Rio De Janeiro - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the relative size of the expatriate community? How would you describe overall morale among expatriates?
Rio has one million things to do, so while morale is not low, community is not strong because people are busy doing stuff on their own. - Sep 2025
There are a lot of expats in Rio, all of them seem very happy. - Jun 2024
Large but disconnected. - Oct 2019
Fair number of expats, primarily in the oil industry. - Sep 2019
Expats are there, but not recognizable; they blend in at the beach. the morale is great because you're in Rio, but you don't go to Rio for the ex-pats: you go because the locals are so nice, fun, friendly... - Apr 2019
Brazil is an amazing place to travel and Brazilians are very warm people, but expats spend a lot of time complaining about the food and level of service. Feeling the unfulfilled potential can be frustrating, but it is a great experience for those ready to see it as such. - Jun 2017
Pretty good; there is a good mix of international community here. - May 2016
Huge. - Aug 2013
Medium, lots of oil company folks. - Jun 2011
Medium. - Jul 2010
About 22,000 resident Americans in the district and lots of other intl expats as well. - Jun 2010
Medium. - Jan 2009
