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
28 countries, read a decade out
The fullest outlooks in the series so far — start here, then range across the complete atlas below.
Southeast Asia · 23 min read
The Next Decade
Thailand
Read the full outlook- Southern Europe32 min
The Next Decade
Spain
Read outlook - Iberia30 min
The Next Decade
Portugal
Read outlook - The Gulf30 min
The Next Decade
United Arab Emirates
Read outlook - Southeast Asia42 min
The Next Decade
Singapore
Read outlook - North America30 min
The Next Decade
Mexico
Read outlook - South America22 min
The Next Decade
Chile
Read outlook - Central America32 min
The Next Decade
Panama
Read outlook - Southern Europe23 min
The Next Decade
Italy
Read outlook - Western Europe19 min
The Next Decade
France
Read outlook - Central Europe22 min
The Next Decade
Austria
Read outlook - Eastern Mediterranean32 min
The Next Decade
Cyprus
Read outlook - North Africa26 min
The Next Decade
Morocco
Read outlook - Central America26 min
The Next Decade
Costa Rica
Read outlook - Caribbean26 min
The Next Decade
Puerto Rico
Read outlook - South America22 min
The Next Decade
Colombia
Read outlook - South America19 min
The Next Decade
Brazil
Read outlook - South America22 min
The Next Decade
Argentina
Read outlook - Oceania24 min
The Next Decade
Australia
Read outlook - The Pyrenees22 min
The Next Decade
Andorra
Read outlook - The Balkans21 min
The Next Decade
Albania
Read outlook - Central Europe17 min
The Next Decade
Hungary
Read outlook - The Caucasus22 min
The Next Decade
Armenia
Read outlook - Caribbean22 min
The Next Decade
Antigua & Barbuda
Read outlook - Central Europe32 min
The Next Decade
Slovenia
Read outlook - South America31 min
The Next Decade
Uruguay
Read outlook - Southeast Asia34 min
The Next Decade
Malaysia
Read outlook - Southeastern Europe28 min
The Next Decade
Romania
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
45 countries, each read a decade out. New dispatches land regularly.
- AlbaniaThe Next Decade
- AndorraThe Next Decade
- Antigua & BarbudaThe Next Decade
- ArgentinaThe Next Decade
- ArmeniaThe Next Decade
- AustraliaThe Next Decade
- AustriaThe Next Decade
- BrazilThe Next Decade
- BulgariaThe Next Decade
- CambodiaThe Next Decade
- ChileThe Next Decade
- ColombiaThe Next Decade
- Costa RicaThe Next Decade
- CroatiaThe Next Decade
- CyprusThe Next Decade
- CzechiaThe Next Decade
- DominicaThe Next Decade
- Dominican RepublicThe Next Decade
- EcuadorThe Next Decade
- EstoniaThe Next Decade
- FranceThe Next Decade
- GeorgiaThe Next Decade
- GermanyThe Next Decade
- GreeceThe Next Decade
- GrenadaThe Next Decade
- HungaryThe Next Decade
- IndonesiaThe Next Decade
- IrelandThe Next Decade
- ItalyThe Next Decade
- JapanThe Next Decade
- MalaysiaThe Next Decade
- MaltaThe Next Decade
- MexicoThe Next Decade
- MoroccoThe Next Decade
- NetherlandsThe Next Decade
- PanamaThe Next Decade
- PortugalThe Next Decade
- Puerto RicoThe Next Decade
- RomaniaThe Next Decade
- SingaporeThe Next Decade
- SloveniaThe Next Decade
- SpainThe Next Decade
- ThailandThe Next Decade
- United Arab EmiratesThe Next Decade
- UruguayThe 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.