are the full rankings, which you can also find in the report:

1. Taiwan
   
2. Uganda
   
3. Costa Rica
   
4. Mexico
   
5. Colombia
   
6. Oman
   
7. Philippines
   
8. New Zealand
   
9. Vietnam
   
10. Portugal
    
11. Brazil
    
12. Spain
    
13. Ecuador
    
14. Canada
    
15. Romania
    
16. Bahrain
    
17. Malta
    
18. Indonesia
    
19. Ukraine
    
20. Ireland
    
21. Thailand
    
22. Argentina
    
23. Australia
    
24. Cyprus
    
25. USA
    
26. Greece
    
27. Peru
    
28. Morocco
    
29. Japan
    
30. Israel
    
31. United Arab Emirates
    
32. Malaysia
    
33. Tanzania
    
34. India
    
35. Kenya
    
36. Turkey
    
37. Egypt
    
38. Kazakhstan
    
39. Mozambique
    
40. Poland
    
41. Luxembourg
    
42. United Kingdom
    
43. China
    
44. Nigeria
    
45. Netherlands
    
46. Hungary
    
47. Italy
    
48. Panama
    
49. South Africa
    
50. South Korea
    
51. Singapore
    
52. Hong Kong
    
53. Belgium
    
54. Finland
    
55. Germany
    
56. France
    
57. Chile
    
58. Austria
    
59. Russia
    
60. Denmark
    
61. Qatar
    
62. Sweden
    
63. Norway
    
64. Switzerland
    
65. Czech Republic
    
66. Saudi Arabia
    
67. Kuwait
    

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