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Most Crypto-Friendly Countries 2026

Ranking 229 countries by cryptocurrency regulation, Bitcoin adoption, and crypto tax treatment. Discover the best destinations for crypto investors and Web3 entrepreneurs.

#	Country	Score
1	Hong Kong	80.4
2	El Salvador	80.3
3	United States	79.8
4	Singapore	79
5	United Arab Emirates	77.1
6	Switzerland	74.6
7	Portugal	72.6
8	Czech Republic	70.8
9	Gibraltar	70.6
10	Georgia	69.9
11	Slovenia	69
12	United Kingdom	68.1
13	Canada	66.9
14	Germany	66.8
15	Estonia	66.6
16	Brazil	65.7
17	Australia	64.9
18	Korea Republic	63.1
19	Latvia	62.5
20	Philippines	61.3
21	Liechtenstein	61.2
22	Austria	61.2
23	Lithuania	60.5
24	Malaysia	60.5
25	Japan	60.5
26	Netherlands	60.5
27	Belgium	59.9
28	Cyprus	59.9
29	Poland	59.8
30	South Africa	59.8
31	New Zealand	59.7
32	Malta	59.5
33	Chinese Taipei	59.1
34	Romania	59
35	Finland	58.1
36	Bulgaria	57.3
37	France	56.5
38	Norway	56.4
39	Hungary	56.3
40	Turkey	56.1
41	Spain	56.1
42	Bahrain	56.1
43	Sweden	56
44	Croatia	55.7
45	Slovakia	55.5
46	Cayman Islands	55.5
47	Bermuda	55.1
48	Ireland	54.6
49	Curacao	54.4
50	Mexico	54.3
51	Nigeria	54.2
52	Denmark	53.6
53	Thailand	53.6
54	Indonesia	53.4
55	Greece	53.3
56	Italy	52.7
57	Ukraine	52.5
58	Vietnam	52.4
59	Armenia	52.4
60	Costa Rica	51.9
61	India	51.2
62	Kenya	50.6
63	Israel	50.5
64	Greenland	50.1
65	Panama	49.9
66	Monaco	49.8
67	Luxembourg	49.4
68	Argentina	48.5
69	Mauritius	48.4
70	Macau	48.4
71	Iceland	47.3
72	Uruguay	47
73	Moldova	46.9
74	Andorra	46.7
75	British Virgin Islands	46.6
76	San Marino	46.4
77	Montenegro	46.4
78	Puerto Rico	46.3
79	Bahamas	46.2
80	Cambodia	46.1
81	Jordan	46.1
82	Dominican Republic	45
83	Kazakhstan	44.8
84	Seychelles	44.4
85	Serbia	44
86	Kyrgyzstan	43.6
87	Chile	43.3
88	Turks and Caicos Islands	42.9
89	U.S. Virgin Islands	42.5
90	Antigua and Barbuda	41.6
91	Paraguay	41.4
92	Guam	41.3
93	Pakistan	41.2
94	Colombia	41.2
95	Sint Maarten	41.1
96	Anguilla	41.1
97	Barbados	40.5
98	Belize	40.2
99	Peru	39.9
100	Rwanda	39.4
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis	39.3
102	Faroe Islands	39
103	Ghana	38.7
104	Mongolia	38.6
105	North Macedonia	38.5
106	Grenada	38.5
107	Dominica	38.3
108	Russia	38.3
109	Jamaica	38.1
110	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	37.7
111	Saint Lucia	37.2
112	Albania	37.2
113	Belarus	37.1
114	Aruba	37
115	Maldives	36.9
116	Kosovo	36.9
117	Uzbekistan	36.8
118	Azerbaijan	36.8
119	Ethiopia	36.6
120	Sri Lanka	36.6
121	Trinidad and Tobago	36.2
122	Ecuador	36.2
123	Oman	36.1
124	Brunei	35.9
125	Montserrat	35.9
126	Martinique	35.8
127	Guadeloupe	35.1
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35
129	Réunion	34.6
130	Bangladesh	34.6
131	Botswana	34.2
132	New Caledonia	34.2
133	Tahiti	34.2
134	French Guiana	33.9
135	Qatar	33.9
136	Venezuela	33.8
137	Saudi Arabia	33.3
138	Ivory Coast	33.2
139	Djibouti	33.1
140	Tanzania	33.1
141	Cape Verde	32.7
142	Fiji	32.6
143	American Samoa	32.2
144	Zanzibar	32.1
145	Guatemala	32
146	Uganda	31.9
147	Zambia	31.3
148	Northern Mariana Islands	31.1
149	Kuwait	31
150	Saint-Martin	30.7
151	Benin	30.5
152	Central African Republic	30.2
153	Honduras	30.2
154	Vanuatu	30
155	Senegal	29.8
156	Namibia	29.7
157	Marshall Islands	29.6
158	Palau	29.3
159	Cook Islands	28.4
160	Lebanon	28.3
161	Nepal	27.9
162	Bhutan	27.8
163	Bolivia	27.6
164	Palestine	27.6
165	Burundi	27.4
166	Mozambique	27.3
167	Congo DR	27.2
168	Guyana	26.9
169	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	26.8
170	Togo	26.6
171	Cameroon	26.6
172	Tonga	26.3
173	São Tomé and Príncipe	26.2
174	Tajikistan	26
175	Egypt	26
176	Zimbabwe	26
177	Angola	25.9
178	Morocco	25.9
179	Gambia	25.9
180	Libya	25.6
181	Comoros	25.6
182	Nicaragua	25.4
183	Mali	25.4
184	Tunisia	25.2
185	Yemen	25.1
186	Burkina Faso	25
187	Solomon Islands	24.8
188	Swaziland	24.8
189	Malawi	24.6
190	Suriname	24.3
191	Congo	24.3
192	Nauru	24.2
193	Micronesia	24.2
194	Kiribati	24.2
195	Niue	24.2
196	Gabon	24
197	Laos	23.9
198	Liberia	23.8
199	Mayotte	23.6
200	Wallis and Futuna	23.5
201	Madagascar	23.4
202	Guinea-Bissau	22.7
203	Timor-Leste	22.6
204	Turkmenistan	22.6
205	Samoa	22.3
206	Tuvalu	22.1
207	Somalia	22
208	Guinea	22
209	Mauritania	22
210	Sierra Leone	22
211	Equatorial Guinea	21.8
212	Syria	21.2
213	South Sudan	21.2
214	Iraq	21.1
215	Lesotho	21
216	Western Sahara	21
217	Cuba	21
218	Myanmar	20.9
219	Haiti	20.5
220	Papua New Guinea	20
221	Niger	19.5
222	Eritrea	18.9
223	Sudan	18.7
224	Chad	17.4
225	China	15.7
226	Afghanistan	15.6
227	Algeria	15.2
228	Korea DPR	13.9
229	Iran	8.8

How the Bitcoin and Crypto Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across six indicators. Nomadino calculates: Bitcoin and crypto score = crypto adoption × 0.22 + crypto regulation × 0.22 + legal status × 0.18 + bitcoin merchant acceptance × 0.16 + crypto tax × 0.12 + bitcoin cash access × 0.10.

Crypto adoption: 22%
Crypto regulation: 22%
Legal status: 18%
Bitcoin merchant acceptance: 16%
Crypto tax: 12%
Bitcoin cash access: 10%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means better practical conditions for bitcoin and crypto-assets. Adoption and regulation receive the highest weights because a country is only strong when crypto-assets are actually used and the framework for users, service providers and banks is reliable enough.

Legal status follows directly because broad bans, payment restrictions or persistent grey areas can limit all other advantages. Bitcoin merchant acceptance shows everyday bitcoin usability at visible acceptance points. Crypto tax matters for private investors, but should not push countries with weak practical crypto ecosystems to the top by itself. Bitcoin cash access remains included, but receives a lower weight because ATMs and kiosks are more specific than digital use, legal status and regulation. If an indicator is removed with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights, preserving the relative importance of the active indicators.