Malta has been ranked among the world’s top 10 places to relocate to in 2026, finishing 10th out of 192 countries and territories assessed in the Rumavi Global Relocation Index.
Malta received an overall score of 69.8 out of 100, placing just behind Czechia on 69.9. Estonia topped the global ranking with 72.8, followed by Singapore on 72.6 and Malaysia on 72.0.
Malta performs strongly for digital nomads
The ranking becomes more revealing when different types of people considering a move are examined separately.
Malta placed 12th globally for digital nomads, 18th for tax friendliness, 22nd for retirees and 26th for entrepreneurs. Its weakest position among the six categories was for families, where it ranked 43rd.
Among Malta’s strongest individual scores were currency and banking infrastructure at 96.6 out of 100, language and English accessibility at 88.0, and digital infrastructure at 84.2.
The picture was less positive in other areas. Malta scored 21.4 for green space, 53.3 for healthcare quality and 57.0 for street safety.
What does the relocation ranking measure?
The 2026 index evaluates 192 countries across 24 metrics and groups them into four broad areas covering financial and tax considerations, livability and health, safety and stability, and settling and opportunity.
Rather than producing only one overall table, the same data is weighted differently for retirees, digital nomads, families, entrepreneurs and people prioritising tax considerations. Rumavi says each metric is normalised on a scale from zero to 100, with a higher result representing a more favourable outcome for someone considering relocation.
The result puts Malta alongside Estonia, Singapore, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Lithuania, Hong Kong, St Kitts and Nevis and Czechia in the overall global top 10 for 2026.
For Malta, the findings suggest a mixed but notable picture: the country scores particularly well for people able to work remotely or looking at its financial and business environment, while green space, healthcare and safety scores weigh more heavily against it in other categories.
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