Spain is the No. 1 best country for digital nomads in 2024

Despite post-pandemic return-to-office mandates, remote work persists and and has even helped to reshape cities across the world. Still, some countries are more welcoming to digital nomads than others.

Recently, the experts at Global Citizen Solutions released its annual Global Digital Nomad Report, ranking the best countries for digital nomads in 2024. The report looked at 65 countries that identify as the most accommodating countries and jurisdictions for digital nomads.

To rank the countries, the report analyzed 12 key indicators that were assigned across the following five sub-indexes:

1. Visa costs
2. Visa benefits
3. Quality of life
4. Economic environment
5. Tech and innovation

Laura Madrid Sartoretto, lead researcher at Global Solutions Intelligence Unit, tells CNBC Make It that the biggest takeaway from this year’s report is the countries that ranked the highest were those that offer more direct access to citizenship or at least permanent residency.

“More and more people are trying to use these programs to acquire a second citizenship and leverage the mobility that can offer,” Madrid Sartoretto says.

Nine of the top 10 countries were in Europe. The United States didn’t rank in the report since it doesn’t offer a proper digital nomad visa, Madrid Sartoretto added.

In the Netherlands, a single person’s estimated monthly costs are $1,088.50 without rent, according to Numbeo. The cost of living in the country is 4.1% lower than the United States.

The European country doesn’t have a digital nomad visa, but it does have something similar — the self-employed…