It’s a fair question–you may be missing a particular variable that is important to you. In general, though, we needed to find variables that were both important for retirement locations and that were also readily available to be used in the form of data. An important aspect this tool does not consider at the moment is Visas or taxes (e.g., CGT). Users must conduct due diligence to see what are the different requirements depending on their individual circumstances. An overview of CGT can be found here.

As observed in Table 1, we don’t have complete data across all variables. If we chose to plot only countries that have complete data across all 9 variables, the graph would look rather empty. Instead, the user can check or uncheck a box above the graph to exclude or include countries with more than 2 NAs. In general, we recommend hovering over the countries in the plot and examining the data presented: you will clearly see which data is missing for each country.

Please reach out to us and we will consider expanding the tool to account for other factors!