Work from Wherever Index
See the best countries to work from based on your time zone
This report was issued on January 11, 2022.
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As of February 18, 2022, the list of countries included on the Work from Wherever Index has been updated to reflect the latest U.S. Department of State’s Level 4 Travel Advisory regarding increased threats of military activity.
America/New York time zone: These countries are best for work and travel
The country recommendations below are based on your selected work time zone and our ranking of the best countries in the world to work from based on 22 factors. You can see country rankings based only on the factors here.
Work from Wherever Index
Rankings based on 22 factors
See which countries ranked the highest based on their working conditions and travel opportunities.
Work from Wherever Index - Methodology
Data in six categories has been collected in order to rank countries in terms of their attractiveness for remote work: Travel, Local prices, Health & safety, Remote work, Social life and Weather.
Within these categories, a total of 22 factors have been defined to reach a comprehensive overview of aspects that travelers may encounter and care about when deciding on the destination for remote work.
Data sources & factor definitions
Travel
The Travel category comprises four factors:
Accessibility
Defined by the weekly number of flight routes to/from the destination country.
Source: Cheapflights internal data
Avg. hotel prices
Avg. hotel price per night in ZAR for standard double room across all hotel types. Prices based on the search period Jan-Sept 2021 for travel period: Jan-Dec 2022.
Source: Cheapflights internal data
Avg. car hire prices
Avg. prices for a car hire per day in ZAR and across all vehicle classes. Prices based on the search period Jan-Sept 2021 for travel period: Jan-Dec 2022.
Source: Cheapflights internal data
Fuel prices
Euro-super 95, avg. price (ZAR) for 1 litre from the period 11 - 17 Oct 2021.
Source: GlobalPetrolPrices.com (Data from Oct 11- Oct 17 2021)
The Social life category comprises three factors:
English Proficiency Index score
The EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) score is based on test data from more than 2,200,000 test takers around the world who took the EF Standard English Test (EF SET) or one of EF English placement tests in 2019. Read more about the EF EPI here. For countries where an EF EPI score is not available but where the English language is an official language, the highest EF EPI score of 652 was applied.
Source: EF EPI (Accessed on 29/09/2021)
Going out
Avg. number of bars and clubs in five major cities (per 100,000 inhabitants).
Sources: Open Street Map
Culture
Avg. number of theatres, museums and galleries in five major cities (per 100,000 inhabitants).
Sources: Open Street Map