Survey Highlights:
- • Riyadh is considered to have the highest possibility of employment with49% stating that the availability of jobs is either ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. Doha is considered to have the most competitive salaries according to44% of respondents.
- • Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Manama and Muscat Perceived to be the Top Middle East cities to live in, according to the survey.
- • Cities in UAE such as Sharjah (43%) and Dubai (40%) rate highly in terms of ‘ease of starting up new businesses’.
- • End of service benefits are seen as being highest in GCC cities, especially in Sharjah (44%), Abu Dhabi (42%), Manama (42%) and KuwaitCity (41%).
- • The city with the least perceived air pollution is Muscat according to70% of the city’s residents, followed by Abu Dhabi (61%)
- • Dubai was ranked the highest by the residents in terms of quality of life, with73% ranking their lifestyle as either ‘good’ or ‘excellent’, while Abu Dhabi’s residents ranked it second with70%.
Respondents' Profile:The exercise was conducted amongst all the residents, aged over18, across the Middle East and North Africa region including UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. The survey was conducted online with a sample of9,038 respondents between the24th June to4th July2012.
