The Expatriator Future Series
The Next Decade
Where will you still want to be in 2036?
Rankings tell you where to move this year. We report the decade after that. The Future Series is a five-to-ten-year settlement outlook on every major destination — the taxes, the politics, the climate line, the automation exposure, and the honest verdict on who should plant roots and who should keep a bag packed.
What a future outlook is
Not a guidebook. A decision, pressure-tested.
Each dispatch is written for one reader: the person deciding whether to give a country the next ten years of their life. We hold every destination to the same test, and we show our work.
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A five-to-ten-year lens
Visas change, coalitions fall, coastlines get repriced. We read past the honeymoon to the decade that actually decides whether you stay.
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Sourced and dated
Every load-bearing claim is cited to a primary or first-tier source and stamped with a date. No vibes, no recycled forum lore.
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A living forecast
Each outlook lists the signals we're watching and the thresholds that would change our verdict — then we revise the page when they move.
The flagship dispatches
Nine countries, read a decade out
The fullest outlooks in the series so far — start here, then range across the complete atlas below.
Southeast Asia · 26 min read
The Next Decade
Thailand
Read the full outlook- Southern Europe 33 min
The Next Decade
Spain
Read outlook - Iberia 32 min
The Next Decade
Portugal
Read outlook - The Gulf 31 min
The Next Decade
United Arab Emirates
Read outlook - East Asia 32 min
The Next Decade
Japan
Read outlook - Southeast Asia 30 min
The Next Decade
Singapore
Read outlook - North America 31 min
The Next Decade
Mexico
Read outlook - South America 30 min
The Next Decade
Chile
Read outlook - Central America 36 min
The Next Decade
Panama
Read outlook
The Future Briefing
When the outlook changes, you'll know.
One email when we publish a new country outlook, or when a signal we're watching gets tripped. No newsletter, no filler — just the decade, as it moves.
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The complete atlas
Every outlook we've published
41 countries, each read a decade out. New dispatches land regularly.
- Albania The Next Decade
- Andorra The Next Decade
- Antigua & Barbuda The Next Decade
- Argentina The Next Decade
- Armenia The Next Decade
- Australia The Next Decade
- Austria The Next Decade
- Brazil The Next Decade
- Bulgaria The Next Decade
- Cambodia The Next Decade
- Chile The Next Decade
- Colombia The Next Decade
- Costa Rica The Next Decade
- Croatia The Next Decade
- Cyprus The Next Decade
- Czechia The Next Decade
- Dominica The Next Decade
- Dominican Republic The Next Decade
- Ecuador The Next Decade
- Estonia The Next Decade
- France The Next Decade
- Georgia The Next Decade
- Germany The Next Decade
- Greece The Next Decade
- Grenada The Next Decade
- Hungary The Next Decade
- Indonesia The Next Decade
- Ireland The Next Decade
- Italy The Next Decade
- Japan The Next Decade
- Malta The Next Decade
- Mexico The Next Decade
- Morocco The Next Decade
- Netherlands The Next Decade
- Panama The Next Decade
- Portugal The Next Decade
- Puerto Rico The Next Decade
- Singapore The Next Decade
- Spain The Next Decade
- Thailand The Next Decade
- United Arab Emirates The Next Decade
From outlook to plan
An outlook tells you where. We help you get there.
Every dispatch ends with a decision only you can make. When you're ready to turn a verdict into visas, timelines, and an assembled document packet, that's what Expatriator is for.