Retiring abroad/Table

This table provides some background information for our article on Retiring abroad.

Only approximate

This article was created in 2014 and is not often updated. It may not be entirely accurate today, and is certainly not complete; it is intended only as a general overview.
For anything you are seriously concerned about, you should do your own more detailed research.

It was started from Wikipedia's List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita which gives four sets of estimates from various sources. Only one, the UN estimate, is used here. It is shown in the GDP column, in US $. The 30 most expensive countries have been removed. The figure is the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year, per inhabitant.

The Global Peace Index (GPI) gives numeric scores, of peace levels, where 1.0 would be ideal and a higher score indicates problems. In the 2017 data for 163 countries, the seventeen best scores are between 1.1 and 1.5 while the thirteen worst are between 3.0 and 3.8. The table shows 2013 scores in the GPI column. A few of the most dangerous countries have been removed. The same organisation also has reports on terrorism and ecological threats.

The Social Progress Index ( (SPI) tries to measure the overall level of good living for a population, using a 0-100 scale. In the 2014 results for 132 countries, the six lowest scores were in the 30s and the top 23 were in the 80s. Some of these scores are in the SPI column.

The next two columns indicate whether the country offers a retirement visa and if so, funds required, amounts in US $:

  • Monthly: amount needed.
  • Deposit: lump sum needed up front

Some retirees should check the legal status of activities they might engage in. The Wikivoyage articles on LGBT travel and Cannabis and Wikipedia on prostitution laws are starting points for some issues. However for anything that is a serious concern you should do your own more detailed research.

Table

Note that you can sort the table on any column, in ascending or descending order, by clicking on the little arrows in the column header.

This table is just for preliminarily finding interesting countries. You should check legal and economic issues by yourself before choosing where to go – they might have changed, and there may be specifics relevant to you.

Rank Country Statistics Financial (Visa)
GDP GPI SPI Monthly Deposit
British Virgin Islands32,375
31Spain29,2781.5781
Puerto Rico28,021
32Cyprus26,4621.94
French Polynesia26,113
33Saudi Arabia25,1362.47
Aruba24,832
34Oman23,5701.98
35South Korea23,0521.8277
36Bahrain23,0392.40
Turks and Caicos22,488
37Greece22,3772.0073
38Slovenia21,8471.36
39Bahamas21,624
40Malta20,514
Anguilla20,048
41Portugal20,0061.2680
42Equatorial Guinea19,6801.93
43Czech Republic18,4281.3680
Netherlands Antilles18,360
44Trinidad and Tobago17,3652.1070
45Estonia17,3351.71
46Slovakia16,7741.61
47Barbados16,000
49Chile15,3631.6076
Cook Islands14,918
50Gabon14,7472.05
51Uruguay14,7031.7178800
52Saint Kitts and Nevis14,267
54Lithuania13,9841.73
55Latvia13,7731.67
56Antigua and Barbuda13,207
57Croatia13,1051.67
58Poland12,8201.6877
Montserrat12,774
59Venezuela12,7672.65
60Hungary12,4901.4974
61Kazakhstan12,4451.99
62Nauru12,022
63Argentina11,6101.88
64Brazil11,3472.20
65Seychelles11,164
66Turkey10,6532.78
67Malaysia10,4221.64701500
68Palau10,271
69Mexico9,7952.65661000
70Panama9,5341.84731000
71Costa Rica9,3871.70
72Suriname9,376
73Mauritius9,2381.55
74Lebanon9,1432.78
75Romania7,7871.60
76Colombia7,7522.78
77Maldives7,700
78Grenada7,418
79Azerbaijan7,3832.43
80South Africa7,3362.3263
81Saint Lucia7,289
82Iran7,2172.47
83Botswana7,1911.62
84Bulgaria7,0041.63
85Dominica6,958
86Peru6,8251.99
87Belarus6,7262.14
88Montenegro6,5141.95
89Turkmenistan6,4692.27
90Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6,349
91Cuba6,3012.06
92China6,0702.24
93Thailand5,7752.29651500
94Dominican Republic5,7312.11
95Namibia5,6681.84
96Ecuador5,6481.9568800-
97Angola5,5862.12
98Algeria5,3802.20
99Jamaica5,3432.07
100Serbia5,3151.89
101East Timor4,835
102Belize4,7952000
103Fiji4,572
105North Macedonia4,5482.13
106Bosnia and Herzegovina4,5172.04
107Tonga4,429
108Jordan4,4142.09
109Tunisia4,1501.98
110Tuvalu4,042
111Paraguay3,8781.9664
112Ukraine3,8723.18
113Cape Verde3,850
114Albania3,8091.91
115El Salvador3,7902.24
116Marshall Islands3,773
117Mongolia3,6731.80
118Georgia3,6322.08
119Samoa3,607
120Guyana3,5852.02
121Indonesia3,5571.8559
122Republic of the Congo3,4042.33
123Armenia3,3512.22
124Guatemala3,3402.25611000
125Micronesia3,165
126Eswatini3,1372.01
127Egypt3,1152.58
128Vanuatu3,040
129Morocco2,9522.00
130Sri Lanka2,8162.02601500
131Kosovo2,8132.01
132Philippines2,5872.566680010,000
133Bolivia2,5762.0563
134Bhutan2,5091.47
136Honduras2,3392.19
137Papua New Guinea2,1872.10
139Moldova2,0641.94
140Solomon Islands1,837
141Uzbekistan1,8012.13
141Nicaragua1,7542.00
142Kiribati1,745
143Vietnam1,7161.92
144Ghana1,6051.79
145Djibouti1,5832.20
146Nigeria1,5552.85
147Zambia1,5271.79
148India1,5162.5450
149São Tomé and Príncipe1,386
152Laos1,3691.8052
154Cameroon1,2022.39
155Pakistan1,5783.0634
156Lesotho1,1912.07
157Kyrgyzstan1,1832.22
158Myanmar1,1262.18
159Mauritania1,0182.36
160Senegal1,0171.93
161Tajikistan9532.26
162Cambodia9442.0752
163Kenya9432.34
165Comoros858
166Bangladesh8222.0452
167Chad8182.50
168Benin7522.01
169Sierra Leone7251.76
170Zimbabwe7182.35
171Haiti7062.03
172Mali6912.60
174Nepal6562.0852
175Burkina Faso6492.07
176Rwanda6202.23
177Tanzania6081.88
178Uganda5982.18
179Togo5901.94
181Mozambique5792.01
Zanzibar565
182Guinea5322.09
183Gambia5122.21
184Guinea-Bissau5102.31
185Eritrea5072.51
186Central African Republic4833.21
187Madagascar4471.8044
188Niger3952.34
189Liberia3562.02
190Malawi3551.83
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