Best Country for a Carefree Retirement Is No Longer in Europe, New Ranking Suggests

Where to spend one's later years is an important question for many people nearing or in retirement. For a long time, the dream of a carefree retirement was linked to southern Europe.

The latest international ranking challenges that idea. Its results suggest that the best country for a calm and secure life in old age is now located outside Europe.

Latvia is also included in the ranking's top list. That means the country is assessed alongside others from different parts of the world that aim to offer good conditions for seniors.

The information available does not say which country took first place, which criteria the compilers used, or what position Latvia received. Since these details are not known, they cannot be reliably reported here.

The original publication looks at what the countries in the top list offer to older people. It presents the ranking as a shift from the familiar belief that the best pensioner life is found in southern Europe.