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Rank retirement countries by what matters to you

Move the sliders to weight cost, healthcare, climate, and how accessible each country's residency pathway is. 171 countries with reliable, complete data rank live — every score is sourced, and the same weights always give the same ranking.

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Colombia

South America · ~62% cheaper than the US

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Your ranking top 25 of 171

  1. 1ColombiaSouth America87
  2. 2EcuadorSouth America86
  3. 3MalaysiaSoutheast Asia86
  4. 4PhilippinesSoutheast Asia85
  5. 5Costa RicaCentral America84
  6. 6El SalvadorCentral America84
  7. 7Dominican RepublicCaribbean83
  8. 8MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa83
  9. 9NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa83
  10. 10NicaraguaCentral America83
  11. 11ThailandSoutheast Asia83
  12. 12ChileSouth America81
  13. 13MaltaSouthern Europe81
  14. 14PanamaCentral America81
  15. 15CyprusSouthern Europe80
  16. 16GreeceSouthern Europe80
  17. 17PeruSouth America79
  18. 18PortugalSouthern Europe79
  19. 19UruguaySouth America78
  20. 20GeorgiaCaucasus77
  21. 21GhanaSub-Saharan Africa77
  22. 22MexicoNorth America77
  23. 23TürkiyeMiddle East77
  24. 24ItalySouthern Europe76
  25. 25SpainSouthern Europe75

Ranking blends four real, sourced sub-scores by your weights. Cost, healthcare, and climate come from the World Bank, WHO, and NASA; residency ease is a documented ordinal over each country's real visa pathway. Methodology.