The majority of expats enjoy a better quality of life, with 17.5% having a very much better quality of life, a survey by Now Health International has found.
The survey found a further 52% experienced a better quality of life and 21% experienced the same quality of life.
Among expats 9% experienced a worse quality of life and 0.5% said living abroad they experienced a very much worse quality of life.
However the survey also found 50% of those surveyed had considered returning to their home country due to homesickness or culture shock.
The survey was carried out online by Now Health International during July and August 2014, with the majority of the 209 respondents living and working in UAE, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.
Over a third of those responding to the survey had lived abroad from their home country for ten years or more.
The survey found the things expats missed most from home were friends and family, food and the weather and if they could they would bring them to their new lives.
Alison Massey, marketing and ecommerce director of Now Health, said: "Carrying out this research has been a fascinating insight into the different lifestyles that our members and non-members experience as expats, and it's good to learn that despite the big decisions they have made, the majority of them now have a better quality of life."
