Living in Chile

Chile is the most settled and diversified economy in this group, with real depth in energy, engineering, and IT rather than tourism alone. Pay reaches into the world's upper tier and tax stays light, and though costs are high, a solid amount survives once an ordinary life is covered. Work happens largely in Spanish, where English helps in some technical fields but won't carry you on its own, and the market is hard to enter cold. For someone with the right skills and the language, it offers a stability that's scarce elsewhere on this list.

Chile's migration story is one of speed. Its foreign-born population has surged 161% over the past decade — among the fastest increases anywhere — reaching about 1.5M, or 8% of residents. The arrivals are heavily South American, led by 427.8K from Venezuela, followed by Peru and Colombia. In just ten years, immigration has transformed from a minor feature of Chilean life into a defining one.