Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · Address 50 of 100

Vaduz, for a high earner.

The principality built on discretion. A prince in the castle above the town, the Rhine below, and the Alps on every side.

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In short, current to October 2026

  • A person earning $1,000,000 and resident in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, pays an effective 18% of income tax on the Patrician.ch 2026 model, keeping $819K. At $300,000 the effective rate is 14%, and at $3,000,000 it is 19%.
  • Vaduz levies no capital gains tax on a disposal by a resident individual, so a liquidity event realized after residence begins is not taxed locally.
  • Inheritance: No inheritance tax. Liechtenstein abolished inheritance and gift tax in 2011.
  • On the passports most readers hold, the realistic route into Vaduz is Lump sum residence.
  • Cost of the life is 95 on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, safety 10 of 10, schools 6 of 10. These 3 are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.
  • Figures are current to October 2026. Tax thresholds and residence routes move, so confirm with counsel before relying on any of them.

Official sources: Liechtenstein Law, Gemeinde Vaduz, Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Checked against them on .

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, Vaduz (Liechtenstein) tax and residence 2026 for a high earner, patrician.ch/cities/vaduz/, October 2026.

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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 29 October 2026 · 11 min read
The numbers

What Vaduz takes, and what it costs.

Effective tax at $1M18%$819K kept after tax
Capital gains0%on a $1M gain
Cost index95Zurich = 100
Inheritance, children0%No inheritance tax
Supercar street index#90of 100
Safety10/10 
Schools6/10international options
The Patrician.ch 10035thof 100, the ranking
Prestige of address6/10Patrician.ch editorial index
Corporate tax12.5%headline rate on profits
Sun hours a year1,600Capital friendly
Passport mobilityindex

Tax on your bracket.

IncomeTaxEffectiveKept after tax
$300K$41K14%$259K
$1M$181K18%$819K
$3M$581K19%$2.4M
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Near the top

Income kept after tax on $1M a year, US dollars, the 53 places in Europe on the board

  1. Monaco$1M
  2. Gibraltar$944K
  3. Andorra la Vella$904K
  4. Tivat$832K
  5. Vaduz$819K
  6. Jersey$800K
  7. Zug$787K
  8. Prague$778K
  9. Lucerne$724K
  10. St. Moritz$723K
  11. Hvar$709K
  12. Limassol$663K

Note: single filer, not a US citizen. Vaduz ranks 5 of 53 here

Source: Patrician.ch 2026 tax model, built on official tax authority rates

Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Non-US single filer. Enter your own income, exit, passports, and family to see where Vaduz ranks for you.

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FIRE

The FIRE number in Vaduz.

The capital whose yearly withdrawal, at 4%, pays for a year here after Vaduz's tax on the gain part of each sale: 0% on a resident's listed securities, with half of each sale counted as gain.

A $100K year here $2.50M
A $150K year here $3.75M $4.26M for a US citizen
A $250K year here $6.25M

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Who gets in

The residence route.

Residence for EEA and Swiss nationals is by quota, with a small annual allocation partly by lottery. Most people who work here live in Switzerland or Austria next door.

Lump sum residence
The life

An ordinary day in Vaduz.

Vaduz, Liechtenstein
🇱🇮 LiechtensteinVaduz
  • The RhineCycle the dam path with Switzerland on the far bank.
  • StädtleThe Stiftung, the trustee, and a bank that has kept quiet since 1861.
  • TorkelLunch in the prince's own vineyard restaurant.
  • MalbunSki above the valley. Zurich is an hour and a half.

Flight times.

FromFlightRouting
New York7h 45mNonstop to Zurich
London1h 50mNonstop to Zurich
ZurichNearbyNo flight needed
Dubai7h 05mNonstop to Zurich
Singapore13h 10mNonstop to Zurich
Tel Aviv4h 20mNonstop to Zurich

Scheduled gate to gate times on the fastest routing, with 1h 30m allowed for each connection. Airline schedules read October 17, 2026.

Healthcare

Care within reach.

Nearest emergency department1 kmLiechtensteinisches Landesspital, Vaduz
Best ranked within reachWorld #9Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ), 78 km
Life expectancy, Liechtenstein84.2years at birth, 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people3.3Liechtenstein, 2023
Health spending per person$11,495US dollars a year, 2023

Vaduz residents use the Landesspital, with Kantonsspital St. Gallen (17th in Switzerland) about 34 km away and University Hospital Zurich (9th in the world) about 78 km away in a straight line. The Liechtensteinisches Landesspital runs an emergency station open 24 hours a day, every day.

HospitalRoleDistanceNewsweek 2026JCI
Liechtensteinisches Landesspital, VaduzNearest emergency department1 kmNot rankedNo
HOCH Health Ostschweiz, Kantonsspital St. GallenBest ranked within reach34 km#17 in SwitzerlandNo
Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ)Best ranked within reach78 kmWorld #9No

Close behind

Life expectancy at birth, years, the 20 countries and territories in Europe on the board

  1. Monaco86.5
  2. Switzerland84.4
  3. Liechtenstein84.2
  4. Andorra84.2
  5. Italy84.0
  6. Spain83.9
  7. Gibraltar83.6
  8. Luxembourg83.2
  9. Jersey83.1
  10. France83.0
  11. Malta83.0
  12. Portugal82.4
  13. Austria82.0
  14. Greece81.8

Note: Liechtenstein ranks 3 of 20. Latest year published for each, 2023 to 2024.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, latest year for each country. Jersey: its government

Hospital ranks from Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026. Accreditation from the Joint Commission International directory. Distances in a straight line from Vaduz, from OpenStreetMap. Country figures from the World Bank and the WHO, the latest year each publishes. Checked 23.10.2026. Research, not medical advice.

Within reach

Near Vaduz on the board.

St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSt. Moritz🇨🇭 SwitzerlandZug, SwitzerlandZug🇨🇭 SwitzerlandZurich, SwitzerlandZurich🇨🇭 SwitzerlandLucerne, SwitzerlandLucerne🇨🇭 SwitzerlandLugano, SwitzerlandLugano🇨🇭 SwitzerlandLake Como, ItalyLake Como🇮🇹 Italy

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Questions

How much income tax does a $1M earner pay in Vaduz?

About $181K a year, an effective 18%, which leaves $819K of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

At $300K the effective rate is 14%, and at $3M it is 19%. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled.

Does Vaduz tax capital gains?

No. A resident individual in Vaduz pays no capital gains tax on a disposal of listed securities.

A liquidity event realized after residence begins is not taxed locally. The country you leave can still apply its own exit rules to a gain that accrued while you lived there.

Does Vaduz have a wealth tax?

Yes. Vaduz carries an annual wealth tax with a top rate of 0.80% of net assets, about $160K a year on $20M.

Liechtenstein taxes wealth through a deemed 4% yield added to income, about 0.8% at the top rate.

Does Vaduz have an inheritance tax?

No. Liechtenstein abolished inheritance and gift tax in 2011.

What a child pays: nothing. Source: Liechtenstein Tax Administration, current to October 2026. The heir's own residence and the location of the assets can bring another country's tax into play.

How does a foreigner get residence in Vaduz?

Residence for EEA and Swiss nationals is by quota, with a small annual allocation partly by lottery.

Most people who work here live in Switzerland or Austria next door. Routes that matter for money: Lump sum residence.

What is the cost of living in Vaduz?

Vaduz scores 95 on the Patrician.ch cost index, where Zurich is 100, and ranks 46 of 100 on cost, 1 being the most expensive.

Safety scores 10 of 10 and schools 6 of 10, with 1,600 sun hours a year. Cost, safety and schools are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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