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Best Countries to Buy Real Estate 2026

Comparing 229 countries by foreign ownership rights, affordability, transaction costs and gross rental yield. Find the best destinations for property buyers and investors.

#	Country	Score
1	Georgia	97.9
2	Armenia	91.4
3	Paraguay	89.9
4	Kosovo	88.3
5	Nicaragua	86.4
6	Serbia	85.8
7	United Arab Emirates	85.8
8	Panama	84.9
9	Latvia	84.8
10	North Macedonia	84.3
11	Romania	83.3
12	Moldova	83.3
13	Uruguay	82.6
14	Ecuador	82.4
15	Montenegro	82.3
16	Belize	82.3
17	Lithuania	81.9
18	Colombia	80.9
19	Albania	80.3
20	Guatemala	79.9
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	79.3
22	Dominican Republic	79.3
23	Bulgaria	79.3
24	El Salvador	78.9
25	Honduras	78.8
26	Peru	78.4
27	Cape Verde	78.3
28	Costa Rica	78.3
29	Bahrain	77.8
30	Poland	77.1
31	Estonia	77.1
32	Jamaica	76.9
33	Puerto Rico	76.8
34	Ukraine	76.4
35	Hungary	76.3
36	Croatia	76.1
37	Slovakia	76
38	Turkey	74.8
39	Slovenia	74.5
40	Dominica	74.1
41	Chile	73.9
42	Bolivia	73.8
43	Mexico	73.8
44	Brazil	73.6
45	Vanuatu	73.3
46	Trinidad and Tobago	73.3
47	Greece	73.1
48	Grenada	73.1
49	Guyana	72.4
50	Curacao	72.1
51	Aruba	71.9
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.6
53	Suriname	70.8
54	Mauritius	70.4
55	Kyrgyzstan	70.3
56	Botswana	70.3
57	Antigua and Barbuda	70.1
58	Argentina	69.9
59	Malaysia	69.9
60	Uzbekistan	69.8
61	Russia	69.8
62	Montserrat	69.4
63	United States	69
64	Azerbaijan	68.9
65	Czech Republic	68.8
66	Sint Maarten	68.5
67	Cyprus	68.4
68	Kazakhstan	68.3
69	Namibia	68.3
70	Gambia	68.3
71	Morocco	68.1
72	Italy	68
73	Portugal	67.6
74	Saint Lucia	67.6
75	French Guiana	66.9
76	Guam	66.9
77	Mongolia	66.8
78	Senegal	66.8
79	Finland	66.6
80	U.S. Virgin Islands	66.5
81	Mayotte	66.5
82	Spain	66
83	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	65.5
84	Rwanda	65.3
85	Saint-Martin	64.9
86	Benin	64.8
87	South Africa	64.8
88	Ghana	64.3
89	Réunion	64.1
90	Malta	63.6
91	Saint Kitts and Nevis	63.6
92	Oman	63.4
93	Burkina Faso	63.3
94	Zambia	63.3
95	Guadeloupe	63.1
96	Martinique	63.1
97	Gibraltar	62.9
98	Belarus	62.8
99	Qatar	62.6
100	Sweden	62.5
101	Japan	62.4
102	Togo	62.1
103	São Tomé and Príncipe	62.1
104	Anguilla	61.9
105	Germany	61.8
106	Tajikistan	61.8
107	France	61.5
108	Barbados	61.3
109	Ireland	61
110	Fiji	60.8
111	Mali	60.6
112	Jordan	60.6
113	Bahamas	60.6
114	Turks and Caicos Islands	60.3
115	Cameroon	60.3
116	Malawi	60.1
117	San Marino	60
118	Cayman Islands	60
119	Ivory Coast	59.8
120	United Kingdom	59.4
121	Netherlands	59.4
122	Niger	59.4
123	Laos	59.3
124	Philippines	59.1
125	Gabon	59.1
126	Andorra	58.8
127	New Caledonia	58.6
128	Cambodia	58.3
129	Tunisia	58.1
130	Tahiti	58
131	Norway	57.8
132	Lebanon	57.3
133	Tanzania	57.3
134	Uganda	57.3
135	Lesotho	56.9
136	Zanzibar	56.8
137	Kenya	56.4
138	Madagascar	56.1
139	Sierra Leone	55.6
140	Swaziland	55.4
141	Mauritania	54.9
142	Korea Republic	54.9
143	Belgium	54.8
144	Comoros	54.4
145	Guinea-Bissau	54.4
146	Guinea	54.4
147	Luxembourg	54.3
148	Burundi	54.1
149	American Samoa	54
150	Samoa	53.9
151	Wallis and Futuna	52.6
152	Seychelles	52.5
153	Tonga	52.5
154	Niue	52.5
155	Mozambique	52.3
156	Canada	52
157	Nigeria	51.7
158	Thailand	51.6
159	Congo	51.4
160	Liberia	51.4
161	Solomon Islands	51
162	British Virgin Islands	50.8
163	Israel	50.4
164	Egypt	50.2
165	Northern Mariana Islands	49.5
166	Cook Islands	49.4
167	Papua New Guinea	49.1
168	Algeria	49.1
169	Tuvalu	49
170	Vietnam	49
171	Kiribati	48.6
172	Brunei	48.6
173	Zimbabwe	48.4
174	Iceland	48.1
175	Faroe Islands	48
176	Greenland	48
177	Palau	48
178	Micronesia	47.6
179	Nauru	47.5
180	Maldives	47
181	Indonesia	47
182	Chinese Taipei	46.9
183	Equatorial Guinea	46.9
184	Djibouti	46.5
185	Timor-Leste	46.1
186	Marshall Islands	46.1
187	Central African Republic	46
188	Chad	46
189	Australia	45.9
190	Monaco	45.9
191	Haiti	45.5
192	Austria	45.5
193	Macau	45
194	Myanmar	43.6
195	Sri Lanka	43.6
196	Western Sahara	41.5
197	Libya	41.1
198	Venezuela	40.8
199	Saudi Arabia	40.5
200	Bhutan	40.1
201	Turkmenistan	40.1
202	Pakistan	39.9
203	Angola	39.7
204	Ethiopia	39.4
205	New Zealand	39.4
206	Congo DR	39.2
207	Nepal	38.4
208	Switzerland	38.3
209	Eritrea	38.3
210	Somalia	38.3
211	Sudan	37
212	Yemen	36.6
213	Iraq	36.4
214	Palestine	36.4
215	Denmark	36.3
216	India	35.4
217	Kuwait	35.3
218	Afghanistan	35.3
219	Iran	33.5
220	Bermuda	33.5
221	South Sudan	32.7
222	Syria	32.5
223	Bangladesh	32.1
224	Liechtenstein	31
225	Hong Kong	30
226	Singapore	23.8
227	China	23.4
228	Cuba	21.4
229	Korea DPR	9.1

How the Real Estate and Property Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across four indicators. Nomadino calculates: real estate and property score = foreigner ownership rights × 0.30 + affordability × 0.30 + transaction costs × 0.20 + gross rental yield × 0.20.

Foreigner ownership rights: 30%
Affordability: 30%
Transaction costs: 20%
Gross rental yield: 20%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means better conditions for buying, owning and using real estate. Foreigner ownership rights and affordability receive the highest weights because a country is fundamentally weaker for buyers if foreign private individuals can only purchase with major restrictions or if residential property is extremely expensive relative to income.

Transaction costs remain clearly included, but are weighted lower because they mainly describe the one-off entry cost of buying. Gross rental yield is also weighted at 20%, so recurring income potential remains visible without allowing high yields alone to dominate the ranking. High yields can be attractive, but depending on the market they can also reflect risk, lower liquidity or weaker property security. 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.