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Relocation & Residency Country Ranking

Nomadino compares 229 countries by relocation & residency and related topic scores. Use this overview to compare countries before checking detailed indicators.

#	Country	Score
1	Estonia	88.2
2	Ireland	87.7
3	New Zealand	87.2
4	Denmark	86.6
5	Canada	86.6
6	Singapore	86.5
7	United Kingdom	86.1
8	Netherlands	86.1
9	Norway	86
10	Australia	86
11	Sweden	85.3
12	Finland	85.2
13	Luxembourg	84.9
14	Iceland	84.1
15	Switzerland	84
16	Portugal	83.8
17	Gibraltar	82.7
18	Malta	82.7
19	Germany	82.2
20	Spain	81.7
21	Austria	81.5
22	Cayman Islands	81.1
23	Monaco	80.5
24	Liechtenstein	79.9
25	Bermuda	79.7
26	Belgium	79.7
27	France	79.5
28	Faroe Islands	79.3
29	United States	78.7
30	Latvia	78.1
31	Hong Kong	77.9
32	Lithuania	77.6
33	Czech Republic	77.6
34	Cyprus	77.4
35	Andorra	77.4
36	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.2
37	San Marino	77
38	Slovenia	76.1
39	Barbados	76
40	British Virgin Islands	75.9
41	Greenland	75.2
42	Anguilla	74.8
43	Uruguay	74.5
44	Saint-Martin	74.4
45	Italy	74.3
46	Croatia	74
47	Aruba	73.9
48	Japan	73.7
49	Sint Maarten	73.7
50	Korea Republic	73.7
51	Montserrat	73.4
52	Georgia	73.4
53	United Arab Emirates	73.3
54	Curacao	73.1
55	Greece	72.9
56	Costa Rica	72.4
57	Poland	72.2
58	Slovakia	72.1
59	Chinese Taipei	71.8
60	Chile	71.8
61	Macau	71.7
62	Martinique	71.6
63	Guadeloupe	71.5
64	Réunion	71.4
65	Tahiti	71.1
66	Romania	71
67	Mauritius	70.8
68	New Caledonia	70.6
69	Cook Islands	70.5
70	French Guiana	70.5
71	U.S. Virgin Islands	70.3
72	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	70.3
73	Seychelles	70.3
74	Bahamas	70
75	Hungary	70
76	Puerto Rico	69.8
77	Panama	69.7
78	Malaysia	69.2
79	Mexico	68.9
80	Dominica	68.5
81	Guam	68.3
82	Niue	68.1
83	Antigua and Barbuda	67.9
84	Israel	67.4
85	Saint Kitts and Nevis	67.1
86	Northern Mariana Islands	67
87	Bulgaria	66.8
88	Argentina	66.8
89	Grenada	66.7
90	Mayotte	66.6
91	American Samoa	66.5
92	Saint Lucia	66.2
93	Montenegro	66
94	Albania	65.7
95	North Macedonia	65.7
96	Belize	65.5
97	Serbia	65.4
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.1
99	Colombia	64.5
100	Trinidad and Tobago	64.5
101	Armenia	64.3
102	Thailand	64.1
103	Jamaica	63.2
104	Brunei	62.8
105	Peru	62.5
106	Qatar	62.2
107	Brazil	61.7
108	Wallis and Futuna	61.6
109	Kosovo	61.5
110	Moldova	61.4
111	Fiji	60.8
112	South Africa	60.5
113	Palau	60
114	Dominican Republic	59.7
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.3
116	Turkey	58.6
117	Bahrain	58.5
118	Botswana	58.5
119	Vanuatu	58.5
120	Ecuador	58.1
121	Samoa	57.7
122	Cape Verde	57.7
123	Paraguay	57.6
124	Ukraine	56.7
125	Rwanda	56.6
126	Namibia	56.3
127	Nauru	55.8
128	Micronesia	55.4
129	El Salvador	55.3
130	Philippines	55.2
131	Oman	55.1
132	Indonesia	54.8
133	Jordan	54.7
134	Maldives	54.6
135	Kazakhstan	54.4
136	Marshall Islands	53.9
137	Guatemala	53.5
138	Tonga	53.5
139	Guyana	53.2
140	Sri Lanka	52.8
141	Vietnam	52.7
142	Mongolia	52
143	Bolivia	51.6
144	Cambodia	51.6
145	Honduras	51.4
146	Kenya	51.3
147	Suriname	51.2
148	Azerbaijan	51.1
149	Saudi Arabia	51
150	Tunisia	50.8
151	Morocco	50.5
152	Tuvalu	49.4
153	India	49.3
154	Nicaragua	49.2
155	Kyrgyzstan	48.7
156	Ghana	48.1
157	Uzbekistan	47.6
158	Kuwait	47.5
159	Zambia	47.2
160	Solomon Islands	47.1
161	Kiribati	47.1
162	Swaziland	46.4
163	Lesotho	46.1
164	Senegal	46
165	Tanzania	45.8
166	Laos	45.7
167	Uganda	45.6
168	Nepal	45.4
169	Benin	45.3
170	Egypt	45.2
171	Malawi	44.6
172	Gambia	44.5
173	Zanzibar	44.5
174	São Tomé and Príncipe	44.4
175	Timor-Leste	42.3
176	Bhutan	41.9
177	Madagascar	41.9
178	Togo	41.5
179	Ivory Coast	40.9
180	Djibouti	40.7
181	China	40.4
182	Gabon	39.5
183	Tajikistan	39.1
184	Papua New Guinea	38.9
185	Mozambique	38.7
186	Belarus	38.4
187	Zimbabwe	37.3
188	Burkina Faso	36.3
189	Bangladesh	36.3
190	Russia	36.3
191	Lebanon	36.3
192	Liberia	36
193	Comoros	34.6
194	Algeria	34.6
195	Nigeria	34.5
196	Ethiopia	34.2
197	Pakistan	34.2
198	Guinea-Bissau	33.8
199	Sierra Leone	33.4
200	Guinea	31.9
201	Cameroon	30.7
202	Cuba	29.9
203	Mauritania	29.7
204	Congo	29.7
205	Angola	29.4
206	Mali	28.4
207	Palestine	27.7
208	Burundi	26.8
209	Niger	26.3
210	Haiti	26
211	Equatorial Guinea	25.9
212	Western Sahara	25.3
213	Myanmar	24.9
214	Venezuela	24.8
215	Iraq	23.9
216	Congo DR	22.2
217	Chad	19.8
218	Iran	16.3
219	Libya	14.8
220	Central African Republic	12.9
221	Sudan	12.6
222	Turkmenistan	10.8
223	Eritrea	9.7
224	South Sudan	9.1
225	Yemen	8.3
226	Syria	7
227	Afghanistan	6.8
228	Somalia	5.8
229	Korea DPR	1.5

How the Relocation and Residency Category Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across eight boards. Nomadino calculates: residency and bureaucracy × 0.18 + visa, entry and travel freedom × 0.17 + remote work and freelancing × 0.15 + work and self-employment abroad × 0.12 + permanent residency and family × 0.12 + language and integration × 0.11 + welcome culture and anti-discrimination × 0.08 + everyday life for foreigners × 0.07.

Residency and bureaucracy: 18%
Visa, entry and travel freedom: 17%
Remote work and freelancing: 15%
Work and self-employment abroad: 12%
Permanent residency and family: 12%
Language and integration: 11%
Welcome culture and anti-discrimination: 8%
Everyday life for foreigners: 7%

The category follows the path from initial entry to durable arrival. Residency, entry and remote work receive the highest weights because they most strongly determine legal usability, mobility and income.

Work rights, long-term settlement, language and integration follow as core factors for a longer life in a country. Welcome culture and everyday life for foreigners receive lower weights but remain included because they reveal practical friction after arrival.