If you're thinking about retiring to another country in 2016 and have no idea where in the world might be the best place to head, here’s a good place to start:

Take a look at what the two leading sources on retirement abroad, Live and Invest Overseas and International Living, have to say in their year-end “best of” lists.

Each year, both of these organizations survey their writers and correspondents from all over the world, collect the data, “run the numbers” and come up with their own list of favorites. International Living puts together a list of the 23 best, Live and Invest Overseas rates the top 12.