The best country for Americans to move to.
Read for a US passport leaving New York on $1M a year, the Patrician.ch engine puts Dubai first, then Abu Dhabi and San Juan. It weighs tax with the US floor applied, the route in, safety, schools, sun, cost and the flight home.
In short, current to October 2026
- For a US citizen leaving New York on $1M a year, the engine's first 3 outside the 50 states are Dubai, Abu Dhabi and San Juan. The ranking weighs tax, safety, schools, sun, cost, beauty, the visa route and the flight home.
- The US taxes citizens wherever they live, so abroad the floor is the federal 32% on $1M. The difference from New York is its state and city tax, $107K a year on $1M.
- Of the 83 places outside the 50 states, only San Juan takes a US citizen with no visa at all. 24 are a walk in or a straightforward permit.
- The first in the EU is Valletta, number 5. The first in Asia is Singapore, number 27.
- San Juan is the one address where a US citizen's rate falls below the federal floor, 31% on $1M on Puerto Rico's own rates for a bona fide resident, with no visa. Act 60 sets 4% on eligible export services income. Current to October 2026.
Each address on this page was last checked against its official sources between and . The sources for each are named on its page.
Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Best country for Americans to move to in 2026: 100 places ranked, patrician.ch/answers/best-country-for-americans-to-move-to/, October 2026.
