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Retire to Latin America if You’re Poor, Europe if You’re Not

September 14, 2010 by FutureExpat

Retire to Latin America if You’re Poor, Europe if You’re Not

I don’t generally follow investment websites or blogs, but The Oblivious Investor caught my eye recently. Why? Because author Rick Todd rated some expat retirement destinations based on how much income you have to retire on.

Granada, Nicaragua
photo by wirralwater on flickr
His top five picks for retirees with a limited (primarily Social Security) income:

  1. Costa Rica
  2. Malaysia
  3. Uruguay
  4. Panama
  5. Nicaragua

His top five picks for retirees with higher income:

Paris and the Eiffel Tower
photo by kokorowashinjin on flickr
  1. France
  2. Spain
  3. Italy
  4. Portugal
  5. New Zealand

Note that four out of the five “lower income” destinations are in Latin America, while four out of the five “higher income” locations are in Europe.

You can read the entire article here.

Filed Under: Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Central America, Europe, Narrowing Your Country/City Search, Prepping the Move, Quality of Life, Retiring, South America Tagged With: Costa Rica, expat, France, Italy, Malaysia, move abroad, New Zealand, Nicaragua, overseas retirement, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay

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