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For Journalists & Bloggers
Free data for anyone covering relocation, expat life, global mobility, or international tax. All datasets are CC BY 4.0 — cite with attribution, no permission needed.
Every dataset below has a public data page, a JSON API, a methodology link, and a one-line “what is unique here” framing for journalists deciding whether to cite. All released under CC BY 4.0.
95 countries ranked across 7 dimensions (cost, safety, healthcare, education, career, lifestyle, infrastructure). institutional public-domain datasets.
Why this is unique: Only composite cross-dimension index using OECD + WHO + World Bank in lockstep.
95 countries with granular cost breakdown by category. Monthly estimates calibrated against PPP data.
Why this is unique: Calibrated against PPP, not just nominal exchange rates.
Effective income tax + social contribution rates for 20 popular expat destinations at $50K/$100K/$200K income. Special regime notes.
Why this is unique: Includes Beckham Law, IFICI, Impatriate, NHR2, Lump-Sum, and 15 other special regimes.
Closing costs, mortgage access, rental yields, and tax rates for foreign buyers in 19 countries. The only open dataset comparing property acquisition costs across destinations.
Why this is unique: Foreign-buyer specific — covers ABSD, IMT, NIE costs that local buyers never see.
50+ cities with individual item prices (bread, milk, rent, transport, etc.) in local currency and USD.
Why this is unique: Item-level granularity in USD AND local currency simultaneously.
95 passports × 95 destinations. Access levels, stay durations, work permissions.
Why this is unique: Full bidirectional 9,025-cell matrix queryable by passport.
National median annual salary in USD for 43 countries — gross, after-tax net, and PPP-adjusted purchasing power. Data vintage 2022–2024 from OECD, Eurostat, ILO, and national statistical offices.
Why this is unique: Only open dataset combining gross, net, and PPP-adjusted salary in a single row with months-of-local-cost-of-living covered.
24 countries with active DN visa programs. Cost, income requirements, duration, tax treatment, processing time.
Why this is unique: Tracks tax-treatment column most other DN-visa lists ignore.
Median tuition by city for 4,149 international schools across 342 cities and 78 countries. City rankings, curriculum comparisons (IB, British, American, French, German), fee ranges (P25-P75). The definitive open dataset for international school costs.
Why this is unique: Only open dataset that includes hidden-fee analysis (registration, transport, uniforms, activities) on top of published tuition.
Schools-per-budget tiers across 342 cities for 4,149 international schools. Headline finding: Dubai has more international schools under $15K than any other city.
Why this is unique: Only resource that answers “which cities give me the most school options at my actual budget?”
Average class sizes for 4,149 international schools across 342 cities. Plus a unique tuition-vs-class-size scatter analysis answering 'do you get smaller classes for more money?'
Why this is unique: First open dataset cross-referencing class size with tuition tier.
Student nationality counts and computed diversity scores for 4,000+ international schools across 300+ cities. The only globally-comparable dataset on international school diversity.
Why this is unique: Only globally-comparable diversity score for international schools.
Copy-ready data points for articles. All from WhereNext's 2026 datasets (institutional public-domain datasets).
“The average Social Security benefit of $1,907/month covers a comfortable lifestyle in 40+ countries — from Portugal ($1,800/mo) to Thailand ($1,200/mo) to Ecuador ($1,000/mo).”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
“International school tuition ranges 15x: from $3,000/year in Vietnam to $45,000/year in Switzerland. Hidden fees add 20–40% on top.”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
“Portugal, Spain, and Greece all offer flat-tax regimes (7–20%) for foreign retirees — but eligibility rules changed significantly in 2025-2026.”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
“The 2026 FEIE exclusion is $132,900. Combined with the Foreign Tax Credit, many US expats can reduce their effective US tax rate to under 5%.”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
“Cost of living in Chiang Mai, Thailand is $700/month. The same lifestyle in San Francisco costs $4,500/month — a 6.4x difference.”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
“25+ countries offer digital nomad visas as of 2026, with income requirements ranging from €1,000/month (Croatia) to €3,510/month (Portugal).”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
“Dubai has more international schools under $15K/year than any other city in the world — flipping the conventional 'expensive expat city' wisdom. (WhereNext analyzed 4,149 schools across 342 cities and 78 countries.)”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
“WhereNext's analysis of 4,000+ international schools found that hidden fees (registration, transport, uniforms, capital levies, activities) add 20-40% above published tuition — and most school websites do not disclose them.”
— WhereNext 2026 data (getwherenext.com)
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Side-by-side cost breakdown for any two countries.
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Self-employment tax still applies. Our data shows the real effective rate for a $120K remote worker moving to UAE is 10.2%, not 0%.
Source data →Standard Portuguese rates hit 49.2% at $100K income. The IFICI regime's 20% rate depends on an unsettled salary-source classification.
Source data →28% of WhereNext visitors come from Singapore — more than the UK, Canada, and Germany combined.
Our analysis of 4,000+ international schools across 300+ cities found registration fees, transport, uniforms, capital levies, and activity costs that parents don't see on school websites. Most school websites do not disclose them at all.
Source data →Dubai has 163 international schools under $15K/year — more than any other city in the world. The expensive-city reputation comes from a small premium tier; the median school is much cheaper than expat blogs suggest.
Source data →Median international school class size is 18 students, but the relationship between cost and class size is weaker than parents assume. Some $30K/year schools have 22+ student classes; some $10K/year schools have 14.
Source data →Standard citation:
WhereNext. "[Dataset Name]." getwherenext.com/data/[slug]. Accessed [date].
Example:
WhereNext. "Expat Tax Rates by Country 2026." getwherenext.com/data/expat-tax-rates-2026. Accessed March 31, 2026.
All datasets licensed under CC BY 4.0. Free to use in articles, reports, and publications with attribution.
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