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Retirement Destination Index™

Retirement destinations: cost, climate, healthcare, visas.

Source Composite of the component indices in tool_scores.Version 2026-08-27Coverage 198 countries

Vietnam: rank #73 / 198 · score 68.1

198 countries
#CountryRegionScore 0–100
1 Monaco Europe 90.3
2 Macao Asia 81.4
3 Brunei Asia 81.3
4 Hong Kong Asia 80.2
5 Singapore Asia 77.0
6 Oman Asia 77.0
7 United Arab Emirates Asia 77.0
8 Japan Asia 76.5
9 Malta Europe 75.9
10 Malaysia Asia 75.3
11 Cyprus Asia 75.2
12 Andorra Europe 75.2
13 Qatar Asia 75.0
14 Bahrain Asia 74.9
15 Czechia Europe 74.7
16 Maldives Asia 74.4
17 Seychelles Africa 74.3
18 Saudi Arabia Asia 74.3
19 Aruba Americas 73.8
20 Bhutan Asia 73.5
21 Kuwait Asia 73.5
22 Slovenia Europe 73.3
23 South Korea Asia 73.1
24 New Zealand Oceania 73.1
25 Belarus Europe 72.9
26 Switzerland Europe 72.9
27 San Marino Europe 72.7
28 Portugal Europe 72.5
29 Germany Europe 72.5
30 Luxembourg Europe 72.2
31 Norway Europe 72.1
32 Croatia Europe 72.1
33 Fiji Oceania 72.1
34 Thailand Asia 72.0
35 Mauritius Africa 71.9
36 Austria Europe 71.9
37 Finland Europe 71.8
38 Sweden Europe 71.6
39 Montenegro Europe 71.6
40 Poland Europe 71.5
41 Costa Rica Americas 71.4
42 Romania Europe 71.4
43 Lithuania Europe 71.4
44 Estonia Europe 71.3
45 Bulgaria Europe 71.2
46 Uruguay Americas 71.0
47 Cayman Islands Americas 70.9
48 North Macedonia Europe 70.9
49 Georgia Asia 70.8
50 Cuba Americas 70.6
51 Australia Oceania 70.6
52 Panama Americas 70.4
53 Slovakia Europe 70.4
54 Hungary Europe 70.3
55 Netherlands Europe 70.3
56 Canada Americas 69.9
57 Kazakhstan Asia 69.8
58 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 69.7
59 Grenada Americas 69.6
60 Jordan Asia 69.5
61 Belgium Europe 69.5
62 China Asia 69.4
63 Italy Europe 69.3
64 Latvia Europe 69.1
65 Greece Europe 69.1
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 69.0
67 Uzbekistan Asia 68.7
68 Denmark Europe 68.6
69 France Europe 68.5
70 Turkmenistan Asia 68.4
71 Ireland Europe 68.4
72 Dominica Americas 68.3
73 Vietnam Asia 68.1
74 Iceland Europe 68.1
75 Indonesia Asia 68.0
76 Paraguay Americas 67.9
77 Mongolia Asia 67.8
78 Spain Europe 67.7
79 Armenia Asia 67.6
80 Chile Americas 67.4
81 Albania Europe 67.4
82 Serbia Europe 67.3
83 United Kingdom Europe 67.2
84 Botswana Africa 67.1
85 Moldova Europe 67.1
86 Samoa Oceania 66.9
87 Kiribati Oceania 66.3
88 United States Americas 65.9
89 Cape Verde Africa 65.7
90 Tonga Oceania 65.7
91 Namibia Africa 65.4
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 65.4
93 Kyrgyzstan Asia 65.3
94 El Salvador Americas 65.0
95 Russia Europe 64.9
96 Azerbaijan Asia 64.7
97 Philippines Asia 64.4
98 Ukraine Europe 64.3
99 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 64.2
100 Cambodia Asia 64.2
101 Belize Americas 64.1
102 Saint Lucia Americas 63.7
103 Tunisia Africa 63.5
104 Micronesia Oceania 63.5
105 India Asia 63.4
106 Brazil Americas 63.2
107 Dominican Republic Americas 63.1
108 Tuvalu Oceania 63.1
109 Tajikistan Asia 62.8
110 Barbados Americas 62.7
111 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 62.7
112 Rwanda Africa 62.6
113 Bolivia Americas 62.4
114 Peru Americas 62.4
115 Morocco Africa 62.2
116 Bahamas Americas 62.1
117 Argentina Americas 62.0
118 Sri Lanka Asia 62.0
119 Palau Oceania 61.8
120 Timor-Leste Asia 61.6
121 Algeria Africa 61.4
122 Nepal Asia 61.3
123 Guyana Americas 61.2
124 Suriname Americas 60.8
125 Colombia Americas 60.2
126 Egypt Africa 60.0
127 Nicaragua Americas 60.0
128 Vanuatu Oceania 59.6
129 Ecuador Americas 59.3
130 Nauru Oceania 59.1
131 Turkey Asia 59.0
132 Tanzania Africa 58.9
133 Israel Asia 58.9
134 Zambia Africa 58.6
135 Bermuda Americas 58.6
136 Senegal Africa 58.4
137 Libya Africa 58.3
138 Iran Asia 57.5
139 Mexico Americas 57.3
140 Iraq Asia 57.3
141 Marshall Islands Oceania 57.3
142 Jamaica Americas 57.2
143 Laos Asia 57.0
144 Eswatini Africa 56.3
145 South Africa Africa 56.3
146 Benin Africa 55.8
147 Kenya Africa 55.7
148 Gabon Africa 55.7
149 Puerto Rico Americas 55.5
150 Malawi Africa 55.3
151 Sao Tome and Principe Africa 54.9
152 Uganda Africa 54.7
153 Ghana Africa 54.5
154 Mauritania Africa 54.0
155 Guatemala Americas 53.5
156 Bangladesh Asia 53.3
157 Solomon Islands Oceania 53.3
158 Lesotho Africa 53.1
159 Côte d’Ivoire Africa 53.1
160 Gambia Africa 52.5
161 Mozambique Africa 52.2
162 Honduras Americas 52.0
163 Congo Africa 51.2
164 Djibouti Africa 50.9
165 Papua New Guinea Oceania 50.7
166 Palestine Asia 50.6
167 Pakistan Asia 50.3
168 Afghanistan Asia 49.6
169 Angola Africa 49.3
170 Burundi Africa 48.9
171 Myanmar Asia 48.7
172 Madagascar Africa 48.2
173 Guinea-Bissau Africa 48.2
174 Cameroon Africa 48.1
175 Burkina Faso Africa 48.1
176 Lebanon Asia 48.0
177 Sierra Leone Africa 47.6
178 Comoros Africa 47.0
179 Togo Africa 47.0
180 Syria Asia 46.8
181 Equatorial Guinea Africa 46.7
182 Liberia Africa 45.6
183 Ethiopia Africa 45.4
184 Eritrea Africa 44.9
185 Niger Africa 43.9
186 Nigeria Africa 43.0
187 Zimbabwe Africa 40.8
188 Mali Africa 40.1
189 Venezuela Americas 39.9
190 Guinea Africa 39.6
191 DR Congo Africa 39.0
192 Yemen Asia 38.6
193 Central African Republic Africa 37.6
194 Chad Africa 35.7
195 Somalia Africa 31.4
196 Sudan Africa 29.4
197 South Sudan Africa 26.3
198 Haiti Americas 22.1

What this index measures

Why it matters

Helping you pick a retirement destination that balances cost against quality of life.

Method

Min–max normalised to a scale of 0–100 against the same country list (ISO 3166-1), source: Composite of the component indices in tool_scores.. See Methodology.

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