Manas Malhotra
The Global Citizen Solutions released its 2026 Global Retirement Report and Index, which ranks 46 retirement and passive income visa programmes.
Greece ranks 10th with a score of 95.9, placing it among the world’s leading retirement destinations, and giving retirees another European option to consider.
Italy scores 97.2 to rank ninth, placing its retirement programme among the world’s strongest.
Andorra ranks eighth with a score of 97.8, offering another European retirement programme that performs strongly in the 2026 global benchmark.
Latvia scores 98 for the seventh place, adding another European retirement destination to a ranking increasingly dominated by the region.
Paraguay ranks sixth with 98.2, making it one of three destinations from the Americas featured among the top ten retirement programmes.
Portugal scores 99.3 to rank fifth, reinforcing its position among Europe’s highest-rated retirement programmes in the 2026 global benchmark.
Costa Rica ranks fourth at 99.5, making it the second highest-ranked retirement programme from the Americas in the 2026 benchmark.
Spain scores 99.6 for the third place, emerging as Europe’s highest-ranked retirement programme and one of the benchmark’s strongest destinations.
Mauritius ranks second with 99.8, making it Africa’s highest-ranked retirement programme and one of the strongest choices in the global benchmark.
Uruguay tops the retirement benchmark with 99.9, recording the highest score among programmes assessed in Global Citizen Solutions’ 2026 index.