Global Remote Work Index 2023

Discover the best scoring countries to accommodate remote employees

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The best countries for remote work

  1. Denmark

  2. Netherlands

  3. Germany

  4. Spain

  5. Sweden

This map is based on data available at Natural Earth. Data is in public domain.

The data for the GRWI was analyzed in the first half of 2023.

What is it?

What is the Global Remote Work Index?

The Global Remote Work Index evaluates the potential of 108 countries to qualify as top remote work destinations. This index measures four main dimensions: cybersecurity, economics, infrastructure, and, since this year, a new addition—social safety criteria—to ensure the quality of remote work.

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Cyber safety

Cyber safety pertains to a diverse array of factors that comprise a safe and secure digital environment required for remote work. This dimension covers infrastructure integrity, digital threat response capacity, and the level of cybersecurity-target legislation.

Economic safety

The concept of economic safety entails the various economic aspects of living and working in a particular country. It refers to the cost of living, healthcare access, ease of communication, and opportunities for quality free time.

Digital & physical infrastructure

The dimension of digital & physical infrastructure refers to the country’s digital capabilities to provide and support a stable, fast, and broad internet service and ensure convenient and safe physical infrastructure for traveling around.

Social safety

Social safety incorporates social and physical security aspects of working and living remotely. It combines the components of overall safety from crimes within a country with metrics evaluating equity and access to human rights.

OUR FINDINGS

Which countries score the highest?

1

Denmark

GRWI score 0.847

2

Netherlands

GRWI score 0.843

3

Germany

GRWI score 0.842

4

Spain

GRWI score 0.825

5

Sweden

GRWI score 0.824

6

Portugal

GRWI score 0.824

7

Estonia

GRWI score 0.818

8

Lithuania

GRWI score 0.808

9

Ireland

GRWI score 0.803

10

Slovakia

GRWI score 0.802

11

Finland

GRWI score 0.801

12

Belgium

GRWI score 0.801

13

Iceland

GRWI score 0.796

14

Canada

GRWI score 0.793

15

France

GRWI score 0.792

16

USA

GRWI score 0.790

17

South Korea

GRWI score 0.788

18

Poland

GRWI score 0.787

19

United Kingdom

GRWI score 0.787

20

Norway

GRWI score 0.785

21

Czech Republic

GRWI score 0.785

22

Japan

GRWI score 0.785

23

Austria

GRWI score 0.781

24

Croatia

GRWI score 0.781

25

Australia

GRWI score 0.779

26

Italy

GRWI score 0.778

27

Luxembourg

GRWI score 0.778

28

Singapore

GRWI score 0.776

29

Switzerland

GRWI score 0.772

30

Malta

GRWI score 0.767

31

Latvia

GRWI score 0.766

32

Greece

GRWI score 0.766

33

Slovenia

GRWI score 0.760

34

New Zealand

GRWI score 0.758

35

Cyprus

GRWI score 0.751

36

Hungary

GRWI score 0.747

37

Serbia

GRWI score 0.737

38

Romania

GRWI score 0.731

39

China

GRWI score 0.720

40

Israel

GRWI score 0.720

41

Malaysia

GRWI score 0.706

42

Bulgaria

GRWI score 0.702

43

Uruguay

GRWI score 0.690

44

Saudi Arabia

GRWI score 0.685

45

UAE

GRWI score 0.668

46

Georgia

GRWI score 0.662

47

North Macedonia

GRWI score 0.658

48

Morocco

GRWI score 0.657

49

Thailand

GRWI score 0.654

50

Chile

GRWI score 0.651

51

Albania

GRWI score 0.649

52

Moldova

GRWI score 0.648

53

Tunisia

GRWI score 0.645

54

Costa Rica

GRWI score 0.645

55

Argentina

GRWI score 0.644

56

Qatar

GRWI score 0.639

57

Turkey

GRWI score 0.633

58

Mauritius

GRWI score 0.630

59

Vietnam

GRWI score 0.622

60

Peru

GRWI score 0.620

61

Brazil

GRWI score 0.619

62

Mexico

GRWI score 0.614

63

Panama

GRWI score 0.613

64

India

GRWI score 0.610

65

South Africa

GRWI score 0.608

66

Azerbaijan

GRWI score 0.606

67

Armenia

GRWI score 0.604

68

Philippines

GRWI score 0.599

69

Egypt

GRWI score 0.598

70

Kazakhstan

GRWI score 0.598

71

Colombia

GRWI score 0.598

72

Oman

GRWI score 0.595

73

Dominican Republic

GRWI score 0.594

74

Montenegro

GRWI score 0.586

75

Indonesia

GRWI score 0.586

76

Paraguay

GRWI score 0.584

77

Bahrain

GRWI score 0.569

78

Jamaica

GRWI score 0.566

79

Ghana

GRWI score 0.552

80

Ecuador

GRWI score 0.550

81

Trinidad and Tobago

GRWI score 0.549

82

Zambia

GRWI score 0.543

83

Bosnia and Herzegovina

GRWI score 0.537

84

Bangladesh

GRWI score 0.533

85

Sri Lanka

GRWI score 0.528

86

Botswana

GRWI score 0.526

87

Nigeria

GRWI score 0.523

88

Kyrgyzstan

GRWI score 0.515

89

Nepal

GRWI score 0.513

90

Algeria

GRWI score 0.512

91

Jordan

GRWI score 0.509

92

Kenya

GRWI score 0.509

93

Pakistan

GRWI score 0.505

94

Uganda

GRWI score 0.501

95

Bolivia

GRWI score 0.492

96

Mongolia

GRWI score 0.491

97

Tanzania

GRWI score 0.475

98

Senegal

GRWI score 0.462

99

Namibia

GRWI score 0.445

100

El Salvador

GRWI score 0.435

101

Cambodia

GRWI score 0.432

102

Cameroon

GRWI score 0.424

103

Ethiopia

GRWI score 0.424

104

Guatemala

GRWI score 0.410

105

Honduras

GRWI score 0.396

106

Mozambique

GRWI score 0.393

107

Zimbabwe

GRWI score 0.362

108

Angola

GRWI score 0.321

The data for the GRWI was analyzed in the first half of 2023.

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1

Slovakia

Cyber safety score 0.979

2

Estonia

Cyber safety score 0.978

3

Lithuania

Cyber safety score 0.973

4

Germany

Cyber safety score 0.967

5

Saudi Arabia

Cyber safety score 0.953

6

Greece

Cyber safety score 0.948

7

Croatia

Cyber safety score 0.927

8

Poland

Cyber safety score 0.914

9

Belgium

Cyber safety score 0.912

10

Serbia

Cyber safety score 0.894

11

Spain

Cyber safety score 0.892

12

France

Cyber safety score 0.887

13

Denmark

Cyber safety score 0.886

14

Latvia

Cyber safety score 0.882

15

Ireland

Cyber safety score 0.877

16

Italy

Cyber safety score 0.876

17

Netherlands

Cyber safety score 0.868

18

Portugal

Cyber safety score 0.866

19

Morocco

Cyber safety score 0.861

20

Czech Republic

Cyber safety score 0.857

21

Sweden

Cyber safety score 0.842

22

Malaysia

Cyber safety score 0.820

23

Cyprus

Cyber safety score 0.819

24

Romania

Cyber safety score 0.809

25

Singapore

Cyber safety score 0.801

26

Hungary

Cyber safety score 0.799

27

Iceland

Cyber safety score 0.769

28

Slovenia

Cyber safety score 0.763

29

Finland

Cyber safety score 0.759

30

China

Cyber safety score 0.754

31

Japan

Cyber safety score 0.747

32

Canada

Cyber safety score 0.742

33

USA

Cyber safety score 0.741

34

Austria

Cyber safety score 0.738

35

Australia

Cyber safety score 0.730

36

United Kingdom

Cyber safety score 0.727

37

Luxembourg

Cyber safety score 0.722

38

Israel

Cyber safety score 0.711

39

South Korea

Cyber safety score 0.708

40

Turkey

Cyber safety score 0.705

41

Egypt

Cyber safety score 0.703

42

Malta

Cyber safety score 0.699

43

Switzerland

Cyber safety score 0.696

44

Thailand

Cyber safety score 0.694

45

Albania

Cyber safety score 0.691

46

Norway

Cyber safety score 0.686

47

North Macedonia

Cyber safety score 0.681

48

Zambia

Cyber safety score 0.677

49

Bangladesh

Cyber safety score 0.663

50

Qatar

Cyber safety score 0.663

51

Tunisia

Cyber safety score 0.661

52

Bulgaria

Cyber safety score 0.658

53

Georgia

Cyber safety score 0.657

54

Uruguay

Cyber safety score 0.652

55

Peru

Cyber safety score 0.644

56

India

Cyber safety score 0.639

57

Vietnam

Cyber safety score 0.637

58

Uganda

Cyber safety score 0.635

59

Philippines

Cyber safety score 0.631

60

Nigeria

Cyber safety score 0.624

61

Mauritius

Cyber safety score 0.622

62

New Zealand

Cyber safety score 0.612

63

Azerbaijan

Cyber safety score 0.602

64

Dominican Republic

Cyber safety score 0.599

65

Brazil

Cyber safety score 0.574

66

Mexico

Cyber safety score 0.569

67

Kazakhstan

Cyber safety score 0.552

68

Indonesia

Cyber safety score 0.547

69

Paraguay

Cyber safety score 0.547

70

Pakistan

Cyber safety score 0.545

71

UAE

Cyber safety score 0.543

72

Moldova

Cyber safety score 0.540

73

South Africa

Cyber safety score 0.540

74

Colombia

Cyber safety score 0.534

75

Argentina

Cyber safety score 0.532

76

Costa Rica

Cyber safety score 0.525

77

Oman

Cyber safety score 0.508

78

Ghana

Cyber safety score 0.503

79

Kenya

Cyber safety score 0.492

80

Panama

Cyber safety score 0.475

81

Chile

Cyber safety score 0.459

82

Tanzania

Cyber safety score 0.456

83

Botswana

Cyber safety score 0.436

84

Armenia

Cyber safety score 0.425

85

Jamaica

Cyber safety score 0.410

86

Bahrain

Cyber safety score 0.404

87

Ecuador

Cyber safety score 0.386

88

Kyrgyzstan

Cyber safety score 0.379

89

Sri Lanka

Cyber safety score 0.378

90

Cameroon

Cyber safety score 0.374

91

Trinidad and Tobago

Cyber safety score 0.372

92

Montenegro

Cyber safety score 0.351

93

Ethiopia

Cyber safety score 0.317

94

Jordan

Cyber safety score 0.315

95

Nepal

Cyber safety score 0.313

96

Senegal

Cyber safety score 0.306

97

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyber safety score 0.304

98

Algeria

Cyber safety score 0.295

99

Bolivia

Cyber safety score 0.239

100

Mozambique

Cyber safety score 0.189

101

Cambodia

Cyber safety score 0.183

102

Mongolia

Cyber safety score 0.157

103

Guatemala

Cyber safety score 0.155

104

Angola

Cyber safety score 0.152

105

Honduras

Cyber safety score 0.131

106

El Salvador

Cyber safety score 0.131

107

Zimbabwe

Cyber safety score 0.101

108

Namibia

Cyber safety score 0.050

The data for the GRWI was analyzed in the first half of 2023.

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GRWI score

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1

United Kingdom

Economic safety score 0.828

2

USA

Economic safety score 0.826

3

Canada

Economic safety score 0.811

4

Australia

Economic safety score 0.788

5

New Zealand

Economic safety score 0.777

6

Germany

Economic safety score 0.774

7

Sweden

Economic safety score 0.774

8

Portugal

Economic safety score 0.769

9

Spain

Economic safety score 0.759

10

Malta

Economic safety score 0.759

11

Netherlands

Economic safety score 0.751

12

Belgium

Economic safety score 0.749

13

Austria

Economic safety score 0.747

14

Ireland

Economic safety score 0.741

15

Finland

Economic safety score 0.738

16

Denmark

Economic safety score 0.737

17

Poland

Economic safety score 0.737

18

France

Economic safety score 0.733

19

Argentina

Economic safety score 0.731

20

Jamaica

Economic safety score 0.728

21

Czech Republic

Economic safety score 0.728

22

South Africa

Economic safety score 0.725

23

Colombia

Economic safety score 0.724

24

Hungary

Economic safety score 0.724

25

Italy

Economic safety score 0.723

26

China

Economic safety score 0.719

27

Japan

Economic safety score 0.718

28

Norway

Economic safety score 0.717

29

Slovakia

Economic safety score 0.715

30

Croatia

Economic safety score 0.715

31

Brazil

Economic safety score 0.713

32

Turkey

Economic safety score 0.713

33

Malaysia

Economic safety score 0.712

34

Chile

Economic safety score 0.712

35

Costa Rica

Economic safety score 0.711

36

Slovenia

Economic safety score 0.710

37

Bulgaria

Economic safety score 0.709

38

Romania

Economic safety score 0.709

39

Tunisia

Economic safety score 0.707

40

Estonia

Economic safety score 0.705

41

Iceland

Economic safety score 0.703

42

Greece

Economic safety score 0.698

43

Lithuania

Economic safety score 0.695

44

Peru

Economic safety score 0.693

45

Serbia

Economic safety score 0.693

46

Algeria

Economic safety score 0.687

47

South Korea

Economic safety score 0.685

48

Moldova

Economic safety score 0.685

49

Egypt

Economic safety score 0.683

50

Namibia

Economic safety score 0.682

51

Latvia

Economic safety score 0.681

52

Ecuador

Economic safety score 0.680

53

Luxembourg

Economic safety score 0.679

54

Montenegro

Economic safety score 0.678

55

India

Economic safety score 0.677

56

Georgia

Economic safety score 0.675

57

Morocco

Economic safety score 0.675

58

Cyprus

Economic safety score 0.674

59

North Macedonia

Economic safety score 0.671

60

Vietnam

Economic safety score 0.671

61

Botswana

Economic safety score 0.671

62

Uruguay

Economic safety score 0.670

63

Mexico

Economic safety score 0.670

64

Bolivia

Economic safety score 0.668

65

Kenya

Economic safety score 0.666

66

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Economic safety score 0.659

67

Thailand

Economic safety score 0.659

68

Singapore

Economic safety score 0.658

69

Panama

Economic safety score 0.655

70

Indonesia

Economic safety score 0.654

71

Mauritius

Economic safety score 0.652

72

Albania

Economic safety score 0.652

73

Kyrgyzstan

Economic safety score 0.650

74

Sri Lanka

Economic safety score 0.649

75

Philippines

Economic safety score 0.648

76

Mongolia

Economic safety score 0.647

77

Kazakhstan

Economic safety score 0.647

78

Paraguay

Economic safety score 0.646

79

Dominican Republic

Economic safety score 0.644

80

Saudi Arabia

Economic safety score 0.643

81

El Salvador

Economic safety score 0.641

82

Armenia

Economic safety score 0.638

83

Azerbaijan

Economic safety score 0.637

84

Israel

Economic safety score 0.635

85

Oman

Economic safety score 0.635

86

UAE

Economic safety score 0.632

87

Trinidad and Tobago

Economic safety score 0.628

88

Pakistan

Economic safety score 0.626

89

Nepal

Economic safety score 0.624

90

Honduras

Economic safety score 0.623

91

Qatar

Economic safety score 0.621

92

Ghana

Economic safety score 0.619

93

Bahrain

Economic safety score 0.618

94

Zambia

Economic safety score 0.618

95

Nigeria

Economic safety score 0.614

96

Mozambique

Economic safety score 0.611

97

Tanzania

Economic safety score 0.610

98

Jordan

Economic safety score 0.609

99

Uganda

Economic safety score 0.605

100

Switzerland

Economic safety score 0.601

101

Guatemala

Economic safety score 0.601

102

Zimbabwe

Economic safety score 0.598

103

Bangladesh

Economic safety score 0.589

104

Cambodia

Economic safety score 0.576

105

Ethiopia

Economic safety score 0.575

106

Senegal

Economic safety score 0.574

107

Cameroon

Economic safety score 0.534

108

Angola

Economic safety score 0.518

The data for the GRWI was analyzed in the first half of 2023.

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1

Singapore

Infrastructure score 0.900

2

South Korea

Infrastructure score 0.898

3

UAE

Infrastructure score 0.893

4

Denmark

Infrastructure score 0.852

5

Switzerland

Infrastructure score 0.849

6

USA

Infrastructure score 0.843

7

Luxembourg

Infrastructure score 0.839

8

Netherlands

Infrastructure score 0.827

9

Sweden

Infrastructure score 0.826

10

Norway

Infrastructure score 0.819

11

Japan

Infrastructure score 0.808

12

United Kingdom

Infrastructure score 0.808

13

Spain

Infrastructure score 0.799

14

France

Infrastructure score 0.795

15

Canada

Infrastructure score 0.795

16

Iceland

Infrastructure score 0.793

17

Finland

Infrastructure score 0.792

18

Australia

Infrastructure score 0.789

19

New Zealand

Infrastructure score 0.789

20

China

Infrastructure score 0.779

21

Malta

Infrastructure score 0.778

22

Germany

Infrastructure score 0.768

23

Portugal

Infrastructure score 0.768

24

Austria

Infrastructure score 0.759

25

Israel

Infrastructure score 0.753

26

Estonia

Infrastructure score 0.752

27

Ireland

Infrastructure score 0.750

28

Lithuania

Infrastructure score 0.745

29

Latvia

Infrastructure score 0.743

30

Belgium

Infrastructure score 0.741

31

Chile

Infrastructure score 0.738

32

Hungary

Infrastructure score 0.735

33

Cyprus

Infrastructure score 0.731

34

Qatar

Infrastructure score 0.721

35

Slovenia

Infrastructure score 0.720

36

Poland

Infrastructure score 0.718

37

Bulgaria

Infrastructure score 0.712

38

Saudi Arabia

Infrastructure score 0.708

39

Italy

Infrastructure score 0.704

40

Malaysia

Infrastructure score 0.704

41

Thailand

Infrastructure score 0.702

42

Slovakia

Infrastructure score 0.693

43

Czech Republic

Infrastructure score 0.693

44

Bahrain

Infrastructure score 0.683

45

Croatia

Infrastructure score 0.675

46

Greece

Infrastructure score 0.666

47

Brazil

Infrastructure score 0.661

48

Uruguay

Infrastructure score 0.657

49

Moldova

Infrastructure score 0.651

50

Serbia

Infrastructure score 0.650

51

Turkey

Infrastructure score 0.641

52

Kazakhstan

Infrastructure score 0.638

53

Romania

Infrastructure score 0.637

54

Argentina

Infrastructure score 0.629

55

Oman

Infrastructure score 0.617

56

Montenegro

Infrastructure score 0.614

57

Vietnam

Infrastructure score 0.614

58

Panama

Infrastructure score 0.601

59

Armenia

Infrastructure score 0.601

60

Mexico

Infrastructure score 0.600

61

Colombia

Infrastructure score 0.597

62

North Macedonia

Infrastructure score 0.591

63

Costa Rica

Infrastructure score 0.590

64

Azerbaijan

Infrastructure score 0.590

65

Indonesia

Infrastructure score 0.579

66

Mauritius

Infrastructure score 0.578

67

Georgia

Infrastructure score 0.577

68

Peru

Infrastructure score 0.576

69

Albania

Infrastructure score 0.566

70

Dominican Republic

Infrastructure score 0.564

71

Tunisia

Infrastructure score 0.557

72

Morocco

Infrastructure score 0.555

73

Ecuador

Infrastructure score 0.548

74

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Infrastructure score 0.543

75

South Africa

Infrastructure score 0.543

76

Jordan

Infrastructure score 0.541

77

India

Infrastructure score 0.538

78

Paraguay

Infrastructure score 0.534

79

Trinidad and Tobago

Infrastructure score 0.528

80

Egypt

Infrastructure score 0.528

81

Jamaica

Infrastructure score 0.521

82

Kyrgyzstan

Infrastructure score 0.511

83

Philippines

Infrastructure score 0.496

84

Sri Lanka

Infrastructure score 0.496

85

Mongolia

Infrastructure score 0.495

86

Algeria

Infrastructure score 0.488

87

Bolivia

Infrastructure score 0.482

88

Cambodia

Infrastructure score 0.470

89

Bangladesh

Infrastructure score 0.466

90

El Salvador

Infrastructure score 0.450

91

Namibia

Infrastructure score 0.440

92

Ghana

Infrastructure score 0.436

93

Nepal

Infrastructure score 0.436

94

Guatemala

Infrastructure score 0.418

95

Honduras

Infrastructure score 0.392

96

Kenya

Infrastructure score 0.374

97

Botswana

Infrastructure score 0.357

98

Ethiopia

Infrastructure score 0.345

99

Nigeria

Infrastructure score 0.344

100

Pakistan

Infrastructure score 0.342

101

Uganda

Infrastructure score 0.329

102

Cameroon

Infrastructure score 0.328

103

Senegal

Infrastructure score 0.326

104

Zambia

Infrastructure score 0.308

105

Zimbabwe

Infrastructure score 0.300

106

Mozambique

Infrastructure score 0.265

107

Tanzania

Infrastructure score 0.258

108

Angola

Infrastructure score 0.227

The data for the GRWI was analyzed in the first half of 2023.

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GRWI score

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1

Switzerland

Social safety score 0.942

2

Netherlands

Social safety score 0.927

3

Iceland

Social safety score 0.920

4

Norway

Social safety score 0.918

5

Finland

Social safety score 0.917

6

Denmark

Social safety score 0.915

7

Portugal

Social safety score 0.893

8

Austria

Social safety score 0.880

9

Luxembourg

Social safety score 0.871

10

Japan

Social safety score 0.866

11

Czech Republic

Social safety score 0.861

12

South Korea

Social safety score 0.859

13

Germany

Social safety score 0.857

14

New Zealand

Social safety score 0.856

15

Sweden

Social safety score 0.855

16

Spain

Social safety score 0.851

17

Slovenia

Social safety score 0.846

18

Ireland

Social safety score 0.842

19

Estonia

Social safety score 0.837

20

Malta

Social safety score 0.833

21

Canada

Social safety score 0.825

22

Slovakia

Social safety score 0.820

23

Lithuania

Social safety score 0.819

24

Australia

Social safety score 0.810

25

Italy

Social safety score 0.809

26

Croatia

Social safety score 0.808

27

Belgium

Social safety score 0.801

28

United Kingdom

Social safety score 0.784

29

Cyprus

Social safety score 0.782

30

Uruguay

Social safety score 0.780

31

Poland

Social safety score 0.779

32

Israel

Social safety score 0.779

33

Romania

Social safety score 0.766

34

Latvia

Social safety score 0.761

35

Greece

Social safety score 0.755

36

Costa Rica

Social safety score 0.753

37

USA

Social safety score 0.752

38

France

Social safety score 0.752

39

Armenia

Social safety score 0.751

40

Singapore

Social safety score 0.746

41

Georgia

Social safety score 0.740

42

Hungary

Social safety score 0.732

43

Bulgaria

Social safety score 0.727

44

Panama

Social safety score 0.721

45

Moldova

Social safety score 0.718

46

Serbia

Social safety score 0.709

47

Montenegro

Social safety score 0.702

48

Chile

Social safety score 0.697

49

North Macedonia

Social safety score 0.688

50

Albania

Social safety score 0.688

51

Argentina

Social safety score 0.682

52

Nepal

Social safety score 0.679

53

Mauritius

Social safety score 0.666

54

Mongolia

Social safety score 0.666

55

Trinidad and Tobago

Social safety score 0.666

56

Tunisia

Social safety score 0.657

57

Ghana

Social safety score 0.652

58

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Social safety score 0.642

59

Senegal

Social safety score 0.642

60

Botswana

Social safety score 0.640

61

China

Social safety score 0.628

62

South Africa

Social safety score 0.626

63

Philippines

Social safety score 0.621

64

Oman

Social safety score 0.620

65

Mexico

Social safety score 0.616

66

Namibia

Social safety score 0.608

67

Paraguay

Social safety score 0.607

68

UAE

Social safety score 0.605

69

Jamaica

Social safety score 0.603

70

Azerbaijan

Social safety score 0.593

71

Sri Lanka

Social safety score 0.590

72

Malaysia

Social safety score 0.589

73

Ecuador

Social safety score 0.585

74

India

Social safety score 0.584

75

Bolivia

Social safety score 0.582

76

Algeria

Social safety score 0.579

77

Tanzania

Social safety score 0.577

78

Bahrain

Social safety score 0.571

79

Jordan

Social safety score 0.571

80

Zambia

Social safety score 0.570

81

Peru

Social safety score 0.569

82

Dominican Republic

Social safety score 0.568

83

Vietnam

Social safety score 0.566

84

Indonesia

Social safety score 0.563

85

Thailand

Social safety score 0.563

86

Kazakhstan

Social safety score 0.555

87

Qatar

Social safety score 0.552

88

Morocco

Social safety score 0.536

89

Colombia

Social safety score 0.535

90

Brazil

Social safety score 0.526

91

El Salvador

Social safety score 0.519

92

Kyrgyzstan

Social safety score 0.518

93

Nigeria

Social safety score 0.510

94

Pakistan

Social safety score 0.507

95

Mozambique

Social safety score 0.507

96

Kenya

Social safety score 0.502

97

Cambodia

Social safety score 0.502

98

Egypt

Social safety score 0.479

99

Turkey

Social safety score 0.474

100

Guatemala

Social safety score 0.465

101

Cameroon

Social safety score 0.461

102

Ethiopia

Social safety score 0.459

103

Zimbabwe

Social safety score 0.448

104

Honduras

Social safety score 0.440

105

Saudi Arabia

Social safety score 0.435

106

Uganda

Social safety score 0.435

107

Bangladesh

Social safety score 0.414

108

Angola

Social safety score 0.388

The data for the GRWI was analyzed in the first half of 2023.

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For some, it’s all about the cultural experience. For others, it’s about cybersecurity, social life, infrastructure, or high-speed internet. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer—by using our intuitive tools, compare 108 countries and choose the best remote work location based on your needs.

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What can we learn from the data?

Europe’s northern regions lead in the top 10 GRWI 2023 rankings, with Germany, Spain, and Portugal in the 3rd, 4th, and 6th spots. Furthermore, most of the top half consists of European nations, except for Montenegro (74th) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (83rd).

The top-ranked countries in the overall GRWI tend to be more expensive to live in. Yet, Portugal has the smallest distance between these dimensions, ranking 6th overall and 56th in cost of living, offering the best value-for-money opportunity among the top 10 overall.

The correlation between cyber safety and social safety dimensions, as unveiled by the GRWI ranking, unequivocally establishes them as the paramount predictors of an exceptional remote work experience.

Morocco leads African countries at 48th overall, particularly standing out in terms of cyber safety and affordable living expenses. Despite lagging in digital and physical infrastructure, its appeal to tourists and low cost of living makes it an attractive option.

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