Presenting Our Annual Global Retirement Index for 2022

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What do Malta and Panama have in common? Or Thailand and Costa Rica? Or Ecuador and France?

When you see pairings like that, it’s usually in an international sports tournament. The media we consume daily tends not to focus on the wider world… unless there’s a tragedy or disaster to report.

At International Living, we see things differently. We look at those places and find the good news. News that doesn’t come with shrieking drama, but that can be shocking to the unprepared.

Like learning that your property taxes could be less than $200 a year, or that an annual healthcare premium could set you back as little as $1,600.

Or that the craft beer you buy at a happening little pub in Cuenca, Ecuador, tastes as good as the one they serve in Portland or Boston (but costs half the price).

The news that interests us here at International Living extends to all sorts; from knowing that there are three-bedroom, sea-view houses for sale in warm-weather locations, less than three hours from the U.S. for under $170,000…to whether you can go bowling nearby.

We care about whether expats overseas can enjoy active social lives; or access excellent, affordable healthcare; or start their own business, or get retiree discounts on travel and accommodation.

News like that is what we examine in our Annual Global Retirement Index.

It ranks and rates the 25 best places in the world to get the best bang for your retirement buck. Better again, it’s straight from the horse’s mouth—compiled by our editors and correspondents living in those very locations. Just making our shortlist of 25 is an accolade (as well as being what Malta and Panama have in common).