Malta is ‘biggest loser’ in quality of life study

Malta has been labelled as “the biggest loser” in a Quality of Life Index that analysed living conditions in 187 different countries. The island fell from 19th best for quality of life to 38th in The Expat Insider 2018 report. According to the researchers, living in Malta was deemed as being “not as peaceful as it seems”. “Many expats seem to feel increasingly affected by the political situation. Only five in nine expats in Malta (56 per cent) give the country’s political stability a positive rating, compared to a global average of 63 per cent,” the report authors said. One UK expat reported that “corruption seems endemic at all levels of society” and an Irish respondent noted that “the horrendous corruption in every aspect of governance is appalling”. About one in six expats (18 per cent) said they were unhappy with what they perceived as “lack of peacefulness” on the island. Information for this year’s report was compiled between February 15 and March 7 last year, with about 18,135 expats, representing 178 nationalities and living in 187 countries, taking part. Researchers asked participants to rate up to 48 different factors concerning various aspects of life abroad on a...