Last January, the year 2022 with very good news for Costa Rica, since International Living published the 2022 Annual Global Retirement Index, with Costa Rica ranking in second place in the renounced and important list.
For several years results are published annually, and fortunately, the correspondents who carry out the investigation have been able to include more paradisiacal destinations recently. The research is carried out through different expatriate communities around the world, which provides first-hand information and rates what is really happening in each of these countries according to their own experience. When carried out in this way, it is a practical, real, and authentic guide to the experience of a foreigner who lives his day-to-day in that country.
This guide evaluates the following aspects: housing, discounts, and benefits, visas and residencies, entertainment and fitting in, development, climate, health care, governance, opportunity, cost of living. This list is quite wide and varied, covering every aspect of living in a community.
Positioned in second place of this ranking, Costa Rica is very well qualified in almost all evaluated aspects. It gets a pretty high rating on things like the health care system, climate, natural beauty, and that it really has its own special charm. It is mentioned that medical care is affordable, both in public and private health and medical systems, both of which are of excellent quality. Unquestionably, Costa Rica stands out in terms of its natural beauty, exotic and plentiful flora and fauna, volcanoes, beaches, mountains…
Additional factors that positively influence Costa Rica’s rating are its political stability, its solid democracy, and the high level of education in its population. All these factors make Costa Rica an ideal country to live peacefully and develop a better quality of life for retirees.
Ranking highly in such a list demonstrates that efforts have been made for decades to maintain democracy, education budgets, and the strengthening of public institutions such as the C.C.S.S., and said effort is paying off and puts a small country on the map, but with countless qualities that differentiate Costa Rica in an exceptional way, from other destinations.
Costa Rica is a paradise for retirees to develop this new stage of relaxation and enjoyment with a new rhythm, new airs, and a destination that smiles at its visitors and future residents.
COSTA RICA SMILES AT YOU, IT’S TIME, COME LIVE IN COSTA RICA!