Where in the world should you live?

Most relocation research starts and ends with cost of living. Relocate Index surfaces 9 other dimensions — so you rank countries by what actually matters to you, not just what is easy to Google.

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Built on institutional data from

OECDWorld BankWHOIHME GBDUNODCNumbeoPISA 2022HofstedeInterNationsITUPew ResearchEF EPIOpen-Meteo

How it works

From “I’m thinking about relocating” to a shortlist worth researching — three steps.

Answer 6 questions about your priorities

The questions surface dimensions you may not have considered — rule of law, warmth, school environment, religious freedom. The tool educates before it ranks.

Get a ranked list of 60 countries

Your weights drive the ranking. Every score traces to an institutional data source. We have no editorial view on which country is best.

Explore and adjust in real time

Move any slider to re-rank instantly. Open a country to see its full dimension breakdown, data sources, and the exact formula behind each score.

10 dimensions, every score traceable

Each dimension is a weighted composite of institutional indices. You set the weights. Slider to zero excludes a dimension entirely.

Purchasing Power

How far income earned abroad (remote work, pension, savings) goes at local prices. If you will earn a local salary, choose "Local salary" and the score switches to local income levels. Country averages, not your personal salary.

World Bank Price Level Ratio · World Bank GDP per capita (PPP)

Economic

Rule of Law

How well courts, contracts and anti-corruption controls work, based on World Bank governance ratings. Street crime is scored under Safety.

World Bank WGI Rule of Law · World Bank WGI Control of Corruption

Social

Safety

How likely you are to meet violent or street crime: the murder rate plus residents' reported worry about everyday crime. Country averages, not neighbourhood level.

UNODC Intentional Homicides (via World Bank) · Numbeo Crime Index

Safety

Warmth

How easily expats report settling in, combined with how much the culture values leisure and openness. A rough signal, not a measure of how people will treat you.

Hofstede IVR · InterNations Ease of Settling In

Social

School Culture

How 15-year-olds in the local school system do: test scores plus belonging, bullying and safety at school. It does not cover international schools.

OECD PISA 2022

Social

Healthcare

How well the national health system covers and treats the people who live there: service coverage (UHC), treatment outcomes (HAQ), and doctors, beds and nurses. It does not measure access for newcomers. The badge shows what it means for your budget.

WHO UHC Service Coverage Index · IHME GBD Healthcare Access & Quality · OECD Health Statistics

Economic

Infrastructure

Transport and logistics quality, and how widely people use the internet and fixed broadband.

World Bank Logistics Performance Index (infrastructure) · ITU internet use and fixed broadband (via the World Bank)

Economic

Climate

Temperature, sunshine, and rainfall scored against your preferred weather type. Select your preference during onboarding or adjust in the ranking view.

Open-Meteo

Lifestyle

Religious Freedom

How much the state restricts religious practice and how much hostility religious groups face from society. It does not measure how secular or how religious a country is.

Pew Government Restrictions Index · Pew Social Hostilities Index

Identity

English Proficiency

Adult English ability as measured by the EF English Proficiency Index. Countries where English is a main language are scored at 100.

EF English Proficiency Index

Lifestyle

Built on institutional data

Every score traces to a public, peer-reviewed, or government-issued source. No editorial opinion. No proprietary black boxes. All sources are free and updated annually.

OECD

PISA education data, health workforce and hospital beds

World Bank

Governance indicators, price levels, income per person, logistics infrastructure

WHO

Healthcare coverage index (UHC)

IHME GBD

Healthcare Access & Quality Index — amenable mortality across 32 causes

OECD Health Statistics

Physicians, hospital beds, and nurses per 1,000 population

UNODC

Homicides per 100,000 people (published by the World Bank)

Numbeo

Crime as residents report it, crowdsourced

PISA 2022

Academic quality, belonging, bullying, school safety

Hofstede Insights

Indulgence vs. Restraint (IVR) cultural dimension

InterNations

Expat ease of settling in, rated annually

ITU

Internet use and fixed broadband (published by the World Bank)

Pew Research

Government restrictions and social hostility indexes

EF EPI

Population-level English proficiency, 100+ countries

Open-Meteo

Climate model data: temperature, sunshine and rainfall by city

What this tool is not

Being clear about limits is part of the product. Relocate Index narrows the field. It does not make the decision.

Visa advice or immigration guidance
Tax planning or financial advice
City-level data outside of climate — country averages for all other dimensions
A final decision — a shortlist of candidates worth investigating further
A match score or compatibility percentage
Comprehensive liveability coverage — each of the 10 dimensions covers one angle

What you leave with

A shortlist of 5 to 8 candidate countries ranked by your actual priorities — not cost of living alone, not a publisher’s opinion. From here: visa research, housing search, boots on the ground.

Every score is traceable. If a dimension’s weight does not fit your situation, adjust it. If you want to understand a formula, the methodology page explains every calculation in plain language.

Read the methodology →