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Global Passport Ranking, 2022

January 13, 2022

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The latest results from the Henley Passport Index show record-breaking levels of travel freedom for top-ranking nations Japan and Singapore, but also the widest recorded global mobility gap since the index’s inception 17 years ago. Without taking temporary Covid-related restrictions into account, passport holders of the two Asian nations can now enter 192 destinations around the world visa-free – 166 more than Afghanistan, which sits at the bottom of the index.

“Without taking temporary COVID-related restrictions into account, passport holders of the two Asian nations can now enter 192 destinations around the world visa-free – 166 more than Afghanistan, which sits at the bottom of the index,” the Henley Passport Index, which ranks all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa stated.

As per the latest report of the first quarter of 2022, India has improved its passport power, climbing seven places to rank 83rd compared to the 90th position in 2021. It now has access to 60 countries without a prior visa. In 2021, the visa-free scope was for 58 countries. Oman and Armenia are the latest destinations added to the list of the prior visa requirements.

Furthermore, Germany and South Korea held onto the joint second spot on the latest ranking, with passport holders able to access 190 destinations visa-free, while Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Spain shared third place with a score of 189. The US and the UK passports regained some of their previous strength after falling all the way to eighth place in 2020 – the lowest spot held by either country in the index’s 17-year history. Both countries now sit in sixth place, with a visa-free/visa-on-arrival score of 186.

These are the world’s most and least powerful passports, 2022

RANK	COUNTRY	MOBILITY SCORE	VISA-FREE + eTA	VISA ON ARRIVAL	VISA REQUIRED
1	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	160	105	55	38
2	FINLAND	153	112	41	45
3	ITALY	153	112	41	45
4	GERMANY	152	113	40	46
5	SWEDEN	152	112	40	46
6	DENMARK	152	112	40	46
7	AUSTRIA	152	111	41	46
8	LUXEMBOURG	152	111	41	46
9	SWITZERLAND	152	108	44	46
10	SOUTH KOREA	152	107	45	46
11	NEW ZEALAND	152	102	50	46
12	NETHERLANDS	151	111	40	47
13	BELGIUM	151	111	40	47
14	PORTUGAL	151	111	40	47
15	SPAIN	151	110	41	47
16	AUSTRALIA	151	101	50	47
17	FRANCE	150	111	39	48
18	CZECH REPUBLIC	150	109	41	48
19	MALTA	150	109	41	48
20	NORWAY	150	108	42	48
21	POLAND	150	108	42	48
22	HUNGARY	150	108	42	48
23	GREECE	149	108	41	49
24	SLOVAKIA	149	106	43	49
25	IRELAND	149	105	44	49
26	UNITED KINGDOM	149	105	44	49
27	UNITED STATES	149	103	46	49
28	ESTONIA	148	107	41	50
29	LITHUANIA	148	107	41	50
30	LATVIA	148	107	41	50
31	ICELAND	148	106	42	50
32	SLOVENIA	148	106	42	50
33	CANADA	148	104	44	50
34	LIECHTENSTEIN	147	104	43	51
35	JAPAN	147	104	43	51
36	CROATIA	146	104	41	52
37	SINGAPORE	145	105	33	53
38	CYPRUS	145	112	38	53
39	ROMANIA	145	107	42	53
40	BULGARIA	144	103	43	54
41	MONACO	144	101	44	54
42	CHILE	138	100	44	60
43	ARGENTINA	138	94	44	60
44	SAN MARINO	137	97	40	61
45	ANDORRA	136	90	46	62
46	HONG KONG	133	101	32	65
47	MALAYSIA	133	93	40	65
48	ISRAEL	131	93	38	67
49	BRAZIL	131	88	43	67
50	VATICAN CITY	129	88	41	69
51	URUGUAY	127	84	43	71
52	UKRAINE	127	82	45	71
53	MEXICO	126	80	46	72
54	BARBADOS	123	89	34	75
55	BRUNEI	123	80	45	75
56	PERU	123	78	36	75
57	BAHAMAS	119	83	36	79
58	MACAO	119	81	38	79
59	TAIWAN	118	72	46	80
60	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	117	83	34	81
61	COLOMBIA	117	75	42	81
62	PANAMA	116	74	42	82
63	COSTA RICA	116	73	43	82
64	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	115	80	35	83
65	SERBIA	115	73	42	83
66	SEYCHELLES	113	81	32	85
67	ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	113	80	33	85
68	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	112	78	34	86
69	NORTH MACEDONIA	112	68	44	86
70	PARAGUAY	111	65	46	87
71	EL SALVADOR	109	68	41	89
72	GEORGIA	109	65	44	89
73	MAURITIUS	108	76	32	90
74	GRENADA	108	74	34	90
75	RUSSIA	108	69	39	90
76	MONTENEGRO	108	63	45	90
77	SAINT LUCIA	107	72	35	91
78	VENEZUELA	107	60	47	91
79	MOLDOVA	106	63	43	92
80	DOMINICA	105	70	35	93
81	VANUATU	105	67	38	93
82	TURKEY	105	62	43	93
83	SOLOMON ISLANDS	103	66	37	95
84	HONDURAS	102	61	41	96
85	ALBANIA	102	60	42	96
86	TONGA	101	63	38	97
87	SAMOA	101	62	39	97
88	TUVALU	99	63	36	99
89	GUATEMALA	99	58	41	99
90	NICARAGUA	99	56	43	99
91	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	97	56	41	101
92	KIRIBATI	96	58	38	102
93	MARSHALL ISLANDS	94	53	41	104
94	QATAR	93	54	39	105
95	SOUTH AFRICA	91	54	37	107
96	MICRONESIA	90	49	41	108
97	PALAU	89	46	43	109
98	KUWAIT	87	46	41	111
99	ECUADOR	86	41	45	112
100	BELIZE	85	53	32	113
101	JAMAICA	83	48	35	115
102	MALDIVES	81	43	38	117
103	FIJI	81	42	39	117
104	GUYANA	81	40	41	117
105	BELARUS	81	38	43	117
106	BAHRAIN	80	38	42	118
107	TIMOR-LESTE	79	39	40	119
108	KAZAKHSTAN	79	33	46	119
109	SAUDI ARABIA	77	36	41	121
110	OMAN	77	32	45	121
111	BOLIVIA	76	32	44	122
112	NAURU	74	35	39	124
113	SURINAME	73	29	44	125
114	BOTSWANA	72	40	32	126
115	AZERBAIJAN	72	30	42	126
116	THAILAND	72	25	47	126
117	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	71	30	41	127
118	ARMENIA	71	30	41	127
119	LESOTHO	70	37	33	128
120	INDONESIA	70	29	41	128
121	CHINA	70	26	44	128
122	MALAWI	69	36	33	129
123	TUNISIA	69	30	39	129
124	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	69	25	44	129
125	CUBA	68	28	40	130
126	ESWATINI	66	36	30	132
127	TANZANIA	66	35	31	132
128	NAMIBIA	66	33	33	132
129	KENYA	65	32	33	133
130	ZAMBIA	65	32	33	133
131	MOROCCO	64	27	37	134
132	KYRGYZSTAN	64	23	41	134
133	GAMBIA	63	37	26	135
134	CAPE VERDE	63	29	34	135
135	MONGOLIA	63	23	40	135
136	UZBEKISTAN	63	22	41	135
137	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	63	20	43	135
138	GHANA	62	33	29	136
139	RWANDA	62	24	38	136
140	UGANDA	61	28	33	137
141	TAJIKISTAN	61	21	40	137
142	SIERRA LEONE	60	35	25	138
143	ZIMBABWE	60	30	30	139
144	SENEGAL	59	27	32	139
145	BURKINA FASO	59	26	33	139
146	PHILIPPINES	59	22	37	140
147	BENIN	58	25	33	140
148	INDIA	58	20	38	140
149	JORDAN	58	18	40	141
150	COTE D IVOIRE (IVORY COAST)	57	23	34	141
151	MADAGASCAR	57	20	37	141
152	MOZAMBIQUE	57	20	37	141
153	GABON	57	18	39	141
154	ALGERIA	57	16	41	141
155	BHUTAN	57	13	44	141
156	TURKMENISTAN	56	14	42	143
157	NIGER	55	25	30	143
158	MAURITANIA	55	21	34	143
159	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	55	15	40	144
160	GUINEA BISSAU	54	22	32	144
161	GUINEA	54	22	32	144
162	ANGOLA	54	20	34	144
163	TOGO	54	20	34	144
164	EGYPT	54	14	40	144
165	CAMBODIA	54	11	43	144
166	MALI	53	25	28	145
167	BURUNDI	53	16	37	145
168	COMOROS	53	13	40	145
169	VIETNAM	53	12	41	147
170	LIBERIA	51	21	30	147
171	CHAD	51	17	34	147
172	CAMEROON	51	14	37	147
173	HAITI	51	10	41	147
174	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	50	14	36	148
175	LEBANON	50	12	38	148
176	DJIBOUTI	50	11	39	148
177	KOSOVO	49	14	35	149
178	LAOS	49	11	38	149
179	NIGERIA	48	20	28	150
180	CONGO (DEM. REP.)	47	12	35	151
181	CONGO	47	11	36	151
182	SOUTH SUDAN	46	13	33	152
183	LIBYA	46	11	35	152
184	ETHIOPIA	46	10	36	152
185	SUDAN	46	9	37	152
186	BANGLADESH	45	15	30	153
187	SRI LANKA	45	11	34	153
188	NEPAL	44	9	35	154
189	ERITREA	44	8	36	154
190	NORTH KOREA	44	8	36	154
191	PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES	43	10	33	155
192	IRAN	43	8	35	155
193	MYANMAR [BURMA]	43	6	37	155
194	YEMEN	39	8	31	159
195	SOMALIA	38	8	30	160
196	PAKISTAN	38	6	32	160
197	SYRIA	35	5	30	163
198	IRAQ	34	4	30	164
199	AFGHANISTAN	34	4	30	164

The Henley Passport Index ranks 199 passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. It is updated in real-time throughout the year as and when visa policy changes come into effect.

The index is based on exclusive data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and has been regularly monitoring the world’s most travel-friendly passports since 2006.

Commenting on the pandemic’s effect on global travel, Dr Christian H. Kaelin, Chairman of Henley & Partners and the inventor of the passport index concept, said opening up migration channels is essential for post-pandemic recovery.

“Passports and visas are among the most important instruments impacting on social inequality worldwide as they determine opportunities for global mobility. The borders within which we happen to be born, and the documents we are entitled to hold, are no less arbitrary than our skin colour. Wealthier states need to encourage positive inward migration in an effort to help redistribute and rebalance human and material resources worldwide, including improving the size and quality of their own workforces,” Kaelin said.

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