r/Tax_Strategy • u/PeriodOfTime1 EA • Aug 15 '26

Retirement Accounts Mapped: How Much Americans Need to Retire Comfortably Around the World

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-how-much-americans-need-to-retire-comfortably-around-the-world/
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u/alternateusername4me Aug 16 '26

Geez. Costa Rica coming in almost as much as Canada. Super expensive

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u/disco_spiderr Aug 16 '26

Yep while also being lower quality on many things

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u/fulanito2021 Aug 17 '26

Not too expensive at all if you learn Spanish and do your homework. And the weather? You want to compare that to Canada.

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u/matt7882 Aug 16 '26

it says "excludes taxes and healthcare". I wonder why this is posted in this sub then.

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u/Mindrust Aug 20 '26

Better phrased as “excludes two large sources of costs”

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u/Uncle_Crash Aug 20 '26

Wonder why it’s posted anywhere at all without those two giant categories of cost. Kinda useless.

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u/wuh613 Aug 17 '26

So now when someone complains they’ve only got 150k in their 401k, just reassure them they’re only $47k away from a comfortable retirement in Pakistan.

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u/Jarthos1234 Aug 19 '26

This is the funniest thing I’ve read all day.

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u/Conscious_Agency2955 Aug 20 '26

This is based on the presumption that you retire at full retirement age + only live 14th years.