Research · 2026 inaugural edition

Bitcoin Passport Index.

87 countries. Six categories. A way to compare how passports, Bitcoin policy, and practical access fit together. Explore the published scores, then inspect the assumptions behind them.

This is the published 2026 research edition, first released on 1 June 2026. Scores are carried over as a historical dataset, not recalculated for today. A ranking does not establish current immigration eligibility, a tax outcome, or a service offered by Bitcoin Lawyer.

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87 / 87 countries. Category scores run from 0 to 100.

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Bitcoin Passport Index 2026
Rank	Country	BPI	Tax	Legal	Travel	RCBI	Dual	Freedom
1	El Salvador	84.45	98	93	64	87	90	65
2	Malta	80.50	78	75	95	62	95	82
3	Switzerland	78.80	82	82	96	28	90	95
4	St Kitts & Nevis	77.00	88	55	79	78	95	70
5	Portugal	74.30	72	68	95	40	92	85
6	UAE	72.20	93	82	94	37	20	62
7	Grenada	72.10	88	42	73	76	92	65
8	Cyprus	71.55	73	62	89	42	90	78
9	Antigua & Barbuda	71.35	85	40	78	74	92	62
10	Singapore	70.00	82	85	100	28	5	78
11	Germany	70.15	77	72	96	12	65	90
12	St Lucia	69.95	85	38	72	74	92	64
13	Dominica	69.15	82	38	72	75	92	62
14	Czechia	68.85	75	70	94	0	88	85
15	Greece	68.55	62	55	95	45	88	75
16	Mauritius	67.55	85	52	73	42	88	62
17	Latvia	67.50	62	58	94	32	88	80
18	New Zealand	66.60	50	62	94	30	92	92
19	Vanuatu	66.15	95	38	38	76	90	68
20	Ireland	65.55	55	62	96	10	95	92
21	Monaco	65.50	98	55	91	10	18	85
22	Romania	65.30	65	62	91	15	90	72
23	Hungary	65.20	62	55	95	38	88	52
24	Costa Rica	65.15	85	48	74	20	90	75
25	Bulgaria	64.40	68	62	91	10	88	65
26	Luxembourg	64.35	55	58	96	12	88	92
27	Liechtenstein	64.30	78	65	93	8	30	90
28	Hong Kong	64.00	88	72	89	30	15	38
29	Italy	63.90	38	62	96	40	88	80
30	Seychelles	63.70	88	48	78	38	40	68
31	Georgia	63.65	95	52	57	32	75	58
32	Croatia	63.50	62	55	93	18	85	72
33	Belgium	63.25	55	55	96	10	90	88
34	Paraguay	63.05	90	42	72	33	90	38
35	Estonia	62.85	68	65	93	15	35	85
36	Bahamas	62.85	95	58	80	12	35	62
37	Canada	62.40	44	62	94	18	90	85
38	Panama	62.05	88	45	73	35	40	72
39	Denmark	61.40	48	55	96	8	88	92
40	Sweden	61.40	48	55	96	8	88	92
41	Barbados	61.40	72	35	83	28	88	68
42	Lithuania	61.35	65	65	93	12	35	82
43	Finland	60.80	48	52	96	8	88	92
44	Malaysia	60.80	82	55	95	22	15	55
45	Norway	60.65	45	55	96	8	88	92
46	Bermuda	60.45	95	52	68	8	40	75
47	France	60.30	42	58	96	12	90	82
48	United Kingdom	60.30	42	65	95	12	88	72
49	Australia	59.60	39	58	94	15	90	82
50	Iceland	59.25	45	52	92	8	88	92
51	Argentina	59.05	60	42	86	35	90	42
52	Uruguay	59.00	68	42	78	8	90	78
53	Slovenia	58.15	55	55	94	12	50	78
54	Poland	57.80	48	48	95	8	88	72
55	United States	57.45	15	72	92	28	85	82
56	Brazil	56.85	55	48	86	10	90	58
57	Cayman Islands	56.65	93	55	55	8	30	72
58	Slovakia	56.45	55	52	94	10	52	68
59	Andorra	55.25	75	42	86	8	15	82
60	Chile	55.15	47	42	89	8	88	72
61	South Korea	54.20	40	60	97	8	38	78
62	Gibraltar	54.15	70	68	55	5	35	78
63	Nauru	53.75	65	28	37	68	85	58
64	Palau	53.45	72	32	57	15	82	72
65	Netherlands	53.10	42	58	96	8	18	88
66	BVI	52.90	95	50	42	5	35	65
67	Austria	52.75	45	55	95	8	15	88
68	Botswana	52.45	72	32	34	35	88	72
69	Japan	52.35	35	68	97	8	12	82
70	Thailand	52.30	86	58	31	22	45	52
71	Mexico	52.00	52	42	79	12	88	42
72	Türkiye	51.55	62	35	53	65	55	32
73	San Marino	51.40	63	38	85	5	18	85
74	Serbia	51.30	58	42	66	8	85	55
75	Montenegro	49.40	60	48	61	12	50	58
76	Taiwan	49.20	45	55	66	5	48	82
77	South Africa	49.00	52	55	46	10	88	55
78	Colombia	47.45	45	38	63	18	88	45
79	Moldova	45.60	55	35	57	5	85	42
80	Ukraine	43.75	52	45	70	5	48	22
81	Ghana	39.75	50	38	26	5	82	55
82	Kenya	39.20	42	42	27	8	85	52
83	Bahrain	35.39	89	60	38	18	15	30
84	Qatar	30.84	88	42	53	5	12	25
85	Kazakhstan	25.97	50	45	33	22	18	28
86	Philippines	24.98	39	35	25	8	45	35
87	Indonesia	20.88	47	45	28	8	18	35

The published method

The weights are a point of view.

Bitcoin-specific tax and legal factors account for 45% of the score. The remaining 55% weighs mobility, pathways, dual citizenship, and freedom. These are editorial judgements expressed as a consistent model, not official government ratings.

25%

Tax policy

The published assessment of capital gains, business activity, mining, territorial or worldwide taxation, and reporting. A country score is not your personal tax rate.

20%

Legal framework

Bitcoin regulation, exchange and custody rules, payment use, and the operating environment. Legal availability is different from adoption.

20%

Travel access

The edition normalises travel scores between a 23-destination floor and a 192-destination ceiling. Visa-free access does not give a right to live or work.

15%

Residency and citizenship pathways

The availability and practicality of investment and comparable residence routes. A high score does not mean every route remains open.

10%

Dual citizenship

The published view of whether multiple nationality is allowed, conditional, or restricted. Both countries’ nationality laws still matter.

10%

Personal and economic freedom

The model’s assessment of property rights, rule of law, and the practical environment for Bitcoin-derived wealth.

Raw score = Tax × 0.25 + Legal × 0.20 + Travel × 0.20 + RCBI × 0.15 + Dual × 0.10 + Freedom × 0.10.

The edition requires Travel ≥25 and Freedom ≥20, with no zero in the non-Bitcoin categories except RCBI. When the mean of Travel, RCBI, Dual, and Freedom is below 35, the weighted result is multiplied by that mean divided by 35. Ties use Travel, then Tax + Legal, then RCBI, then alphabetical order.

A further pathway threshold of RCBI ≥15 applies to the top ten. That is why Singapore ranks tenth with 70.00 while Germany ranks eleventh with 70.15. Sorting by an individual category does not change the published rank.

Use the ranking to ask better questions

A score is the start of the comparison.

A passport, permission to reside, tax residence, and access to banking are separate questions. Compare the factors relevant to your family and business, check today’s official rules, and identify the records a real application needs. The programme guides explain that work for Vanuatu and El Salvador; the Philippines guide addresses retirement residence.

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