The best democratic countries for Americans to move to - Business Insider

For our list, we looked at five metrics for democratic countries, including average temperatures, living costs, how welcoming a country is to migrants, the country's score on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, and declining daily coronavirus cases.

Based on the five metrics, Australia ranked at the top of the list because it's close to the ideal temperature, has a low average number of new coronavirus cases per capita, and has a higher welcoming-of-migrants score than other countries on our list.

The average annual temperature in 2016 was lower than that of many of the other 20 best countries on our list at 37.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

The country's closeness to the ideal temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit and low number of average new coronavirus cases per capita in mid-July contributed to its high score.

Closeness to the ideal annual average temperature, low average new coronavirus cases per capita in mid-July, and low cost of living contributed to this country's being one of the best on our list.

Cyprus had an annual average temperature of 68.5 degrees Fahrenheit in 2016 and had a cost of living 14.1% less than that of the US.

Additionally, the country has had a low number of average new coronavirus cases per capita in mid-July, and its largest number of new cases was at the beginning of April.

The country has a Migrant Acceptance Index close to the global average score of 5.34 — at 5.41.

Malaysia's low number of average new coronavirus cases per capita in mid-July and its low cost of living, at 47.1% lower than the US', contributed to the country being part of our top 15.

The country had a Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index score of 7.09.

Portugal's cost of living is 29.1% lower than the US' and the country has a Migrant Acceptance Index score of 6.65.

Portugal's average annual temperature is a little bit lower than the ideal temperature at 60.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

This country's annual average temperature in 2016 was 73.3 degrees Fahrenheit, close to the ideal temperature.

Botswana's high rank is also due to its low number of average new coronavirus cases per capita in mid-July.

Overall, this country has had a low number of coronavirus cases per capita compared to other countries.

The Netherlands seemed to have flattened the curve of daily cases of coronavirus since its peak in April, although a larger number of new cases has been reported in the past few days than in mid-July.

The country had an average annual temperature of only 51 degrees Fahrenheit in 2016. .

Ireland is a great place to move if you're looking for a reasonable cost of living and a welcoming country to migrants.

The country also had a Migrant Acceptance Index of 7.74, making it one of the 10 most welcoming countries based on these scores.

The country's low number of average new coronavirus cases per capita in mid-July and annual temperature of 74.7 degrees in 2016 contributed to this country's high ranking on our list.

Additionally, the country had a Migrant Acceptance Index of 7.44.

This North African country ranked high on our list because of its ideal annual temperature of 70 degrees in 2016, low cost of living, and low number of average new coronavirus cases per capita in mid-July.

According to New Zealand Immigration, "resident visas such as the Skilled Migrant Category let you stay indefinitely." Many young people choose to apply for the working holiday visa, according to the government website, where you can work in the country for up to 12 months. 

Australia was close to the ideal average annual temperature, but its cost of living is 7.7% higher than the US'