WhereNext Public Data 2026
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Public WhereNext relocation, cost, visa, tax, salary, food price, and city coverage datasets for 2026. • 11 items • Updated
rank int64 1 30 | country_code stringlengths 2 2 | country_name stringlengths 5 20 | composite_score float64 59.4 72.8 | monthly_cost_usd int64 1.3k 4k | top_strengths stringlengths 25 38 | primary_visa_route stringlengths 1 45 | policy_tone stringclasses 3
values | policy_label stringclasses 9
values | policy_detail stringclasses 9
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1 | SG | Singapore | 72.84 | 2,250 | Great for kids; Career strength | Employment Pass -> PR | constrained | GIP raised to S$50M | February 21, 2025. Family-office track S$50M listed equities. Mid-market shifts to EP->PR. |
2 | HK | Hong Kong | 69.22 | 2,350 | Great for kids; Career strength | — | null | null | null |
3 | JP | Japan | 67.26 | 2,700 | Strong healthcare; Great for kids | HSP (points-based) or Business Manager (¥30M) | favorable | HSP route preferred | Business Manager capital raised to ¥30M Oct 16, 2025. HSP offers PR in 1 year at 80 points. |
4 | NL | Netherlands | 67.05 | 2,750 | Career strength; Strong infrastructure | Highly Skilled Migrant | null | null | null |
5 | TW | Taiwan | 66.47 | 1,550 | Great for kids; Strong healthcare | Gold Card (12 fields) | favorable | Gold Card — HK-friendly | 14,907 cards approved Feb 2018-Oct 2025. HK/Macau fee NT$3,100. APRC in 1 year at NTD 6M+. |
6 | AT | Austria | 66.38 | 2,650 | Very safe; Strong healthcare | — | null | null | null |
7 | KR | South Korea | 66.35 | 2,250 | Great for kids; Strong infrastructure | — | null | null | null |
8 | CH | Switzerland | 65.91 | 4,000 | Very safe; Strong healthcare | L / B permit via employment | null | null | null |
9 | BE | Belgium | 65.31 | 2,650 | Great for kids; Strong healthcare | — | null | null | null |
10 | DE | Germany | 65.12 | 2,500 | Career strength; Strong healthcare | EU Blue Card / Skilled Worker | null | null | null |
11 | DK | Denmark | 65.05 | 3,200 | Strong healthcare; Very safe | — | null | null | null |
12 | CA | Canada | 65.04 | 2,850 | Great for kids; Career strength | Express Entry / PNP / HK Pathway (HK only) | constrained | Foreign buyer ban | Extended to January 1, 2027. Excludes CMAs. Bloomberg (Dec 2025) reports possible easing 2027. |
13 | GB | United Kingdom | 64.97 | 2,900 | Great for kids; Career strength | Skilled Worker / BN(O) (HK only) | neutral | BN(O) open | ~230K visas granted since 2021; ~170K relocated. Applications -47% in 2025. Not available to mainland Chinese without BN(O) status. |
14 | IE | Ireland | 64.89 | 3,350 | Very safe; Career strength | Critical Skills / STEP | null | null | null |
15 | FI | Finland | 64.81 | 2,950 | Strong healthcare; Very safe | — | null | null | null |
16 | PT | Portugal | 64.33 | 2,000 | Very safe; Great for kids | D7 / D8 / Golden Visa (fund route) | constrained | Citizenship 10 years | October 28, 2025 — residency requirement increased from 5 to 10 years. Real estate removed from Golden Visa in 2023. |
17 | EE | Estonia | 63.45 | 1,950 | Great for kids; Career strength | — | null | null | null |
18 | AU | Australia | 63.32 | 3,350 | Great for kids; Career strength | Subclass 189/190/491 | constrained | Established-home ban | April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2027. Chinese = 67% of foreign-owned Australian homes. New-builds still permitted. |
19 | LU | Luxembourg | 63.08 | 3,500 | Strong healthcare; Career strength | — | null | null | null |
20 | ES | Spain | 62.88 | 2,200 | Strong healthcare; Great for kids | NLV / Non-Lucrative Visa | constrained | Golden Visa closed | Closed April 2025. Non-Lucrative Visa remains for passive-income residents. |
21 | NZ | New Zealand | 62.18 | 2,950 | Very safe; Great for kids | Skilled Migrant / Investor | null | null | null |
22 | SE | Sweden | 62.13 | 3,050 | Strong healthcare; Career strength | — | null | null | null |
23 | CZ | Czechia | 62.05 | 1,600 | Very safe; Strong healthcare | — | null | null | null |
24 | SI | Slovenia | 61.99 | 2,000 | Very safe; Great for kids | — | null | null | null |
25 | AE | United Arab Emirates | 61.54 | 2,150 | Strong infrastructure; Very safe | 10-year Golden Visa | favorable | UAE Golden Visa | +9,800 net millionaire inflow 2025 (Henley #1). AED 2M property = US$550K, 10 years, 0% income tax. |
26 | LT | Lithuania | 61.23 | 1,550 | Great for kids; Very safe | — | null | null | null |
27 | NO | Norway | 60.88 | 3,500 | Strong healthcare; Career strength | — | null | null | null |
28 | MT | Malta | 60.6 | 2,050 | High lifestyle; Very safe | — | null | null | null |
29 | PL | Poland | 59.45 | 1,300 | Great for kids; Affordable | — | null | null | null |
30 | IS | Iceland | 59.41 | 3,600 | Very safe; Strong healthcare | — | null | null | null |
Chinese Outbound Relocation Index 2026
Open-data ranking of 30 destinations for mainland Chinese and Hong Kong emigrants, weighted for education, safety, healthcare, wealth mobility, visa pathways, and 2025-2026 policy flags.
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chinese-outbound-relocation-index-2026.csv: CSV export for Chinese Outbound Relocation Index 2026.chinese-outbound-relocation-index-2026.json: JSON API response for Chinese Outbound Relocation Index 2026.
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WhereNext. (2026). Chinese Outbound Relocation Index 2026 [Data set]. https://getwherenext.com/data/chinese-outbound-relocation-index-2026
Notes
This Hugging Face dataset mirrors the public WhereNext dataset export. Restricted bulk datasets, including international-school bulk data, are intentionally excluded.
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