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League Table (based on 2012 results)

Country Your criteria All criteria
Rank Score Rank Score
Hong Kong 1 0.47 1 0.47
Australia 2 0.39 2 0.39
Canada 3 0.38 3 0.38
Netherlands 4 0.36 4 0.36
United Arab Emirates 5 0.33 5 0.33
United States 6 0.33 6 0.33
Saudi Arabia 7 0.33 7 0.33
United Kingdom 8 0.31 8 0.31
Kuwait 9 0.29 9 0.29
Singapore *
Bermuda *
Thailand *
Cayman Islands *
Mexico *
China *
Switzerland *
Bahrain *
Vietnam *
India *
Malaysia *
South Africa *
Qatar *
Japan *
Belgium *
Germany *
Spain *
Oman *
New Zealand *
France *
Italy *

* Unfortunately we cannot give an overall ranking for these countries as we received insufficient Raising Children Abroad data. To see rankings for these countries, simply uncheck "Raising Children Abroad" criteria.

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