2021 Overseas Retirement Index Part II

For the overseas-minded, now may be the perfect time to act on your dreams of reinventing your life in a new country. Where have you been waiting to go, and what do you want to do once you get there? How do you take the first steps towards setting up life in a new place?

This special report is designed to bring you the answers to these questions. It’s Part II of your 2021 Retire Overseas Index, the end-of-year bumper issue that selected, ranked, and sorted our top picks for retirement this year. Unlike Part I, which focused solely on the destinations and their rankings, Part II is all about the practical considerations of making any international move a success (as well as the less serious and fun considerations—the things that pertain to actually enjoying life in a new country).

The contents of this report are sorted into three main categories: “Know Before You Go,” featuring hard-won insights from Live and Invest Overseas’ top contributors; “But How Do I…,” bringing you answers to the top “how to” questions; and “The Best of the Rest,” where we present our shortlists for specific lifestyle choices that you may want to pursue.

Sit back in a comfortable chair, settle in, and let this report—Part II of your 2021 Retire Overseas Index—be your guide to finally making your dream of retiring overseas a reality…