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SettleRadar is a free data intelligence platform for expats, digital nomads, and global investors. We aggregate 40+ verified indicators from the World Bank, WHO, Heritage Foundation, and UNODC to help you compare 194 countries by tax burden, economic freedom, personal safety, air quality, and happiness. Filter by scenario - Tax Havens, Safe Havens, Digital Nomad Visas, or Quality of Life - and drill into any country for a full analytical profile with sourced data.
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Singapore SGP•Asia | 18.6 % | Analyze |
Switzerland CHE•Europe | 17.6 % | Analyze |
Ireland IRL•Europe | 25.7 % | Analyze |
Australia AUS•Oceania | 26.1 % | Analyze |
Taiwan TWN•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Luxembourg LUX•Europe | 44.6 % | Analyze |
Denmark DNK•Europe | 38.3 % | Analyze |
Norway NOR•Europe | 53.3 % | Analyze |
Estonia EST•Europe | 38.3 % | Analyze |
Netherlands NLD•Europe | 39.4 % | Analyze |
New Zealand NZL•Oceania | 34.4 % | Analyze |
Sweden SWE•Europe | 33.1 % | Analyze |
Finland FIN•Europe | 41.8 % | Analyze |
Canada CAN•Americas | 20.2 % | Analyze |
Lithuania LTU•Europe | 35.3 % | Analyze |
Iceland ISL•Europe | 31.5 % | Analyze |
Chile CHL•Americas | 21.8 % | Analyze |
Cyprus CYP•Europe | 39.9 % | Analyze |
South Korea KOR•Asia | 27.4 % | Analyze |
Czechia CZE•Europe | 36.5 % | Analyze |
Mauritius MUS•Africa | 24.7 % | Analyze |
United States USA•Americas | 18.1 % | Analyze |
United Arab Emirates ARE•Asia | 3.0 % | Analyze |
Germany DEU•Europe | 29.4 % | Analyze |
Latvia LVA•Europe | 34.1 % | Analyze |
Cabo Verde CPV•Africa | 21.6 % | Analyze |
Portugal PRT•Europe | 37.4 % | Analyze |
Barbados BRB•Americas | 25.2 % | Analyze |
United Kingdom GBR•Europe | 34.9 % | Analyze |
Japan JPN•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Qatar QAT•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Austria AUT•Europe | 45.1 % | Analyze |
Uruguay URY•Americas | 31.1 % | Analyze |
Slovenia SVN•Europe | 43.5 % | Analyze |
Georgia GEO•Asia | 28.7 % | Analyze |
Belgium BEL•Europe | 37.9 % | Analyze |
Costa Rica CRI•Americas | 29.3 % | Analyze |
Bulgaria BGR•Europe | 34.4 % | Analyze |
Oman OMN•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Poland POL•Europe | 35.9 % | Analyze |
Israel ISR•Asia | 31.6 % | Analyze |
Jamaica JAM•Americas | 26.9 % | Analyze |
Malta MLT•Europe | 33.3 % | Analyze |
Albania ALB•Europe | 26.1 % | Analyze |
Malaysia MYS•Asia | 16.8 % | Analyze |
Samoa WSM•Oceania | 30.7 % | Analyze |
Botswana BWA•Africa | 28.2 % | Analyze |
Slovakia SVK•Europe | 39.3 % | Analyze |
Brunei BRN•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Croatia HRV•Europe | 35.1 % | Analyze |
Saint Lucia LCA•Americas | 19.4 % | Analyze |
Armenia ARM•Asia | 24.1 % | Analyze |
Spain ESP•Europe | 29.7 % | Analyze |
Seychelles SYC•Africa | 29.5 % | Analyze |
Paraguay PRY•Americas | 18.8 % | Analyze |
Peru PER•Americas | 20.7 % | Analyze |
Bahrain BHR•Asia | 15.4 % | Analyze |
Romania ROU•Europe | 30.7 % | Analyze |
Saudi Arabia SAU•Asia | 27.1 % | Analyze |
Bahamas BHS•Americas | 19.4 % | Analyze |
Indonesia IDN•Asia | 15.1 % | Analyze |
Serbia SRB•Europe | 38.6 % | Analyze |
Panama PAN•Americas | 11.2 % | Analyze |
Belize BLZ•Americas | 23.8 % | Analyze |
France FRA•Europe | 42.1 % | Analyze |
Vietnam VNM•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Azerbaijan AZE•Asia | 39.8 % | Analyze |
Kazakhstan KAZ•Asia | 16.5 % | Analyze |
Mongolia MNG•Asia | 31.6 % | Analyze |
Dominican Republic DOM•Americas | 17.5 % | Analyze |
Montenegro MNE•Europe | -- | Analyze |
Guatemala GTM•Americas | 12.8 % | Analyze |
Italy ITA•Europe | 40.2 % | Analyze |
North Macedonia MKD•Europe | 29.4 % | Analyze |
Greece GRC•Europe | 44.8 % | Analyze |
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH•Europe | 37.8 % | Analyze |
Micronesia FSM•Oceania | 29.7 % | Analyze |
Philippines PHL•Asia | 16.7 % | Analyze |
Hungary HUN•Europe | 38.0 % | Analyze |
Trinidad and Tobago TTO•Americas | 24.3 % | Analyze |
Thailand THA•Asia | 20.4 % | Analyze |
Morocco MAR•Africa | 26.1 % | Analyze |
Vanuatu VUT•Oceania | 25.7 % | Analyze |
São Tomé and Príncipe STP•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Uzbekistan UZB•Asia | 20.3 % | Analyze |
Namibia NAM•Africa | 35.5 % | Analyze |
Benin BEN•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT•Americas | 25.6 % | Analyze |
Kuwait KWT•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Colombia COL•Americas | 25.9 % | Analyze |
Mexico MEX•Americas | 19.2 % | Analyze |
Fiji FJI•Oceania | 26.6 % | Analyze |
Jordan JOR•Asia | 23.3 % | Analyze |
Honduras HND•Americas | 22.2 % | Analyze |
Tanzania TZA•Africa | 14.6 % | Analyze |
Tonga TON•Oceania | 22.6 % | Analyze |
Cambodia KHM•Asia | 13.8 % | Analyze |
Guyana GUY•Americas | -- | Analyze |
South Africa ZAF•Africa | 29.8 % | Analyze |
Ivory Coast CIV•Africa | 13.4 % | Analyze |
Moldova MDA•Europe | 29.4 % | Analyze |
El Salvador SLV•Americas | 26.9 % | Analyze |
Bhutan BTN•Asia | 20.0 % | Analyze |
Eswatini SWZ•Africa | 25.1 % | Analyze |
Argentina ARG•Americas | 16.9 % | Analyze |
Ghana GHA•Africa | 15.0 % | Analyze |
Madagascar MDG•Africa | 12.3 % | Analyze |
Gabon GAB•Africa | 15.1 % | Analyze |
Rwanda RWA•Africa | 19.3 % | Analyze |
Djibouti DJI•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Gambia GMB•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Dominica DMA•Americas | -- | Analyze |
Kyrgyzstan KGZ•Asia | 31.6 % | Analyze |
Ecuador ECU•Americas | 31.0 % | Analyze |
Kenya KEN•Africa | 18.6 % | Analyze |
Turkey TUR•Asia | 31.5 % | Analyze |
Lesotho LSO•Africa | 44.2 % | Analyze |
Bangladesh BGD•Asia | 9.5 % | Analyze |
Nigeria NGA•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Angola AGO•Africa | 18.6 % | Analyze |
Papua New Guinea PNG•Oceania | 16.9 % | Analyze |
Ukraine UKR•Europe | 33.7 % | Analyze |
Mauritania MRT•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Solomon Islands SLB•Oceania | 24.6 % | Analyze |
Yemen YEM•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Nicaragua NIC•Americas | 21.5 % | Analyze |
Senegal SEN•Africa | 24.2 % | Analyze |
Guinea GIN•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Afghanistan AFG•Asia | 13.0 % | Analyze |
Suriname SUR•Americas | -- | Analyze |
Nepal NPL•Asia | 16.5 % | Analyze |
Comoros COM•Africa | -- | Analyze |
India IND•Asia | 9.1 % | Analyze |
Tajikistan TJK•Asia | 19.0 % | Analyze |
Brazil BRA•Americas | 26.4 % | Analyze |
Uganda UGA•Africa | 14.0 % | Analyze |
Mali MLI•Africa | 12.7 % | Analyze |
Somalia SOM•Africa | 3.1 % | Analyze |
Cameroon CMR•Africa | 13.7 % | Analyze |
Zambia ZMB•Africa | 22.0 % | Analyze |
Togo TGO•Africa | 15.5 % | Analyze |
Chad TCD•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Syria SYR•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Niger NER•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Laos LAO•Asia | 13.9 % | Analyze |
Kiribati KIR•Oceania | 81.1 % | Analyze |
Malawi MWI•Africa | 14.1 % | Analyze |
Egypt EGY•Africa | 21.0 % | Analyze |
Russia RUS•Europe | 28.0 % | Analyze |
Sri Lanka LKA•Asia | 11.1 % | Analyze |
Liberia LBR•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Mozambique MOZ•Africa | 24.5 % | Analyze |
Sierra Leone SLE•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Belarus BLR•Europe | 29.1 % | Analyze |
Burkina Faso BFA•Africa | 21.4 % | Analyze |
Pakistan PAK•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Congo COG•Africa | 20.1 % | Analyze |
China CHN•Asia | 14.9 % | Analyze |
Ethiopia ETH•Africa | 4.1 % | Analyze |
Tunisia TUN•Africa | 29.9 % | Analyze |
Timor-Leste TLS•Asia | 51.5 % | Analyze |
Maldives MDV•Asia | 24.8 % | Analyze |
Equatorial Guinea GNQ•Africa | 26.4 % | Analyze |
DRC COD•Africa | 13.2 % | Analyze |
Turkmenistan TKM•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Haiti HTI•Americas | -- | Analyze |
Algeria DZA•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Myanmar MMR•Asia | 14.4 % | Analyze |
Guinea-Bissau GNB•Africa | 10.2 % | Analyze |
Central African Republic CAF•Africa | 9.2 % | Analyze |
Lebanon LBN•Asia | 13.4 % | Analyze |
Bolivia BOL•Americas | 23.3 % | Analyze |
Iran IRN•Asia | 25.4 % | Analyze |
Burundi BDI•Africa | 14.2 % | Analyze |
Eritrea ERI•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Libya LBY•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Zimbabwe ZWE•Africa | 8.1 % | Analyze |
Sudan SDN•Africa | 8.8 % | Analyze |
Venezuela VEN•Americas | -- | Analyze |
Cuba CUB•Americas | -- | Analyze |
Iraq IRQ•Asia | 38.6 % | Analyze |
North Korea PRK•Asia | -- | Analyze |
Andorra AND•Europe | 29.8 % | Analyze |
Antigua and Barbuda ATG•Americas | -- | Analyze |
Grenada GRD•Americas | -- | Analyze |
Liechtenstein LIE•Europe | -- | Analyze |
Marshall Islands MHL•Oceania | 31.3 % | Analyze |
Monaco MCO•Europe | -- | Analyze |
Nauru NRU•Oceania | 119.3 % | Analyze |
Palau PLW•Oceania | 24.0 % | Analyze |
Saint Kitts and Nevis KNA•Americas | 28.5 % | Analyze |
San Marino SMR•Europe | 41.3 % | Analyze |
South Sudan SSD•Africa | -- | Analyze |
Tuvalu TUV•Oceania | -- | Analyze |
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High-value destinations outside the standard 194 index.
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194 Countries Compared
From tax havens like the UAE and Bahamas to Nordic welfare states. Filter, sort, and discover the best countries to move to based on your specific priorities.
158 In-Depth Guides
Beyond raw data, we provide expert guides on digital nomad visas, tax optimization, and relocation planning for 158 top expat destinations worldwide.
Lowest Tax Countries
For expats and investors seeking to minimize their tax burden, SettleRadar identifies countries with total tax rates below 15% of commercial profits: UAE (0%), Qatar (0.3%), Bahrain (3.1%), and Georgia (5.4%). Here are the top 5 lowest-tax countries according to World Bank data.
| Country | Tax Burden |
|---|---|
| | 3% |
| | 3.1% |
| | 4.1% |
| | 8.1% |
| | 8.8% |
Safest Countries
Personal safety is the #1 concern for expats relocating with families. Among all 194 countries tracked, several have homicide rates below 0.5 per 100,000 people, including Japan (0.2), Iceland (0.3), and Singapore (0.2). Here are the safest countries based on UNODC data.
Happiest Locals
Based on the World Happiness Report, the highest-rated countries for life satisfaction among SettleRadar's 194-country index are dominated by Nordic nations: Finland (7.7), Denmark (7.6), and Iceland (7.5).
| Country | Happiness Score |
|---|---|
| | 7.8/10 |
| | 7.5/10 |
| | 7.5/10 |
| | 7.4/10 |
| | 7.3/10 |
Most Economically Free
The Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom ranks countries by rule of law, regulatory efficiency, and market openness. Among all countries tracked: Singapore (84.4), Switzerland (83.1), and New Zealand (82.2) lead the world.
| Country | Freedom Score |
|---|---|
| | 84.4 |
| | 83.7 |
| | 83.3 |
| | 80.1 |
| | 79.8 |
In-Depth Expat Guides
Eswatini offers low living costs and scenic tranquility in Southern Africa, but has no nomad or retirement visas and a frozen tax code. Here is the 2026 expat guide.
Argentina in 2026 is stabilizing with 3-4% growth under Milei, but public hospital access for foreigners is tightening. Discover the Rentista visa, taxes, and costs.
Moldova pairs Europe's lowest cost of living with a simple 12% flat tax, but its economy is stagnating. Discover 2026 residency routes, taxes, and Chisinau costs.
El Salvador pairs a landmark 0% tax on foreign income with rapid economic growth. Discover 2026 residency routes, crypto citizenship, and San Salvador costs.
Bhutan offers a first-of-its-kind crypto-backed visa alongside a booming hydropower economy. Discover 2026 residency routes, taxes, and living costs in the Himalayas.
South Africa in 2026 offers passive income residency and a new nomad visa, but crime stats and low growth require safety-first planning. Here is the expat guide.
Ivory Coast in 2026 is one of Africa's fastest-growing economies, but has no nomad or retirement visas. Discover residency routes, monthly tax rates, and living costs.
Guyana is the world's fastest-growing economy, projected to grow 16.2% in 2026. Discover the residency paths, low tax rates, and Georgetown safety realities for expats.
Cambodia offers one of Asia's simplest E-class visa systems with an undocumented income floor, but faces decelerating growth and a sharp safety cliff at night. Here is the 2026 expat guide.
Latest Digital Nomad Visa Guides
Thailand's DTV visa is the best digital nomad deal in Asia with no monthly income test. Here is the honest 2026 guide to living in Bangkok, real costs, and taxes.
Trinidad and Tobago offers no digital nomad visa and struggles with safety, but boasts a strong energy economy. Here is the honest 2026 guide to living in Port of Spain.
Hungary offers a 15% flat tax and a €3,000/month White Card for digital nomads. Here is the honest 2026 guide to living in Budapest, real costs, and economic realities.
Italy offers a 7% flat tax for retirees and a digital nomad visa for €28k/yr earners, but Milan rents hit record highs and the 8-day Questura rule applies.
To secure residency on the Maltese archipelago in 2026, you must cross a minimum gross annual income floor of €42,000. Here is everything you need to know about taxes, requirements, and the application process.
Anguilla’s digital nomad visa—officially known as the 'Work from Anguilla' certificate—operates as a high-tier residency product.