Passport Rankings For 2024

Passport Rankings For 2024

Do you want to check the passport ranking in 2024? The following is a list of the world’s most powerful and weakest passports.

What Factors Affect Passport Strengths?

The number of countries to which a passport bearer can travel without a visa is what defines the passport’s power.

The ease of travel is one of the reasons people swap their present citizenship for citizenship in another nation or take on dual citizenship.

Every country’s passport enables its holder to visit specified countries without obtaining a visa or to visit such countries and obtain a visa on arrival. Continue reading to see which passports is the most powerful in 2024.

Rankings of Passports for 2024 – The Ten Most Powerful Passports for 2024

Japan and Singapore are tied for first place, with passports that allow people to travel to 192 countries without needing a visa.

With visa-free travel to 190 countries, Germany and South Korea are ranked second, while Finland, Italy, Spain, and Luxembourg are ranked third with visa-free travel to 189 countries. Other EU nations occupy the fourth and fifth places, respectively. You may want to learn about the EU Blue Card and Schengen Visa.

With visa-free travel to 186 countries, Belgium, New Zealand, and Switzerland are ranked sixth. The United States and the United Kingdom, as well as the Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, and Norway, are rated seventh and eighth, respectively. Australia and Canada are ranked eighth.

Hungary is ranked 9th in the passport rankings for 2024, with Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia sharing the last position on the top ten list.

WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL PASSPORTS
Rank	Country	Visa Free Score
1	Japan and Singapore	192 countries
2	Germany and South Korea	190 countries
3	Finland, Italy, Spain and Luxembourg	189 countries
4	Austria and Denmark	188 countries
5	France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden	87 countries
6	Belgium, New Zealand and Switzerland	186 countries
7	Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, Norway, United Kingdom and United States	185 countries
8	Australia and Canada	184 countries
9	Hungary	183 countries
10	Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia	182 countries

List of Countries With The Weakest Passports in 2024

Afghanistan has the worst passport out of the 116 nations on the passport rankings for 2024. Afghanistan is the world’s least powerful passport in 2024, granting easy access to only 26 destinations. It ranks just below Iraq, Syria and Pakistan. Learn how to immigrate to Canada from Afghanistan.

Iraqis with a valid passport can travel to 28 countries, whereas Syrians with a valid passport can travel to 29 countries without obtaining a visa.

Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, respectively, provide visa-free travel to 31, 33, and 34 countries. Nepali and Palestinian passport holders have visa-free travel to 37 countries, while North Korean passport holders have visa-free travel to 39 countries.

WORLD’S LEAST POWERFUL PASSPORTS
Country	Visa Free Score
Iran, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Sudan	41 Countries
Bangladesh, Kosovo, Libya	40 Countries
North Korea	39 Countries
Nepal and Palestinian territories	37 countries
Somalia	34 countries
Yemen	33 countries
Pakistan	31 countries
Syria	29 countries
Iraq	28 countries
Afghanistan	26 countries

Passport Rankings For 2024 – Complete List Of Countries

Rank	Country	Visa-free Score
1	Japan	191
2	Singapore	190
3	Germany	189
	South Korea
4	Finland	188
	Italy
	Luxembourg
	Spain
5	Austria	187
	Denmark
6	France	186
	Ireland
	Netherlands
	Portugal
	Sweden
7	Belgium	185
	New Zealand
	Norway
	Switzerland
	United Kingdom
	United States
8	Australia	184
	Czech Republic
	Greece
	Malta
9	Canada	183
10	Hungary	182
11	Iceland	181
	Lithuania
	Poland
	Slovakia
12	Latvia	180
	Slovenia
13	Estonia	179
14	Liechtenstein	178
	Malaysia
15	Chile	174
	Cyprus
	Monaco
16	United Arab Emirates	173
17	Romania	172
18	Bulgaria	171
	Croatia
19	Argentina	170
	Brazil
	Hong Kong (SAR China)
20	San Marino	168
21	Andorra	167
22	Brunei	166
23	Barbados	161
	Israel
24	Mexico	159
25	St. Kitts and Nevis	156
26	Bahamas	155
27	Uruguay	153
	Vatican City
28	Antigua and Barbuda	151
	Seychelles
29	Costa Rica	150
	Trinidad and Tobago
30	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	148
31	Mauritius	146
	St. Lucia
32	Taiwan	145
33	Grenada	144
	Macao (SAR China)
34	Dominica	143
35	Panama	142
36	Paraguay	141
37	Peru	135
38	El Salvador	134
	Honduras
	Serbia
39	Guatemala	133
40	Samoa	131
	Solomon Islands
41	Ukraine	130
	Vanuatu
42	Colombia	129
	Nicaragua
	Venezuela
43	Tuvalu	127
44	Tonga	125
45	Montenegro	124
	North Macedonia
46	Kiribati	123
	Marshall Islands
47	Moldova	120
	Palau Islands
48	Micronesia	118
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	117
50	Russian Federation	116
51	Georgia	115
52	Albania	114
53	Turkey	110
54	Belize	101
	South Africa
55	Kuwait	96
56	Qatar	95
57	Timor-Leste	94
58	Ecuador	92
59	Nauru	89
60	Fiji	88
	Guyana
61	Jamaica	86
62	Botswana	85
	Maldives
63	Papua New Guinea	84
64	Bahrain	83
65	Oman	80
66	Saudi Arabia	79
	Thailand
67	Bolivia	78
	Suriname
68	Namibia	77
69	Lesotho	76
70	Belarus	75
	China
	Kazakhstan
71	eSwatini	74
72	Malawi	73
73	Kenya	72
74	Indonesia	71
	Tanzania
	Tunisia
	Zambia
75	The Gambia	68
76	Azerbaijan	67
	Uganda
77	Cape Verde Islands	66
	Dominican Republic
	Philippines
78	Ghana	65
	Zimbabwe
79	Cuba	64
	Morocco
80	Armenia	63
	Kyrgyzstan
	Sierra Leone
81	Benin	62
	Mongolia
	Mozambique
82	Sao Tome and Principe	61
83	Rwanda	60
84	Burkina Faso	59
	Mauritania
85	India	58
	Tajikistan
86	Cote d’Ivoire	57
	Gabon
	Uzbekistan
87	Senegal	56
88	Equatorial Guinea	55
	Guinea
	Madagascar
	Togo
89	Cambodia	54
	Mali
	Niger
	Vietnam
90	Bhutan	53
	Chad
	Comoro Islands
	Guinea-Bissau
	Turkmenistan
91	The central African Republic	52
92	Angola	51
	Burundi
93	Angola	50
	Burundi
	Egypt
	Laos
94	Cameroon	49
	Haiti
	Liberia
95	Congo (Republic)	48
96	Djibouti	47
	Myanmar
97	Nigeria	46
98	Ethiopia	44
99	South Sudan	43
100	Congo (Democratic Republic)	42
	Eritrea
	Sri Lanka
101	Bangladesh	41
	Iran
102	Kosovo	40
	Lebanon
	Sudan
103	North Korea	39
104	Libya	38
	Nepal
105	Palestinian Territory	37
106	Somalia	33
	Yemen
107	Pakistan	32
108	Syria	29
109	Iraq	28
110	Afghanistan	26

Source: Henley Passport Index

How Is The Passport Ranking Calculate?

The Henley Passport Index compares 199 passports to 227 potential travel locations using data from the International Air Transport Authority.

If no visa is required or a visa-on-arrival is available for each travel location, the passport in question earns a score of 1. The passport earns a score of 0 if a visa or other type of official authorization is necessary before travel.

The overall score for each passport is calculated by adding the points for each passport (i.e. the number of destinations to which it grants access without visa). The index is then created by ranking this passport against all other passports.

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