When teaching abroad, there are a lot of decisions to be made: How much money should you save? How long will you teach for? Should you bring your favorite teddy along? And, most importantly, where should you go?

While we all have our likes and dislikes, our language abilities and climate preferences, one of the best ways to help you decide is to look at the data: where are other people going?

By looking at each country’s popularity on GoOverseas.com, Google search volume, and how many teaching opportunities they offer, Go Overseas has put together a list of the 10 most popular places to teach abroad in 2020. Take a look at the table below and compare with how they ranked in 2019.

Country Rank (2020) Rank (2019) Change Spain 1 4 +3 China 2 2 0 Japan 3 1 -2 Thailand 4 7 +3 South Korea 5 5 0 Italy 6 3 -3 Taiwan 7 - New Vietnam 8 6 -2 France 9 - New United Arab Emirates 10 8 -2

As you can see, there’s been quite a bit of shuffling. Spain has moved up three rankings to knock Japan out of the top spot, and Thailand rose from 7th to 4th place. Taiwan and France made new appearances, replacing Saudi Arabia and Australia.

Read on to learn what each of these wonderful countries has to offer to the aspiring English teacher.