Top Ten Best Countries to Retire in

The Best Countries to Retire in 2014

First Published Date: February 19, 2014 ADawnJournal.com

Overseas retirement magazine InternationalLiving.com recently published its Annual Global Retirement Index 2014 featuring the best countries on earth to retire. The editors look at various criteria, such as cost of living, climate, real estate, health care, etc to compile their list of world’s best places to retire. Here are the top ten countries for 2014:

1. Panama

2. Ecuador

3. Malaysia

4. Costa Rica

5. Spain

6. Colombia

7. Mexico

8. Malta

9. Uruguay

10. Thailand

The full list has many countries in South America. However, personally I would be reluctant to live in countries like Colombia or Mexico. Asian hot spots like the Philippines and Thailand are not on top of the list. The reason South American countries are dominant is because data are collected from Canadian and American expat retirees, and distance played a significant role, as South American countries are lot closer to them than Asian countries. To view the full list, click The World’s Best Retirement havens .