Livability · rank 66/167
Is 🇷🇺 Russia (Moscow) a good place to live?
Quality score 70/100 against essentials of $592/month.
The five metrics
Internet 45 111.4 Mbps median broadband, 94.4% online
Safety 59 6.8 homicides/100k (2021)
Healthcare 81 UHC service coverage 81/100 (2023)
Air quality 94 PM2.5 7.6 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.16 · corruption control -0.89 · stability -0.9 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $6.41 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $7.47/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($592) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 3.4× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 5.1× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 8.4× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan — quality 66.4, essentials $570/mo
- 🇧🇳 Brunei — quality 79.9, essentials $687/mo
- 🇱🇦 Laos — quality 44.9, essentials $377/mo
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam — quality 64.4, essentials $539/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Russia
Frequently asked questions
- Is Russia a good place to live for remote workers?
- Russia scores 70/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 111.4 Mbps, safety 59, healthcare 81, air quality 94; English not scored) — rank 66 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Russia?
- Median fixed broadband is around 111.4 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Russia?
- Single-person essentials run about $592/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (5.1× essentials).