Free data · June 2026

The Relocation Feasibility Index

Most “best places to move” lists answer whether you’d enjoy a country. This one answers the question that actually gates a move: can you legally and affordably stay? 90 countries, scored and sortable on visas, taxes, residency, and healthcare for a foreign mover.

90 of 90 countries

Country	Feasibility ↓	Visa ease	Nomad visa	Retirement visa	Min income/mo	Foreign income	Top tax rate	PR (yrs)	Citizenship (yrs)	Healthcare
Costa Rica · 2 cities	98	Easy	✓	✓	$1,000	Territorial	25%	3	7	High
Panama · 2 cities	98	Easy	✓	✓	$1,000	Territorial	25%	0	5	High
Ecuador · 1 city	96	Easy	✓	✓	$1,446	Territorial	37%	2	3	High
Mauritius · 1 city	92	Easy	✓	✓	—	Territorial	20%	3	7	Med
Philippines · 2 cities	90	Easy	✓	✓	$800	Territorial	35%	—	—	Med
Colombia · 4 cities	86	Easy	✓	✓	$1,100	Worldwide	39%	5	5	High
Thailand · 4 cities	86	Easy	✓	✓	—	Territorial	35%	—	—	High
UAE · 2 cities	85	Easy	✓	✓	$3,500	Territorial	0%	—	—	High
Taiwan · 1 city	79	Easy	✓	—	$4,950	Territorial	40%	5	5	High
Uruguay · 1 city	79	Moderate	✓	✓	—	Territorial	36%	3	3	High
Dominican Republic · 1 city	78	Easy	—	✓	$2,000	Territorial	25%	0	2	Med
Georgia · 1 city	78	Easy	✓	—	—	Territorial	20%	6	10	Med
Sri Lanka · 1 city	78	Easy	✓	✓	$2,000	Worldwide	36%	—	5	Med
Cyprus · 2 cities	76	Moderate	✓	✓	$906	Territorial	35%	5	7	Med
Serbia · 1 city	75	Easy	—	—	$900	Worldwide	20%	3	3	Med
Chile · 2 cities	75	Moderate	✓	✓	$1,000	Worldwide	40%	2	5	High
Argentina · 2 cities	73	Moderate	✓	✓	$1,237	Worldwide	35%	3	2	High
Armenia · 1 city	72	Easy	—	—	—	Worldwide	20%	1	3	Med
Cambodia · 1 city	72	Easy	—	✓	—	Worldwide	20%	—	—	Low
Bahrain · 1 city	70	Easy	—	✓	$4,000	Territorial	0%	—	25	Med
Brazil · 3 cities	70	Moderate	✓	✓	$1,500	Worldwide	28%	4	4	High
Portugal · 4 cities	70	Moderate	✓	✓	$1,046	Worldwide	48%	5	5	High
Türkiye · 1 city	69	Easy	✓	—	$3,000	Worldwide	40%	8	5	High
Malaysia · 2 cities	69	Moderate	✓	✓	$5,000	Territorial	30%	—	—	High
Greece · 2 cities	68	Moderate	✓	✓	$3,978	Worldwide	44%	5	7	Med
Rwanda · 1 city	67	Easy	—	✓	—	Worldwide	30%	5	5	Low
Italy · 7 cities	67	Moderate	✓	✓	$2,348	Worldwide	43%	5	10	High
Malta · 1 city	66	Moderate	✓	✓	$3,978	Territorial	35%	—	—	Med
Guatemala · 2 cities	65	Moderate	—	✓	$1,250	Territorial	7%	0	5	Med
Hungary · 1 city	63	Moderate	✓	—	$3,410	Worldwide	15%	3	8	Med
Bulgaria · 1 city	60	Moderate	✓	—	$2,600	Worldwide	10%	5	5	Med
Croatia · 3 cities	60	Moderate	✓	—	$4,118	Worldwide	35%	5	8	Med
Peru · 2 cities	60	Moderate	—	✓	$1,000	Worldwide	30%	3	2	Med
Romania · 1 city	60	Moderate	✓	—	$3,700	Worldwide	10%	5	8	Med
Indonesia · 3 cities	59	Moderate	✓	✓	$3,000	Worldwide	35%	—	—	Med
South Africa · 2 cities	58	Moderate	✓	✓	$2,204	Worldwide	45%	5	10	Med
Spain · 9 cities	58	Moderate	✓	✓	$2,728	Worldwide	47%	5	10	High
Morocco · 2 cities	56	Easy	—	—	—	Worldwide	37%	4	5	Med
Namibia · 1 city	56	Moderate	✓	—	$2,000	Territorial	37%	5	10	Med
Kenya · 1 city	55	Moderate	✓	✓	$2,000	Worldwide	35%	7	7	Med
Botswana · 1 city	53	Moderate	—	—	—	Territorial	25%	5	10	Med
Czechia · 1 city	53	Moderate	✓	—	$3,000	Worldwide	23%	5	10	Med
Estonia · 1 city	53	Moderate	✓	—	$4,501	Worldwide	22%	5	8	Med
Hong Kong · 1 city	53	Moderate	—	—	—	Territorial	17%	7	—	High
Mexico · 7 cities	52	Moderate	—	✓	$4,558	Worldwide	35%	4	5	High
Saudi Arabia · 2 cities	51	Moderate	—	—	—	Territorial	0%	—	—	Med
Slovenia · 1 city	50	Moderate	✓	—	$3,500	Worldwide	50%	5	10	High
South Korea · 1 city	50	Moderate	✓	—	$5,986	Worldwide	45%	5	5	High
France · 6 cities	49	Moderate	—	✓	$1,680	Worldwide	45%	5	5	High
Lebanon · 1 city	49	Moderate	—	✓	—	Territorial	25%	—	10	Low
Nigeria · 1 city	48	Moderate	—	✓	—	Worldwide	24%	15	15	Low
India · 5 cities	47	Moderate	—	—	—	Worldwide	39%	—	12	High
Japan · 4 cities	47	Moderate	✓	—	$5,084	Worldwide	45%	10	5	High
Poland · 2 cities	47	Moderate	—	—	$1,200	Worldwide	32%	5	8	Med
Egypt · 1 city	46	Moderate	—	—	—	Worldwide	28%	5	10	Med
Tunisia · 1 city	46	Moderate	—	—	—	Territorial	35%	5	5	Med
Ivory Coast · 1 city	45	Moderate	—	✓	—	Worldwide	32%	5	5	Low
Germany · 3 cities	44	Moderate	—	—	$1,833	Worldwide	45%	3	5	High
Ghana · 1 city	43	Moderate	—	—	—	Worldwide	35%	5	5	Low
Uganda · 1 city	43	Moderate	—	✓	$3,000	Worldwide	40%	10	10	Low
Belgium · 1 city	41	Moderate	—	—	$1,620	Worldwide	50%	5	5	High
Ethiopia · 1 city	41	Moderate	—	—	—	Territorial	35%	—	5	Low
Netherlands · 2 cities	41	Moderate	—	—	$2,008	Worldwide	50%	5	5	High
New Zealand · 3 cities	41	Hard	—	✓	$2,886	Worldwide	39%	2	5	High
Oman · 1 city	40	Hard	—	✓	$10,400	Territorial	0%	—	15	Med
Latvia · 1 city	39	Hard	✓	—	$4,550	Worldwide	33%	5	10	Med
Norway · 1 city	38	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	47%	3	7	High
Qatar · 1 city	37	Hard	—	—	—	Territorial	0%	—	—	Med
Mozambique · 1 city	37	Moderate	—	—	—	Worldwide	32%	5	10	Low
Senegal · 1 city	37	Moderate	—	—	—	Worldwide	40%	5	5	Low
Iceland · 1 city	36	Hard	✓	—	$7,800	Worldwide	46%	4	7	High
Singapore · 1 city	35	Hard	—	—	$5,000	Territorial	24%	—	—	High
Switzerland · 2 cities	35	Hard	—	✓	$40,600	Worldwide	40%	10	10	High
Tanzania · 1 city	34	Hard	—	✓	—	Worldwide	30%	10	10	Low
Lithuania · 1 city	33	Hard	—	—	$1,311	Worldwide	32%	5	10	Med
Nepal · 1 city	33	Hard	—	✓	$1,667	Worldwide	36%	—	15	Low
Austria · 2 cities	32	Hard	—	✓	$2,974	Worldwide	55%	5	10	High
Sweden · 2 cities	32	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	52%	2	8	High
Australia · 5 cities	29	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	45%	4	4	High
Ireland · 1 city	29	Hard	—	✓	$4,736	Worldwide	40%	5	5	Med
Jordan · 1 city	29	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	30%	10	15	Med
Finland · 1 city	27	Hard	—	—	$1,730	Worldwide	56%	4	8	High
China · 3 cities	26	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	45%	5	—	Med
Denmark · 1 city	26	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	56%	8	9	High
Canada · 4 cities	24	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	53%	—	3	Med
Cuba · 1 city	24	Hard	—	—	—	Territorial	50%	—	5	Med
United Kingdom · 3 cities	24	Hard	—	—	$4,600	Worldwide	45%	5	6	High
Vietnam · 4 cities	24	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	35%	—	—	Med
United States · 12 cities	21	Hard	—	—	—	Worldwide	37%	—	5	Low
Israel · 1 city	19	Hard	—	—	$7,100	Worldwide	50%	—	3	Med

The Feasibility score (0–100) weights visa accessibility, whether a nomad or retirement route exists, the income floor, tax friendliness for a foreign earner, the residency/citizenship path, and healthcare access. Banded summaries from official immigration sources, PwC/Deloitte tax summaries, and nomad-visa databases, as of June 2026. Visa and tax law changes constantly — verify current rules with official sources before you move. Not legal or tax advice.

What it measures

Feasibility for a typical non-EU/US remote worker or retiree — not lifestyle. For how a country’s cities actually feel to live in (climate, walkability, safety, cost), see the city profiles.

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