'Korea is not visible'... Ranking of countries worldwide where people want to immigrate

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2nd Australia, 3rd New Zealand

The number one country that people around the world most want to immigrate to is Canada.

The country that people around the world most want to immigrate to is Canada. The photo is not directly related. [Image source=Getty Images]

On the 4th (local time), the New York Post reported that an analysis of Google search data revealed that the country people most want to move to is Canada. Over the past year, there have been more than 1.5 million searches related to 'immigration to Canada' on Google. Australia ranked second with over 1.2 million searches.

New Zealand ranked third, followed by Spain and the United Kingdom in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Next were Portugal and Japan in sixth and seventh place, and European countries Germany, France, and Switzerland ranked eighth to tenth.

First Move International, which conducted the data analysis, pointed out that "immigration to Canada is more difficult to adapt to in reality than expected." Canadian immigrants especially suffer from the high cost of living locally, with major cities like Vancouver and Toronto being among the most expensive cities in the world.

Landscape of Canada
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Sydney Opera House, a representative landmark of Australia [Image source=Pixabay]

Regarding the fact that the United States, once synonymous with immigration, did not make the top 10, the New York Post interpreted this as a result of the recent high cost of living in the U.S. and anti-immigration sentiment among Americans pushing it out of the top 10. Six years ago, in 2018, Gallup conducted a survey of over 500,000 adults from 154 countries worldwide between 2015 and 2017 on the 'countries people want to immigrate to,' and at that time, the U.S. ranked first.

Meanwhile, in the list of 'the world's most livable cities' selected last month by the British weekly The Economist, Vienna, Austria, took first place for the third consecutive year. Among domestic cities, Seoul and Busan ranked fifth and sixth in Asia.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), an economic analysis organization established by The Economist, released results evaluating 173 cities worldwide based on five categories: stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education, and infrastructure. Following Vienna were Copenhagen, Denmark; Zurich, Switzerland; and Melbourne, Australia, ranking second to fourth in 'most livable cities.' Canada and Australia made the top 10. Calgary, Canada, and Geneva, Switzerland, tied for fifth; Sydney, Australia, and Vancouver, Canada, tied for seventh; and Osaka, Japan, and Auckland, New Zealand, tied for ninth.

The EIU explained that while inflation has eased in many countries, its impact on housing costs remains, and high prices are negatively affecting infrastructure scores, especially in Australia and Canada.