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 GBDGlobal Peace IndexNumbeoPISA 2022HofstedeInterNationsIMDPew 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 money stretches in each country — based on price levels, purchasing power parity (PPP), and out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Uses country-level data, not your personal salary.

OECD PPP · World Bank Price Level · WHO OOP Health Expenditure

Economic

Rule of Law

How well institutions work and how safe the streets actually feel — combining governance quality with street-level crime perception.

World Bank WGI Rule of Law · World Bank WGI Control of Corruption · Numbeo Crime Index

Social

Safety

Overall peace and security based on conflict risk, political instability, and societal safety.

Global Peace Index

Safety

Warmth

How welcoming and sociable the culture is — combining cultural permissiveness with expat experience.

Hofstede IVR · InterNations Ease of Settling In

Social

School Culture

Academic quality plus student wellbeing — belonging, bullying rates, and school safety.

OECD PISA 2022

Social

Healthcare

Three-pillar health system score: coverage breadth (UHC), care quality and outcomes (HAQ), and workforce capacity (physicians, beds, nurses). The badge shows what it means for your budget.

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

Economic

Infrastructure

Quality of physical and digital infrastructure — transport, energy, communications, technology.

IMD World Competitiveness Infrastructure Score

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 ERA5

Lifestyle

Religious Freedom

Government restrictions and social hostility toward religious practice.

Pew Government Restrictions Index · Pew Social Hostilities Index

Identity

English Proficiency

Population-level English ability. English-native countries are scored at 10.

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

Purchasing power parity, PISA education data

World Bank

Governance indicators, rule of law, price levels

WHO

Healthcare coverage index (UHC). Out-of-pocket data used in purchasing power.

IHME GBD

Healthcare Access & Quality Index — amenable mortality across 32 causes

OECD Health Statistics

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

Global Peace Index

Safety, conflict risk, political stability

Numbeo

Street-level crime perception — how safe people feel day-to-day

PISA 2022

Academic quality, belonging, bullying, school safety

Hofstede Insights

Indulgence vs. Restraint (IVR) cultural dimension

InterNations

Expat ease of settling in, rated annually

IMD

Physical and digital infrastructure score

Pew Research

Government restrictions and social hostility indexes

EF EPI

Population-level English proficiency, 100+ countries

Open-Meteo ERA5

Historical climate reanalysis — 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 →