Country Index
Best countries and cities to live in, where living costs the most, where salaries go furthest, which passports open the most doors. Every list is a top ten, built from a named source, and dated, so you can see exactly what it is based on before you trust it.
36 rankings84 countries and cities coveredEvery list linked to its source
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Where daily life works well, how safe it is, and how it feels to live there.
The overall ranking, scored on life expectancy, education and income together.
City-level liveability, because a country score hides how different two of its cities can be.
Where people rate their own lives highest, asked directly rather than inferred from GDP.
Crime and personal safety, scored from resident surveys worldwide.
Conflict, militarisation and societal safety, measured across 163 countries.
Quality, waiting times and cost of care, rated by the people who use it.
Where a fixed retirement income stretches furthest without giving up healthcare.
Schools, childcare cost, parental leave and child safety together.
Non-native English-speaking countries where you can work and live in English from day one.
What it really costs to arrive, rent, eat and stay.
The ten highest costs of living, and what a salary there actually has to cover.
Low cost of living without giving up safety, healthcare or a working internet connection.
Rent, transport and food for one student, per month, tuition excluded.
What a one-bedroom flat in the city centre actually costs, per month.
Salaries, demand for skills, and how far the money actually goes.
Average annual pay, adjusted so the figures are actually comparable.
Careers, finances, healthcare and settling in, rated by people who actually moved.
Statutory leave, paid sick days, maternity cover and average hours worked.
Digital nomad visas ranked by how reachable the income threshold actually is.
Where the shortage occupation lists are longest, and the visa rules follow the shortage.
Registration route, starting salary, and whether an employer will sponsor the visa.
Tech salaries next to the visa route that actually gets you there.
Tuition, student cities, and the right to work after graduating.
Where a degree, the cost of getting it, and the right to stay afterwards line up.
Quality of public education and access to higher education, judged as a system.
University quality, student mix, affordability and graduate hiring, scored per city.
What a public university actually charges a non-EU student, per year.
How long you can stay and work after graduating, and whether it leads anywhere.
Passport strength, the routes in, and the road to permanent residency.
Visa-free reach, with the Sri Lankan passport measured on the same scale.
How many years of legal residence it actually takes to stop needing a visa.
How easy it is to settle in, make friends, and stop feeling foreign.
Routes that do not require you to already hold a job offer from that country.
Ranked from a Sri Lankan passport, on the routes that are actually open to it.
Where to go first, what it costs, and where it is safe to go alone.
What a careful day of travel actually costs, food and bed included.
Safe to move around alone, easy to navigate, and easy to meet people in.
Where the world actually goes, counted as international arrivals.
Where eating well costs the least and tastes like somewhere.
Air, climate, growth, and the cost of sending money home.
Air quality, water, waste and climate policy, measured as one score.
Where GDP is expanding quickest, and where new work is being created.
What it costs to send LKR home from each of the main countries Sri Lankans work in.
Rankings are a starting point, not advice. Each list summarises research published elsewhere, and the right country for you depends on your own qualifications, budget and family situation. Check your own position with the eligibility checker and confirm anything decision-critical with the official immigration authority for that country.
