Philippines, press rank #134 · 
~$1,000/mo
Can you live unwatched in Palawan?
Surveillance, facial recognition and crypto rules read here for the city itself, not the national average.
The privacy scorecard
The six marked ° below are read for Palawan itself. The rest are set by Philippines’s national law, the same across every city in the country.
press rank #134 (Philippines) ~$1,000/mo, this city
safety 3/5
geopolitical stability 3/5
Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law
Republic Act 10152 of 2011 makes basic infant immunisation mandatory and free.
If you skip them: Nothing in practice: the act binds parents without setting a penalty.
Exemptions: The law names none.
Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024
Legal & financial exposure
Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.
Does not report your account balances abroad
Extradition treaty with the US
ID required to buy a SIM card
4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.
See Palawan against your own threat model
Filter thousands of real places across every country on the same signals, or open the full profile for Philippines.
Not just privacy?
Arcadia matches the same real places against how you actually want to live: weather, cost, healthcare, schools, internet.
Find where to live on ArcadiaCity-level figures where marked °, national law otherwise. Estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.