Indexes/Overall

Overall Index

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?

Median: 56
Mean: 55
Top decile from: 70
Highest: 77

What this index measures

Composite · scored 0–100

01
Weighted mean of the nine underlying signals
02
Tax burden and residency access carry the heaviest weights
03
Climate and cost act as tie-breakers, not drivers

A high overall score rarely comes from one extreme. Zero-tax islands lose ground on cost and healthcare; northern Europe loses ground on tax and gains it back on stability and health.

How the score is weighted

Each input is normalised to 0–100 across all 209 jurisdictions, then combined at the weights below. Weights sum to 100 and are held constant across every jurisdiction in an edition, so scores stay comparable.

Composite in the composite

Tax burden20% of the score
Effective personal exposure for a mobile earner.
Residency access20% of the score
Whether you can realistically land and stay.
Stability14% of the score
Whether the rules survive the planning horizon.
Safety12% of the score
Personal and civil safety.
Healthcare12% of the score
Quality, access and cost of care.
Banking access8% of the score
Opening, holding and moving money.
Passport strength7% of the score
Travel reach and citizenship path.
Cost of living4% of the score
Tie-breaker, not a driver.
Climate & livability3% of the score
Tie-breaker, not a driver.

Who leads it

The ten highest scores on this signal, with their overall standing beside them — the gap between the two columns is the trade-off.

01
Cayman Islands
Americas
77ovr 77
02
Gibraltar
Europe
76ovr 76
03
Andorra
Europe
75ovr 75
04
Estonia
Europe
75ovr 75
05
Portugal
Europe
75ovr 75
06
Cyprus
Europe
75ovr 75
07
British Virgin Islands
Americas
74ovr 74
08
Bermuda
Americas
73ovr 73
09
New Zealand
Oceania
73ovr 73
10
Isle of Man
Europe
73ovr 73

Distribution · top 60 scoresrange 24–77

How regions compare

Average score per region against its best case. A wide gap means the region is worth searching; a narrow one means the whole region behaves the same way.

Europe
66 / 76
Americas
59 / 77
Oceania
55 / 73
Asia
53 / 73
Middle East
48 / 63
Africa
45 / 67

Full ranking

#	Jurisdiction	Region	Overall	Overall
001	Cayman Islands	Americas	77	77
002	Gibraltar	Europe	76	76
003	Andorra	Europe	75	75
004	Estonia	Europe	75	75
005	Portugal	Europe	75	75
006	Cyprus	Europe	75	75
007	British Virgin Islands	Americas	74	74
008	Bermuda	Americas	73	73
009	New Zealand	Oceania	73	73
010	Isle of Man	Europe	73	73
011	Singapore	Asia	73	73
012	San Marino	Europe	73	73
013	Jersey	Europe	73	73
014	Guernsey	Europe	73	73
015	Switzerland	Europe	72	72
016	Monaco	Europe	72	72
017	Spain	Europe	72	72
018	Malta	Europe	72	72
019	St Kitts and Nevis	Americas	71	71
020	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	70	70
021	Grenada	Americas	70	70
022	Australia	Oceania	70	70
023	Iceland	Europe	70	70
024	Montenegro	Europe	70	70
025	Bahamas	Americas	69	69
026	St Lucia	Americas	69	69
027	Georgia	Europe	69	69
028	Liechtenstein	Europe	69	69
029	Latvia	Europe	69	69
030	Panama	Americas	68	68
031	Dominica	Americas	68	68
032	Germany	Europe	68	68
033	Finland	Europe	68	68
034	Lithuania	Europe	68	68
035	Slovenia	Europe	68	68
036	Mauritius	Africa	67	67
037	Taiwan	Asia	67	67
038	Netherlands	Europe	67	67
039	Luxembourg	Europe	67	67
040	Austria	Europe	67	67
041	Greece	Europe	67	67
042	Croatia	Europe	67	67
043	Czech Republic	Europe	67	67
044	Canada	Americas	66	66
045	Costa Rica	Americas	66	66
046	Uruguay	Americas	66	66
047	Malaysia	Asia	66	66
048	Ireland	Europe	66	66
049	Norway	Europe	66	66
050	Sweden	Europe	66	66
051	Italy	Europe	66	66
052	Bulgaria	Europe	66	66
053	Barbados	Americas	65	65
054	Chile	Americas	65	65
055	Japan	Asia	65	65
056	South Korea	Asia	65	65
057	France	Europe	65	65
058	Denmark	Europe	65	65
059	Vanuatu	Oceania	64	64
060	Brunei	Asia	64	64
061	Belgium	Europe	64	64
062	Vatican City	Europe	64	64
063	Poland	Europe	64	64
064	Slovakia	Europe	64	64
065	Serbia	Europe	64	64
066	Oman	Middle East	63	63
067	Romania	Europe	63	63
068	Seychelles	Africa	62	62
069	Paraguay	Americas	62	62
070	Macau	Asia	62	62
071	Maldives	Asia	62	62
072	Israel	Middle East	62	62
073	United Kingdom	Europe	62	62
074	Albania	Europe	62	62
075	Cape Verde	Africa	61	61
076	Mexico	Americas	61	61
077	Colombia	Americas	61	61
078	Hungary	Europe	61	61
079	North Macedonia	Europe	61	61
080	Turkey	Asia	60	60
081	Hong Kong	Asia	60	60
082	Thailand	Asia	60	60
083	Bahrain	Middle East	60	60
084	Morocco	Africa	59	59
085	Tunisia	Africa	59	59
086	St Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	59	59
087	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	59	59
088	UAE	Middle East	59	59
089	Qatar	Middle East	59	59
090	Botswana	Africa	58	58
091	Belize	Americas	58	58
092	Brazil	Americas	58	58
093	Argentina	Americas	58	58
094	Fiji	Oceania	58	58
095	Cook Islands	Oceania	58	58
096	South Africa	Africa	57	57
097	Ghana	Africa	57	57
098	Indonesia	Asia	57	57
099	Kazakhstan	Asia	57	57
100	Armenia	Asia	57	57
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	57	57
102	Namibia	Africa	56	56
103	Peru	Americas	56	56
104	Vietnam	Asia	56	56
105	Kuwait	Middle East	56	56
106	Rwanda	Africa	55	55
107	Dominican Republic	Americas	55	55
108	Ecuador	Americas	55	55
109	Samoa	Oceania	55	55
110	Tonga	Oceania	55	55
111	Niue	Oceania	55	55
112	Moldova	Europe	55	55
113	Senegal	Africa	54	54
114	India	Asia	54	54
115	Jordan	Middle East	54	54
116	Kosovo	Europe	54	54
117	USA	Americas	53	53
118	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	53	53
119	Palau	Oceania	53	53
120	Sri Lanka	Asia	53	53
121	Kenya	Africa	52	52
122	Tanzania	Africa	52	52
123	Jamaica	Americas	52	52
124	Philippines	Asia	52	52
125	Bhutan	Asia	52	52
126	Guatemala	Americas	51	51
127	Marshall Islands	Oceania	51	51
128	Cambodia	Asia	51	51
129	Azerbaijan	Asia	51	51
130	Sao Tome & Principe	Africa	50	50
131	El Salvador	Americas	50	50
132	Cuba	Americas	50	50
133	Bolivia	Americas	50	50
134	Guyana	Americas	50	50
135	Suriname	Americas	50	50
136	Tuvalu	Oceania	50	50
137	Micronesia	Oceania	50	50
138	Mongolia	Asia	50	50
139	Belarus	Europe	50	50
140	Ivory Coast	Africa	49	49
141	Zambia	Africa	49	49
142	Nicaragua	Americas	49	49
143	Egypt	Africa	49	49
144	Nepal	Asia	49	49
145	Uzbekistan	Asia	49	49
146	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	49	49
147	Benin	Africa	48	48
148	Gambia	Africa	48	48
149	Malawi	Africa	48	48
150	Madagascar	Africa	48	48
151	Solomon Islands	Oceania	48	48
152	Kiribati	Oceania	48	48
153	Nauru	Oceania	48	48
154	Laos	Asia	48	48
155	Timor-Leste	Asia	48	48
156	Russia	Europe	48	48
157	Eswatini	Africa	47	47
158	Algeria	Africa	47	47
159	Uganda	Africa	47	47
160	Gabon	Africa	46	46
161	Sierra Leone	Africa	46	46
162	Togo	Africa	46	46
163	Djibouti	Africa	46	46
164	Mozambique	Africa	46	46
165	Comoros	Africa	46	46
166	Honduras	Americas	46	46
167	China	Asia	46	46
168	Bangladesh	Asia	45	45
169	Lesotho	Africa	44	44
170	Nigeria	Africa	44	44
171	Liberia	Africa	44	44
172	Cameroon	Africa	44	44
173	Tajikistan	Asia	44	44
174	Zimbabwe	Africa	43	43
175	Angola	Africa	43	43
176	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	43	43
177	Pakistan	Asia	43	43
178	Guinea	Africa	42	42
179	Mauritania	Africa	42	42
180	Ethiopia	Africa	42	42
181	Lebanon	Middle East	42	42
182	Congo	Africa	41	41
183	Turkmenistan	Asia	41	41
184	Burkina Faso	Africa	40	40
185	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	40	40
186	Burundi	Africa	40	40
187	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	39	39
188	Ukraine	Europe	39	39
189	Iran	Middle East	38	38
190	Mali	Africa	36	36
191	Niger	Africa	36	36
192	Venezuela	Americas	35	35
193	Chad	Africa	34	34
194	Eritrea	Africa	34	34
195	DR Congo	Africa	34	34
196	Iraq	Middle East	34	34
197	Haiti	Americas	32	32
198	Myanmar	Asia	32	32
199	Western Sahara	Africa	31	31
200	North Korea	Asia	31	31
201	Palestine	Middle East	30	30
202	Central African Republic	Africa	29	29
203	Libya	Africa	28	28
204	Syria	Middle East	27	27
205	Sudan	Africa	26	26
206	South Sudan	Africa	26	26
207	Somalia	Africa	26	26
208	Yemen	Middle East	26	26
209	Afghanistan	Asia	24	24

At the other end

The five lowest scores on this signal: Afghanistan (24), Yemen (26), Somalia (26), South Sudan (26), Sudan (26). A weak score here is not disqualifying on its own — read it against the composite.

Where this comes from

Each input is normalised to a 0–100 scale and weighted into the score above. We cite the underlying publication rather than the aggregator wherever one exists.

Edition 2026.1 · reviewed quarterly

01Capital & Control composite model
Capital & Control
Weighting and normalisation of the nine underlying signals into a single 0–100 score.
02World Development Indicators
World Bank
Population, income level and macro context used to sanity-check jurisdiction coverage.