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19/07/23 13:20 PM IST

Henley Passport Index 2023

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  • The updated 2023 Henley Passport Index  placed Singapore as the world's most powerful passport with visa-free access to 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world.
Major Highlights
  • Three European countries Germany, Italy, and Spain move up one slot with 190 visa-free destinations and shared the second place.
  • Japan has been knocked off the top spot for the first time in five years and slipped to third place as the number of destinations its passport can access without a visa fell to 189.
  • The US, which once topped the ranking nearly a decade ago, slid two places to eighth place with 184 destinations listed as visa free, the same as Lithuania.
  • The UK jumped two places to fourth position with 188 visa-free countries accessible, a position it last held in 2017.
  • Afghanistan stands at the bottom of the ranking, its passport holders can visit just 27 destinations without a visa. Just above sit Iraq with a score of 29 and Syria with 30, rounding out the three weakest passports in the world.
  • India ranks 80 on the list.
  • The Indian passport shares the spot with Senegal and Togo, with visa-free access to 57 destinations.
  • With 101, 102 and 103 ranks respectively, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are the world’s weakest passports.
  • Pakistan is on the 100th spot.
Henley passport Index
  • The Henley Passport Index compares the visa-free access of 199 different passports to 227 travel destinations.
  • If no visa is required, then 1 score is created for that passport.
  • The same applies if you can obtain a visa on arrival, a visitor’s permit, or an electronic travel authority (ETA) when entering the destination.
  • Both the UK and the US jointly held first place on the index nearly 10 years ago in 2014, but have been on a downward trajectory ever since.
  • Henley’s Passport Index ranking tracks data from the International Air Transport Association.
Source- LiveMint

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