Hello

[HANNAHNAHAR54]

I'm just planning and dreaming of living overseas. I've not seen anyone talk about Paraguay. I'm interested in that Country. Does anyone have information or stayed there?

[jramesch]

I haven't been there but perhaps one of the other ILers will comment.

I'll just add that, while I can't tell you when or if International Living will ever cover Paraguay, I can tell you that the countries covered here generally check the majority of the following boxes:

• Home to expat communities
• Welcoming to foreigners
• Straightforward access to legal residence
• Safe for families, retirees, single women
• Excellent infrastructure (roads, telecommunications, power, water)
• Politically stable
• Strong/stable economy
• Straightfoward access to bank accounts
• You can move your money in and out with reasonable ease
• A good range of property available for sale and rent
• Excellent value (cost of living vs what you get for your money)
• Easy to travel to/in-country
  And more (for a full list of categories see International Living's Annual Global Retirement Index: https://magazine.internationalliving.com/internationalliving/library/item/january_2024/4158110/ )

To sum up there typically needs to be great value and a high enough standard of living to entice expats to go, especially when much longer flights are involved. (For example, even though it takes 8+ hours to fly to Uruguay from the States, we do cover it from time to time because it offers so much. You can read our latest coverage in the June issue of IL magazine https://magazine.internationalliving.com/internationalliving/library/item/may_2024/4189974/ )

Best,

IL Overseas Editor Jess Ramesch