The article in the thread the OP ref: “Thailand named in top ten in the world for retirees - TAT says accolade is richly deserved”
An index published in an annual report by International Living magazine. The 2019 Annual Global Retirement Index
https://internationalliving.com/the-...ces-to-retire/
The Retirement Index is still the most comprehensive and in-depth survey of its kind. A vast amount of hard data goes into the Index. It’s a distillation of every pertinent and measurable fact our scouts and experts can lay their hands on.
From their charts (Showing 1 to 10 of 25 entries). Categories rated include; financial, health, visa & residence, healthcare, climate, cost-of-living, buying & investing, renting, benefits & discounts, healthy lifestyle, development, governance, opportunity.
Crunching the numbers gave these results:
Country Development Governance Opportunity FINAL SCORES Panama 94 98 90 88.9 Costa Rica 86 98 84 87.8 Mexico 90 95 86 87.4 Ecuador 84 97 94 87.0 Malaysia 88 92 73 86.0 Colombia 92 85 79 85.4 Portugal 92 96 96 85.2 Peru 86 88 88 84.0 Thailand 90 87 75 83.5 Spain 82 82 79 82.2
And, Ref: buriramboy’s “How much do you need to retire in Thailand?”
“I was just being facetious due to the question having been asked a million times.”
'tis on target;
Rating retirement “locations” ain’t only about being arguably the “cheapest”country.
To expand on “cost-of-living” you, I, and the other guy can live very cheaply “anywhere” just don’t spend money; eat rice & beans, dress in rags, sleep in a box, walk everywhere, hell, we certainly won’t enjoy the lifestyle, but, we will save our money, ‘course can become habit forming, wanna die a rich and miserable miser?, can be in the cards. A matter of personal choice.