Explore the countries with no income tax and the ones that don't tax income from abroad, with residency and the cost of living.
Countries with no personal income tax come first, then the territorial ones that don't tax income from abroad, then remittance systems, from the territorial tax map's data.
Central AmericaPanama
45% of US prices · Territorial · 5 years to citizenship
Navid is a resident hereThe countries
2Philippines
South-eastern Asia
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
Eastern Europe
Central America
Eastern Africa
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Caribbean
Southern Asia
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
Western Asia
South-eastern Asia
South America
South-eastern Asia
Middle Africa
Caribbean
South America
Central America
Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Eastern Africa
Southern Asia
Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa
Caribbean
Western Asia
Caribbean
Caribbean
Caribbean
Polynesia
Western Europe
Western Africa
Southern Europe
Melanesia
Central America
41Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Caribbean
Western Asia
Western Asia
Central America
Central America
Western Asia
Western Asia
Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Northern America
Western Asia
Western Asia
Western Asia
Northern Africa
Southern Asia
Polynesia
Eastern Europe
Central Asia
Southern Europe
Eastern Asia
Southern Europe
Central Asia
Southern Europe
Central Asia
South-eastern Asia
South-eastern Asia
Eastern Africa
Eastern Asia
Southern Europe
Western Africa
Caribbean
Northern Europe
Caribbean
Eastern Europe
Western Asia
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Africa
South-eastern Asia
Melanesia
Northern Europe
Southern Asia
Eastern Asia
Northern Europe
Western Asia
Northern Europe
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
Western Africa
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe
Southern Asia
Western Asia
Western Africa
South America
South America
Western Africa
Western Africa
South America
Caribbean
Eastern Africa
Polynesia
Caribbean
South-eastern Asia
South-eastern Asia
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Western Africa
Caribbean
Polynesia
Melanesia
Western Africa
Central Asia
Caribbean
Western Africa
Northern Europe
Melanesia
Western Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
South-eastern Asia
Northern Africa
Northern Europe
Caribbean
South America
South America
South America
South-eastern Asia
Caribbean
Central America
Western Asia
South America
South-eastern Asia
Northern Africa
Northern Africa
Middle Africa
Western Africa
Middle Africa
Southern Europe
Eastern Africa
Southern Asia
Southern Asia
South America
Northern Africa
Southern Asia
Australia and New Zealand
Western Asia
Southern Europe
South America
Southern Europe
Melanesia
Middle Africa
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Africa
Central Asia
Northern America
Southern Europe
Northern America
Western Europe
Southern Africa
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Southern Asia
Australia and New Zealand
Eastern Asia
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Caribbean
Northern Europe
Northern Europe
Caribbean
Northern Europe
Western Europe
Southern Europe
Western Africa
Caribbean
Middle Africa
Western Asia
Southern Europe
Southern Europe
Eastern Asia
Caribbean
Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe
Northern America
Northern Europe
Northern Europe
Western Europe
South AmericaHow it sorts: each thing you pick scores every country from 0 to 1 (live for less: the World Bank's price level against the US; lower tax: no income tax or a territorial system first, then remittance, then a worldwide system by its top rate; easy residency: open nomad, freelancer, passive income or retirement visas; fast citizenship: fewer years to naturalize, less if dual citizenship isn't allowed; start a company: a low corporate tax; fast internet: M-Lab's median download, from 5 Mbps (empty) to 150 Mbps (full) on a log scale; safe: the US travel advice, with Levels 1 and 2 both counting as everyday travel; visa-free on my passport: your passport's rule for the country), and the countries sort by the average. With nothing picked, it's a balance of cost, tax, residency and safety.
Prices: the World Bank's purchasing power conversion factor over the exchange rate (WDI, CC BY 4.0). Tax: the territorial tax map's classification and each country's rates. Citizenship and residency: official immigration sources in the visa finders' tables. Safety: the US State Department's advisories, read 2026-09-29. Internet: M-Lab's open speed tests over the last 12 months. Videos and photos from Pexels, Coverr, Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons, credited on each country.
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Where can you live and pay little or no income tax?
Countries with no personal income tax come first, then the territorial ones that don't tax income from abroad, then remittance systems, from the territorial tax map's data.
In this guide, I'll show you:
- The top 15 countries, and why each ranks where it does
- How the ranking works
- More ways to compare countries
Open any country for its full guide, with visas for your passport, tax and costs.
TL;DRKey takeaways
Countries With No Income Tax (and Low Tax): the ranking
- Brunei – no personal income tax, about 35% of US prices
- St. Kitts and Nevis – no personal income tax, about 69% of US prices
- Antigua and Barbuda – no personal income tax, about 69% of US prices
- Vanuatu – no personal income tax, about 90% of US prices
- Bahamas – no personal income tax, about 96% of US prices
- Turks and Caicos Islands – no personal income tax, about 99% of US prices
- Cayman Islands – no personal income tax, about 113% of US prices
- Bermuda – no personal income tax, about 120% of US prices
- Anguilla – no personal income tax
- British Virgin Islands – no personal income tax
- French Polynesia – no personal income tax
- Monaco – no personal income tax
- Pitcairn Islands – no personal income tax
- St. Barthélemy – no personal income tax
- Vatican City – no personal income tax
How the ranking works
How it sorts: each thing you pick scores every country from 0 to 1 (live for less: the World Bank's price level against the US; lower tax: no income tax or a territorial system first, then remittance, then a worldwide system by its top rate; easy residency: open nomad, freelancer, passive income or retirement visas; fast citizenship: fewer years to naturalize, less if dual citizenship isn't allowed; start a company: a low corporate tax; fast internet: M-Lab's median download, from 5 Mbps (empty) to 150 Mbps (full) on a log scale; safe: the US travel advice, with Levels 1 and 2 both counting as everyday travel; visa-free on my passport: your passport's rule for the country), and the countries sort by the average. With nothing picked, it's a balance of cost, tax, residency and safety.
More ways to compare countries
Countries with no income tax FAQs
Questions about it? Here's what to know.
The countries marked no personal income tax in the list above, from the territorial tax map's data.
Most still have other taxes, like VAT or property tax.
Only if you stop being a tax resident at home, and US citizens are taxed wherever they live.
Count your days with the 183-day rule calculator and check with a tax adviser.
I've lived in Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam.
I'm a permanent resident of Panama, my home base.
Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist & AI OS builder
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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