# SettleMetric

> Open, transparent data for comparing countries and cities for remote workers, freelancers, and digital nomads: freelancer tax schemes (including special regimes), legalization paths, cost of living, safety, climate, internet, delivery infrastructure and more. Every fact cites an official or open-data source with an effective date and a verification date. Scoring methodology is fully published with user-adjustable weights.

Dataset license: CC BY 4.0 (attribution: "SettleMetric (settlemetric.com)").
Tax and legal facts are sourced exclusively from official government sources.

## Key pages

- [Countries index](https://settlemetric.com/countries/): all country profiles, ranked by transparent score
- [Freelancer tax calculator](https://settlemetric.com/tax-calculator/): net income by country and scheme
- [Methodology](https://settlemetric.com/methodology/): every scoring anchor, weight, and sourcing rule

## Per-country pages

- /countries/{country}/ — full profile
- /countries/{country}/taxes/ — all freelancer tax schemes with net-income examples
- /countries/{country}/visas/ — legalization paths with official requirements
- /countries/{country}/cost-of-living/ — verified costs, per-city breakdown
- /cities/{country}/{city}/ — city profile with climate normals
- /compare/{a}-vs-{b}/ — side-by-side country comparison