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Best Countries: Everyday Life for Foreigners Ranking 2026

Ranking 229 countries by Everyday Life for Foreigners. Compare scores and find the best destination based on this indicator.

#	Country	Score
1	Singapore	99.1
2	Estonia	94.4
3	Netherlands	94
4	Luxembourg	93.8
5	Denmark	93.3
6	Finland	93.3
7	Sweden	92.7
8	Switzerland	91.6
9	New Zealand	91.2
10	United Arab Emirates	89.8
11	Norway	89.5
12	Australia	89.4
13	Canada	88.8
14	Austria	88.1
15	Ireland	88.1
16	Malta	86.4
17	Spain	86.1
18	Portugal	85.5
19	Monaco	85.3
20	Iceland	84.6
21	United Kingdom	84.1
22	Germany	83.5
23	Cayman Islands	81.2
24	Gibraltar	80.6
25	Liechtenstein	80.4
26	Cyprus	79.9
27	Latvia	79.7
28	Belgium	78.9
29	Lithuania	78.2
30	France	77.9
31	Faroe Islands	77.5
32	Andorra	77.3
33	Bermuda	76.9
34	Hong Kong	76.4
35	San Marino	76
36	United States	75.7
37	Japan	75.1
38	Korea Republic	74.8
39	Turks and Caicos Islands	74.6
40	Czech Republic	73.7
41	Uruguay	73.2
42	Aruba	73.1
43	Qatar	73
44	Saint-Martin	72.9
45	Slovenia	72.8
46	Sint Maarten	72.6
47	Malaysia	72.3
48	Macau	72
49	Greenland	71.1
50	Curacao	70.8
51	Guam	70.7
52	Northern Mariana Islands	70.1
53	Georgia	70.1
54	Chinese Taipei	70
55	British Virgin Islands	69.8
56	Costa Rica	69.7
57	Italy	69.5
58	Slovakia	68.7
59	U.S. Virgin Islands	68.7
60	New Caledonia	68.1
61	Poland	68
62	Greece	68
63	Croatia	68
64	Puerto Rico	67.9
65	Martinique	67.8
66	Réunion	67.7
67	Bahrain	67.7
68	French Guiana	67.7
69	Guadeloupe	67.6
70	Tahiti	67.5
71	Anguilla	67.3
72	Chile	67.2
73	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	67
74	Montserrat	66.6
75	Barbados	66
76	North Macedonia	65.4
77	Romania	65.4
78	American Samoa	65.3
79	Mauritius	65.1
80	Panama	64.8
81	Mayotte	64.6
82	Israel	64
83	Seychelles	63.9
84	Cook Islands	63.6
85	Montenegro	63.4
86	Serbia	63.4
87	Hungary	63.3
88	Brunei	63.3
89	Thailand	62.8
90	Oman	62.5
91	Bahamas	61.7
92	Botswana	60.4
93	Trinidad and Tobago	60.2
94	Kuwait	59.9
95	Kosovo	59.8
96	Antigua and Barbuda	59.7
97	Mexico	59.6
98	Bulgaria	58.8
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis	58.5
100	Albania	58.5
101	Niue	58.4
102	Dominica	58.4
103	Jordan	58.2
104	Grenada	57.8
105	Armenia	57.7
106	Saint Lucia	57.6
107	Kazakhstan	57
108	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56.8
109	Rwanda	56.8
110	Moldova	56.7
111	South Africa	56.5
112	Argentina	56.4
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.1
114	Mongolia	55.8
115	Belize	55.3
116	Tunisia	55.3
117	Turkey	55.1
118	Saudi Arabia	54.6
119	Palau	54.5
120	Namibia	54.3
121	Sri Lanka	53.9
122	Dominican Republic	53.7
123	Philippines	53.5
124	Jamaica	53.3
125	Vietnam	53.2
126	Colombia	53
127	Cape Verde	52.8
128	El Salvador	51.7
129	Suriname	51.4
130	Peru	51.4
131	Morocco	51.4
132	Maldives	51.3
133	Fiji	51.2
134	Wallis and Futuna	51
135	Kyrgyzstan	50.5
136	Brazil	50.5
137	Tonga	50.5
138	Indonesia	50.5
139	Paraguay	50.3
140	Azerbaijan	50.2
141	Uzbekistan	50.1
142	Guyana	49.5
143	Micronesia	49.4
144	Ukraine	49.1
145	Samoa	48.9
146	Bhutan	48.3
147	Ghana	48.2
148	India	48
149	Vanuatu	47.8
150	Guatemala	47.6
151	Ecuador	47
152	Kenya	46.4
153	Cambodia	46.4
154	Nepal	45.8
155	Honduras	45.6
156	Zambia	45.4
157	Egypt	45.1
158	Bolivia	44.8
159	Ivory Coast	44.7
160	Senegal	44.7
161	Tanzania	44.6
162	Swaziland	44.6
163	Belarus	44.1
164	Benin	43.8
165	China	43.7
166	Uganda	43.2
167	Marshall Islands	43
168	Nicaragua	42.7
169	Nauru	42.7
170	Solomon Islands	42.5
171	Djibouti	42.2
172	Tuvalu	42
173	Laos	42
174	Malawi	41.8
175	Bangladesh	41.5
176	Lesotho	41.5
177	Zanzibar	41.2
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	40.8
179	Gambia	40.6
180	Togo	40.4
181	Tajikistan	40.2
182	Gabon	39.3
183	Timor-Leste	39
184	Madagascar	38.8
185	Russia	38.5
186	Algeria	38.3
187	Kiribati	38.2
188	Lebanon	37.3
189	Mozambique	36.7
190	Liberia	36.5
191	Pakistan	36.1
192	Papua New Guinea	36
193	Cuba	35.4
194	Ethiopia	34.4
195	Comoros	33.6
196	Zimbabwe	33.5
197	Sierra Leone	32.7
198	Burkina Faso	32.5
199	Mauritania	31
200	Cameroon	31
201	Nigeria	30.3
202	Guinea	29.7
203	Guinea-Bissau	29.7
204	Congo	29.3
205	Palestine	27.6
206	Mali	27.6
207	Western Sahara	26.9
208	Angola	26.4
209	Burundi	26.4
210	Iraq	25.3
211	Niger	24.8
212	Equatorial Guinea	24.6
213	Haiti	23.8
214	Venezuela	21.4
215	Myanmar	20.7
216	Congo DR	18.4
217	Iran	17.5
218	Turkmenistan	16.9
219	Libya	16.3
220	Sudan	15.3
221	Chad	14.6
222	Central African Republic	13.3
223	Eritrea	12.9
224	Syria	10.5
225	Yemen	10.1
226	Afghanistan	8.7
227	South Sudan	8
228	Somalia	3.9
229	Korea DPR	0.9

How the Everyday Life for Foreigners Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across five indicators. Nomadino calculates: rental access for foreigners × 0.30 + tax residency clarity for expats × 0.22 + local contracts and utilities access × 0.18 + local identity and address proof × 0.16 + everyday accounts and payments for foreigners × 0.14.

Rental access for foreigners: 30%
Tax residency clarity for expats: 22%
Local contracts and utilities access: 18%
Local identity and address proof: 16%
Everyday accounts and payments for foreigners: 14%

This board focuses on practical friction after arrival. Rental access receives the highest weight because without housing or an address, registration, contracts, banking and residence procedures often become harder.

Tax residency clarity remains strongly weighted because unclear residence, deregistration or dual-residence rules can create major uncertainty during longer stays. Local contracts, identity and address proof, and everyday payments add concrete daily usability without replacing the broader banking, housing or communication boards.