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South East AsiaPhilippines
Capital Manila · Median age 25
4 mobility routesPath to citizenshipZero-presence routeTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Philippines: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living71
Healthcare44
Safety67
Climate resilience23
4 mobility routes
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What the indicators say
Normalized cost-of-living, tax burden, property rights, and economic freedom (0–100, higher is better).
Cost of living71
Tax burden80
Property rights47
Economic freedom82
- Currency
- Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Economy
- Services, manufacturing, agriculture
Tax & treaty profile
What you owe, and to whom
US tax-treaty status, totalization, residency triggers, and state-exit considerations.
Treaty profile not yet sourced
The normalized tax-burden signal above is live. The detailed US–Philippines treaty profile — treaty status, worldwide-vs-territorial system, day-count triggers, and FBAR/FATCA guidance — requires verified legal sourcing and is not committed to the catalog yet. We do not generate tax claims. Consult a cross-border CPA.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
112| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Global Life-Work Balance Index | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| IMD | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| StartUp Blink | — | unverified | — |
| The Economist | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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