Retiring abroad/Table
This table provides some background information for our article on Retiring abroad.
It was started from Wikipedia's w: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. The 30 most expensive countries have been removed.
The Global Peace Index gives numeric scores where 1.0 would be ideal and a higher score indicates problems. In the 2013 data for 126 countries, the twenty best scores are between 1.1 and 1.5 while the ten worst are between 3.0 and 3.5. This score is in the GPI column. A few of the most dangerous countries have been removed.
The Social Progress Index tries to measure the overall level of good living for a population. 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.
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
Then there are columns for legal status of various things.
- Prostitution, from w:Prostitution by country
- Cannabis, from w:Legality of cannabis by country
- Homosexuality
An X indicates the activity is illegal. A tick indicates that the activity itself is legal, but various related things — for example, soliciting for prostitution, selling cannabis or gay marriage — may still be forbidden. Data for these was taken from the relevant Wikipedia articles in January 2014; it may not be entirely accurate or up-to-date, and is certainly not complete. This information is intended only to provide a starting point; if any of these is a serious concern for you, 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.
Rank | Country | Statistics | Financial | Legal | |||||
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GDP | GPI | SPI | Monthly | Deposit | P | C | H | ||
- | British Virgin Islands | 32,375 | |||||||
31 | Spain | 29,278 | 1.56 | 81 | |||||
- | Puerto Rico | 28,021 | X | ||||||
32 | Cyprus | 26,462 | 1.84 | ||||||
- | French Polynesia | 26,113 | |||||||
33 | Saudi Arabia | 25,136 | 2.12 | ||||||
- | Aruba | 24,832 | |||||||
34 | Oman | 23,570 | 1.81 | ||||||
35 | South Korea | 23,052 | 1.82 | 77 | |||||
36 | Bahrain | 23,039 | 2.11 | ||||||
- | Turks and Caicos | 22,488 | X | X | |||||
37 | Greece | 22,377 | 1.96 | 73 | |||||
38 | Slovenia | 21,847 | 1.37 | ||||||
39 | Bahamas | 21,624 | |||||||
40 | Malta | 20,514 | |||||||
- | Anguilla | 20,048 | |||||||
41 | Portugal | 20,006 | 1.47 | 80 | |||||
42 | Equatorial Guinea | 19,680 | 2.07 | ||||||
43 | Czech Republic | 18,428 | 1.40 | 80 | |||||
— | Netherlands Antilles | 18,360 | |||||||
44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,365 | 2.07 | 70 | |||||
45 | Estonia | 17,335 | 1.71 | ||||||
46 | Slovakia | 16,774 | 1.62 | ||||||
47 | Barbados | 16,000 | |||||||
49 | Chile | 15,363 | 1.59 | 76 | |||||
— | Cook Islands | 14,918 | |||||||
50 | Gabon | 14,747 | 1.99 | ||||||
51 | Uruguay | 14,703 | 1.53 | 78 | |||||
52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14,267 | |||||||
54 | Lithuania | 13,984 | 1.78 | ||||||
55 | Latvia | 13,773 | 1.77 | ||||||
56 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13,207 | |||||||
57 | Croatia | 13,105 | 1.57 | ||||||
58 | Poland | 12,820 | 1.53 | 77 | |||||
— | Montserrat | 12,774 | |||||||
59 | Venezuela | 12,767 | 2.37 | ||||||
60 | Hungary | 12,490 | 1.52 | 74 | |||||
61 | Kazakhstan | 12,445 | 2.03 | ||||||
62 | Nauru | 12,022 | |||||||
63 | Argentina | 11,610 | 1.91 | ||||||
64 | Brazil | 11,347 | 2.05 | ||||||
65 | Seychelles | 11,164 | |||||||
66 | Turkey | 10,653 | 2.43 | ||||||
67 | Malaysia | 10,422 | 1.57 | 70 | 1500 | ||||
68 | Palau | 10,271 | |||||||
69 | Mexico | 9,795 | 2.43 | 66 | 1000 | ||||
70 | Panama | 9,534 | 1.89 | 73 | 1000 | ||||
71 | Costa Rica | 9,387 | 1.76 | ||||||
72 | Suriname | 9,376 | X | ||||||
73 | Mauritius | 9,238 | 1.50 | ||||||
74 | Lebanon | 9,143 | 2.58 | ||||||
75 | Romania | 7,787 | 1.58 | ||||||
76 | Colombia | 7,752 | 2.63 | ||||||
77 | Maldives | 7,700 | |||||||
78 | Grenada | 7,418 | |||||||
79 | Azerbaijan | 7,383 | 2.35 | ||||||
80 | South Africa | 7,336 | 2.29 | 63 | |||||
81 | Saint Lucia | 7,289 | |||||||
82 | Iran | 7,217 | 2.47 | X | |||||
83 | Botswana | 7,191 | 1.60 | ||||||
84 | Bulgaria | 7,004 | 1.66 | ||||||
85 | Dominica | 6,958 | |||||||
86 | Peru | 6,825 | 2.26 | ||||||
87 | Belarus | 6,726 | 2.12 | ||||||
88 | Montenegro | 6,514 | 1.98 | ||||||
89 | Turkmenistan | 6,469 | 2.15 | ||||||
90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6,349 | |||||||
91 | Cuba | 6,301 | 1.92 | ||||||
92 | China | 6,070 | 2.14 | ||||||
93 | Thailand | 5,775 | 2.38 | 65 | 1500 | ||||
94 | Dominican Republic | 5,731 | 2.10 | ||||||
95 | Namibia | 5,668 | 1.81 | ||||||
96 | Ecuador | 5,648 | 2.06 | 68 | 800 | - | |||
97 | Angola | 5,586 | 2.15 | ||||||
98 | Algeria | 5,380 | 2.28 | X | |||||
99 | Jamaica | 5,343 | 2.27 | X | |||||
100 | Serbia | 5,315 | 1.91 | X | |||||
101 | East Timor | 4,835 | 1.85 | ||||||
102 | Belize | 4,795 | 2000 | ||||||
103 | Fiji | 4,572 | |||||||
105 | Macedonia | 4,548 | 2.04 | ||||||
106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,517 | 1.97 | ||||||
107 | Tonga | 4,429 | |||||||
108 | Jordan | 4,414 | 1.86 | ||||||
109 | Tunisia | 4,150 | 2.01 | ||||||
110 | Tuvalu | 4,042 | |||||||
111 | Paraguay | 3,878 | 2.06 | ||||||
112 | Ukraine | 3,872 | 2.23 | ||||||
113 | Cape Verde | 3,850 | |||||||
114 | Albania | 3,809 | 1.96 | X | |||||
115 | El Salvador | 3,790 | 2.24 | ||||||
116 | Marshall Islands | 3,773 | |||||||
117 | Mongolia | 3,673 | 1.92 | X | |||||
118 | Georgia | 3,632 | 2.51 | ||||||
119 | Samoa | 3,607 | |||||||
120 | Guyana | 3,585 | 1.96 | X | |||||
121 | Indonesia | 3,557 | 1.88 | 59 | |||||
122 | Republic of the Congo | 3,404 | 2.18 | ||||||
123 | Armenia | 3,351 | 2.12 | ||||||
124 | Guatemala | 3,340 | 2.22 | 61 | 1000 | ||||
125 | Micronesia | 3,165 | |||||||
126 | Swaziland | 3,137 | 2.07 | ||||||
127 | Egypt | 3,115 | 2.26 | ||||||
128 | Vanuatu | 3,040 | |||||||
129 | Morocco | 2,952 | 1.90 | ||||||
130 | Sri Lanka | 2,816 | 2.23 | 60 | 1500 | X | X | X | |
131 | Kosovo | 2,813 | 1.97 | ||||||
132 | Philippines | 2,587 | 2.37 | 66 | 800 | 10,000 | |||
133 | Bolivia | 2,576 | 2.06 | 63 | |||||
134 | Bhutan | 2,509 | 1.49 | ||||||
136 | Honduras | 2,339 | 2.33 | ||||||
137 | Papua New Guinea | 2,187 | 2.13 | ||||||
139 | Moldova | 2,064 | 1.98 | ||||||
140 | Solomon Islands | 1,837 | |||||||
141 | Uzbekistan | 1,801 | 2.33 | ||||||
141 | Nicaragua | 1,754 | 1.93 | ||||||
142 | Kiribati | 1,745 | |||||||
143 | Vietnam | 1,716 | 1.78 | ||||||
144 | Ghana | 1,605 | 1.90 | ||||||
145 | Djibouti | 1,583 | 1.92 | ||||||
146 | Nigeria | 1,555 | 2.69 | ||||||
147 | Zambia | 1,527 | 1.83 | ||||||
148 | India | 1,516 | 2.57 | 50 | X | ||||
149 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,386 | |||||||
152 | Laos | 1,369 | 1.72 | 52 | |||||
154 | Cameroon | 1,202 | 2.19 | ||||||
155 | Pakistan | 1,578 | 3.11 | 34 | X | X | X | ||
156 | Lesotho | 1,191 | 1.84 | ||||||
157 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,183 | 2.39 | ||||||
158 | Burma | 1,126 | 2.53 | ||||||
159 | Mauritania | 1,018 | 2.33 | ||||||
160 | Senegal | 1,017 | 2.06 | ||||||
161 | Tajikistan | 953 | 2.28 | ||||||
162 | Cambodia | 944 | 2.26 | 52 | |||||
163 | Kenya | 943 | 2.47 | ||||||
165 | Comoros | 858 | |||||||
166 | Bangladesh | 822 | 2.16 | 52 | X | ||||
167 | Chad | 818 | 2.49 | ||||||
168 | Benin | 752 | 2.16 | ||||||
169 | Sierra Leone | 725 | 1.90 | ||||||
170 | Zimbabwe | 718 | 2.70 | ||||||
171 | Haiti | 706 | 2.08 | X | |||||
172 | Mali | 691 | 2.35 | ||||||
174 | Nepal | 656 | 2.06 | 52 | X | X | X | ||
175 | Burkina Faso | 649 | 2.06 | ||||||
176 | Rwanda | 620 | 2.44 | ||||||
177 | Tanzania | 608 | 1.89 | ||||||
178 | Uganda | 598 | 2.18 | ||||||
179 | Togo | 590 | 1.95 | ||||||
181 | Mozambique | 579 | 1.91 | ||||||
— | Zanzibar | 565 | |||||||
182 | Guinea | 532 | 2.27 | ||||||
183 | Gambia | 512 | 2.09 | ||||||
184 | Guinea-Bissau | 510 | 2.43 | ||||||
185 | Eritrea | 507 | 2.29 | ||||||
186 | Central African Republic | 483 | 3.03 | ||||||
187 | Madagascar | 447 | 2.07 | 44 | |||||
188 | Niger | 395 | 2.36 | ||||||
189 | Liberia | 356 | 2.05 | ||||||
190 | Malawi | 355 | 1.98 |