International Living magazine released its 2020 list of the best countries to retire.
No. 1 is Portugal. It climbed from No. 7 spot a year ago to the top of the list. Panama took the No. 2 spot on the list.
The entire list of the 10 best countries to retire abroad here:
1. Portugal
2. Panama
3. Costa Rica
4. Mexico
5. Colombia
6. Ecuador
7. Malaysia
8. Spain
9. France
10. Vietnam
To rank these countries, the magazine asked its correspondents and on-the-ground experts living in 24 different countries to rate their countries based on housing, benefits/discounts, visas/residency, ease of fitting in, development, climate, health care, governance, cost of living and other factors.
Sven Franssen