Ten indexes. One comparable picture.

The weighted composite of all nine signals. It answers one question: on balance, how well does this jurisdiction serve someone who can choose where to live and where to hold capital?

Effective personal tax exposure for a mobile earner — headline income tax, plus how the jurisdiction treats foreign income, capital gains and wealth.

What a comparable standard of living costs on the ground — housing, schooling, services and the everyday basket.

Personal and civil safety — violent crime, property crime, and the risk of disorder or conflict spilling into daily life.

Quality, access and cost of care for a resident who is paying privately or through a local scheme.

What the travel document is worth — visa-free reach, treaty position, and whether citizenship is realistically attainable.

How hard it is to actually land — time, cost, paperwork and the physical presence a jurisdiction demands of you.

Whether the rules you plan around will still exist in five years — political continuity, institutional strength and policy volatility.

How easily a new resident can open, hold and move money — onboarding, multi-currency access and correspondent standing.

Climate comfort across the year and the environmental risks that come with it — heat, storms, air quality and seasonality.