Are these figures live?

They are recomputed from the datasets on every build — healthcare last updated 2026-09-07, housing 2026-09-01 — and come from the same engines as the site's free tools, so this page and the tool can never disagree.

Why are some countries missing?

A country is left out when the dataset has no figure for it, never given a zero. A zero would sort to the top of a cheapest-first list and rank a country first for having no data — which is exactly backwards.

Where can you get by in English?

United States leads on english at 100/100; Nigeria is last of the 15 shown at 85/100.

This decides how quickly somewhere feels livable rather than merely visitable: whether you can open a bank account, argue with a landlord or read a tax form without help.

A high score means widespread proficiency, not that English is official or that public services are provided in it. Bureaucracy is very often the last thing to be translated, whatever the street-level score suggests.

#	Country	English
1	🇺🇸 United States	100/100
2	🇦🇺 Australia	100/100
3	🇨🇦 Canada	100/100
4	🇮🇪 Ireland	100/100
5	🇳🇿 New Zealand	100/100
6	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	100/100
7	🇸🇬 Singapore	95/100
8	🇩🇰 Denmark	92/100
9	🇳🇱 Netherlands	92/100
10	🇳🇴 Norway	92/100
11	🇵🇭 Philippines	92/100
12	🇸🇪 Sweden	92/100
13	🇿🇦 South Africa	90/100
14	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	88/100
15	🇳🇬 Nigeria	85/100

How this is worked out: Composite English-proficiency score, 0–100. Estimates for comparison, not advice.

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A ranking is a starting point, not an answer — your income, household and destination change the order. The Livability scores runs the same engine against your own figures, and every country above links to its own page.

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