NomadX Research · Vol. 2025

Independent research on the global nomad economy.

Original benchmarks, rankings, and field reports — written by the team building the communities, not the team selling them.

3 reports100+ pages47 cities scored

Executive Nomad Ranking 2025

Why some cities are winning the high-earning remote-worker market — and others are being left behind.

→Lisbon dropped 4 places — housing supply is the binding constraint, not visa policy.
→Madeira and the Azores grew nomad arrivals 38% YoY on the back of co-living infrastructure.

Comparing visa, tax, infrastructure and community across Latin America for digital nomads.

→Brazil's VITEM XIV has the lowest income bar in LATAM (USD 1,500/mo) and 20× more flight options than Argentina.
→Mexico City still leads on raw infrastructure, but rent inflation is now 14% YoY in Roma/Condesa.

Inside Portugal's IFICI tax regime, AIMA backlog, housing crunch and where the smart money is moving.

→IFICI is narrower than NHR — only ~30% of incoming nomads will qualify under the new activity list.
→AIMA backlogs added an average 7.4 months to D8 timelines in 2025.