The FIRE number in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East, 2026: 12 places at local prices and tax

Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East.

What a $150K New York year needs as capital in each of the 12 places in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East on the board, priced at local cost and after the local tax on gains.

In short, current to October 2026

A year that costs $150K at New York prices needs $1.68M in Bali and $4.69M in Bora Bora, at a 4% withdrawal rate. In New York itself it needs $4.63M.
6 of the 12 places levy no tax on a resident's gains on listed securities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Queenstown, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bora Bora.
None of the 12 levies an annual wealth tax on a portfolio of listed securities.

Each address on this page was last checked against its sources between 29 September 2026 and 8 October 2026. The sources for each are named on its page and in the record.

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 8 October 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, The FIRE number in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East, 2026: 12 places at local prices and tax, patrician.ch/answers/fire-number-asia-the-pacific-and-the-middle-east/, October 2026.

Place by place

The number in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East.

Place	A $150K New York year, there	The number at 4%	Tax on gains	Wealth tax	Sun hours
Bali	$56K	$1.68M	35%	None	2,600
Phuket	$69K	$2.10M	35%	None	2,700
Bangkok	$72K	$2.19M	35%	None	2,620
Abu Dhabi	$97K	$2.43M	0%	None	3,500
Dubai	$103K	$2.57M	0%	None	3,500
Tokyo	$117K	$3.25M	20.3%	None	1,880
Queenstown	$132K	$3.30M	0%	None	1,900
Singapore	$136K	$3.40M	0%	None	2,020
Sydney	$125K	$3.54M	23.5%	None	2,590
Hong Kong	$142K	$3.54M	0%	None	1,830
Tel Aviv	$133K	$3.92M	30%	None	3,300
Bora Bora	$188K	$4.69M	0%	None	2,900

A year that costs $150K at New York prices, priced at each place's cost level (the Patrician.ch cost index, an editorial index, Zurich = 100), a 4% withdrawal rate, half of each sale counted as gain, taxed at the place's rate on a resident's listed securities. Wealth tax is not in the number. Run your own year.

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The FIRE calculator takes your own spending, the place whose prices you know, your withdrawal rate and your saving, and runs all 100 places. The route finder shows how each place is entered on your passports, and the tax residence tests show when days there start to count.

Questions

The short answers.

Where in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East is the number lowest?

On these settings, in Bali, Phuket and Bangkok.

They need $1.68M, $2.10M and $2.19M for a year that costs $150K at New York prices, at a 4% withdrawal rate with half of each sale counted as gain.

Which place in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East gets the most sun?

Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with about 3,500 hours of sun a year.

Their numbers on the same settings: $2.43M in Abu Dhabi and $2.57M in Dubai. Sun is a Patrician.ch editorial index, in hours a year.

Is wealth tax in the number?

No.

None of these places levies one on a portfolio of listed securities.

Is this financial advice?

No.

It is arithmetic on published rates and on the settings above. Published comparison research, not tax, legal or financial advice.

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