The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens.[3] It started in 2006 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index[4] and was changed and renamed in January 2018.[5]

Henley Passport Index
Type of site
Passport guidance
Available inEnglish, Chinese, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian
HeadquartersLondon[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
OwnerHenley & Partners
URLwww.henleypassportindex.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationNone
Launched2005; 19 years ago (2005)[2]
Current statusOnline

The index annually ranks 199 passports of the world by the number of countries that their holders can travel to without requiring a visa.[6] The number of countries that a specific passport can access becomes its visa-free "score". In collaboration with the International Air Transport Association (IATA),[7] and using official data from their global database, Henley & Partners has analysed the visa regulations of almost all the world's countries and territories since 2006.[4][8]

Definition of the Index edit

The Henley Passport index ranks passports according to the number of destinations that can be reached using a particular country's ordinary passport without the need of a prior visa ("visa-free").[9][10] The survey ranks 199 passports against 227 destination[11] countries, territories, and micro-states.[12][13][14]

The IATA maintains a database of travel information worldwide and all destinations that are in the IATA database are considered by the index.[15] However, because not all territories issue passports, there are far fewer passports ranked than destinations about which queries are made.[16]

Method edit

To determine the score for each country or territory,[17] its passport is checked against the IATA database in several steps:

  1. Each of the 199 passports on the list is checked against all 227 possible travel destinations for which travel restriction information exists in the IATA database. The score is updated throughout the year.[18]
  2. Each query must satisfy certain conditions:
    • passport is issued in the country of nationality
    • passport holder is an adult citizen of the country that issued the passport and a lone traveller, not part of a tourist group
    • entry is sought for tourism or business
    • the stay is a minimum of three days
  3. Further conditions:
    • queries are made only for holders of normal passports, not diplomatic, service, emergency, or temporary passports; and other travel documents are disregarded
    • passport holders need not meet any complex requirements for entry (for example, possessing a government-issued letter, translations, or empty pages)
    • passport holders have all necessary vaccinations and certificates
    • passport holders are arriving at and departing from the same airport
    • passport holders are seeking a short stay rather than a transit
    • the port of entry is a major city or capital, in cases where this is required
    • requirements by the destination country or territory regarding a particular length of validity of passports are disregarded
    • passport holders meet all basic requirements for entry (for example, holding a hotel reservation or having proof of sufficient funds or return tickets)
    • advance passenger information and advance approval to board are not considered to be a visa requirement or travel restriction, neither is the requirement to pay airport tax
  4. If no visa is required for passport holders from a particular country or territory to enter the destination, then that passport scores 1. The passport also scores 1 if a visa on arrival, a visitor's permit, or an electronic travel authority (ETA) can be obtained because they do not require pre-departure government approval, perhaps because of specific visa-waiver programs in place.
  5. Where visas are needed, or where passport holders must get government-approved electronic visas (e-Visas) before departure, a score of 0 is given. If passport holders must get government approval before leaving in order to obtain a visa on arrival, this also scores 0.
  6. The score for each passport is then totalled by adding up its scores for all destinations.[19]
  7. The index ignores temporary restrictions or airspace closures.[20]
  8. It considers mobility data based on national GDPs and the percentage of global wealth that the country's passport could provide access to.[21]

Rankings edit

2024 Henley Passport Index edit

As of 11 January 2024, the French, German, Italian, Japanese, Singaporean, and Spanish passports offer holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a total of 194 countries followed by the Finnish, Dutch, South Korean and Swedish passports, each offering 193 visa-free or visa-on-arrival countries and territories to its holders. These rankings were subsequently followed by the Austrian, Danish, Irish, Luxembourgish and British passports, each offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to 192 countries and territories.

The Afghan passport has once again been labelled by the index as the least powerful passport in the world, with its nationals only able to visit 28 destinations visa-free.[22][23] This was followed by the Syrian passport at 29 destinations and the Iraqi passport at 31 destinations.[24]

2024
rank
Passport issuing country Visa-free
destinations
1   France 194
  Germany 194
  Italy 194
  Japan 194
  Singapore 194
  Spain 194
2   Finland 193
  Netherlands 193
  South Korea 193
  Sweden 193
3   Austria 192
  Denmark 192
  Ireland 192
  Luxembourg 192
  United Kingdom 192
4   Belgium 191
  Norway 191
  Portugal 191
5   Australia 190
  Greece 190
  Malta 190
  New Zealand 190
   Switzerland 190
6   Canada 189
  Czech Republic 189
  Poland 189
  United States 189
7   Hungary 188
  Lithuania 188
8   Estonia 187
9   Latvia 186
  Slovakia 186
  Slovenia 186
10   Iceland 185
11   Croatia 184
  United Arab Emirates 184
12   Cyprus 182
  Liechtenstein 182
  Malaysia 182
13   Bulgaria 179
  Romania 179
14   Monaco 178
15   Chile 177
16   Argentina 174
17   Brazil 173
18   San Marino 172
19   Andorra 171
  Hong Kong 171
20   Brunei 168
21   Israel 166
22   Barbados 165
23   Mexico 161
24   Bahamas 158
25   Saint Kitts and Nevis 156
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 157
  Vatican City 157
26   Uruguay 156
  Seychelles 156
27   Antigua and Barbuda 154
28   Costa Rica 152
29   Trinidad and Tobago 151
30   Mauritius 150
31   Panama 149
32   Grenada 148
  Saint Lucia 148
  Ukraine 148
33   Paraguay 147
34   Dominica 144
  Macau 144
35   Taiwan 143
36   Peru 142
37   Serbia 138
38   Guatemala 137
39   El Salvador 136
40   Colombia 135
  Honduras 135
41   Solomon Islands 134
42   Samoa 132
43   Nicaragua 130
  Tonga 130
44   Tuvalu 128
45   North Macedonia 127
46   Marshall Islands 126
  Montenegro 126
  Venezuela 126
47   Kiribati 124
48   Albania 123
  Micronesia 123
  Palau 123
49   Moldova 122
50   Bosnia and Herzegovina 121
  Georgia 121
51   Russia 119
52   Turkey 118
53   Qatar 108
  South Africa 108
54   Belize 104
55   Kuwait 103
56   East Timor 96
57   Ecuador 95
58   Maldives 94
  Vanuatu 94
59   Bahrain 91
  Botswana 91
  Fiji 91
  Guyana 91
60   Jamaica 90
  Nauru 90
  Oman 90
61   Saudi Arabia 86
62   China 85
  Papua New Guinea 85
63   Bolivia 82
  Thailand 82
64   Belarus 81
  Suriname 81
65   Lesotho 80
  Namibia 80
66   Indonesia 78
  Kazakhstan 78
  Eswatini 78
67   Kenya 76
  Malawi 76
68   Dominican Republic 74
  Kosovo 74
69   Tanzania 73
70   Azerbaijan 72
71   Tunisia 71
  Zambia 71
  Morocco 71
72   Gambia 70
73   Cape Verde 69
  Philippines 69
  Uganda 69
74   Armenia 68
75   Sierra Leone 65
76   Ghana 66
  Rwanda 66
  Zimbabwe 66
77   Kyrgyzstan 65
78   Cuba 64
79   Benin 63
  Mongolia 63
  Mozambique 63
80   India 62
  Uzbekistan 62
81   Gabon 61
  São Tomé and Príncipe 61
  Tajikistan 61
82   Burkina Faso 60
  Madagascar 60
83   Ivory Coast 59
  Guinea 59
  Mauritania 59
  Togo 59
84   Equatorial Guinea 58
  Senegal 58
85   Niger 57
86   Algeria 56
  Cambodia 56
  Guinea-Bissau 56
  Mali 56
87   Bhutan 55
  Central African Republic 55
  Chad 55
  Comoros 55
  Egypt 55
  Haiti 55
  Jordan 55
  Vietnam 55
88   Angola 53
  Cameroon 53
89   Congo 52
  Turkmenistan 52
90   Burundi 51
  Laos 51
  Liberia 51
91   Djibouti 50
92   Myanmar 48
93   Ethiopia 47
94   DR Congo 46
  South Sudan 46
95   Iran 45
  Lebanon 45
  Nigeria 45
  Sudan 45
96   Eritrea 43
  Sri Lanka 43
97   Bangladesh 42
  North Korea 42
98   Libya 40
    Nepal 40
  Palestine 40
99   Somalia 36
100   Yemen 35
101   Pakistan 34
102   Iraq 31
103   Syria 29
104   Afghanistan 28

2023 Henley Passport Index edit

As of 8 December 2023, the Singaporean passport offers holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a total of 195 countries[25] and territories,[26] followed by the Japanese with 193 and the Finnish, French, German, Italian, South Korean, Spanish and Swedish passports, each offering 190 visa-free or visa-on-arrival countries and territories to its holders. These rankings were subsequently followed by the Austrian, Danish, Irish, Luxembourgeois and British passports, each offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to 189 countries and territories.

An Afghan passport has once again been labelled by the index as the least powerful passport in the world, with its nationals only able to visit 27 destinations visa-free.[22][27] This was followed by the Iraqi passport at 29 destinations and the Syrian passport at 30 destinations.[28]

2023
rank
Passport issuing country Visa-free
destinations
1   Japan 193
2   Singapore 192
3   Austria 190
  Finland 190
  France 190
  Germany 190
  Italy 190
  South Korea 190
  Spain 190
  Sweden 190
4   Denmark 189
  Ireland 189
  Luxembourg 189
  Netherlands 189
  United Kingdom 189
5   Belgium 188
  Malta 188
  Portugal 188
  Norway 188
6   Czech Republic 187
  New Zealand 187
  Poland 187
   Switzerland 187
7   Australia 186
  Canada 186
  Greece 186
  Hungary 186
  United States 186
8   Lithuania 185
9   Latvia 184
  Slovakia 184
  Slovenia 184
10   Estonia 183
11   Iceland 182
12   Malaysia 182
13   Cyprus 180
  Liechtenstein 180
14   United Arab Emirates 179
15   Bulgaria 177
  Romania 177
16   Croatia 176
  Monaco 176
17   Chile 175
18   Argentina 173
19   San Marino 172
20   Brazil 171
19   Andorra 170
  Hong Kong 170
20   Brunei 166
21   Barbados 163
22   Israel 159
  Mexico 159
23   Bahamas 156
24   Seychelles 155
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 155
25   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 154
  Vatican City 154
26   Uruguay 153
27   Costa Rica 151
28   Antigua and Barbuda 150
  Trinidad and Tobago 150
29   Mauritius 148
30   Grenada 147
  Saint Lucia 147
  Ukraine 150
31   Macau 144
  Panama 144
  Taiwan 144
32   Dominica 143
  Paraguay 143
33   Peru 136
34   Serbia 137
35   Guatemala 136
36   Honduras 134
37   Georgia 132
  Colombia 132
  El Salvador 132
  Solomon Islands 132
38   Samoa 131
39   Tonga 130
40   Nicaragua 127
  Tuvalu 127
  Venezuela 127
41   North Macedonia 125
42   Montenegro 124
44   Albania 123
  Kiribati 123
45   Marshall Islands 122
46   Moldova 120
47   Palau 119
48   Bosnia and Herzegovina 119
49   Micronesia 116
51   Russia 118
52   Turkey 112
53   Belize 104
54   Qatar 103
55   South Africa 102
56   Vanuatu 101
57   Kuwait 98
58   East Timor 94
59   Ecuador 92
60   Maldives 91
61   Nauru 89
62   Fiji 88
63   Bahrain 87
  Botswana 87
64   Guyana 86
  Jamaica 86
65   Saudi Arabia 83
66   Oman 82
  Papua New Guinea 82
67   China 80
  Thailand 80
68   Belarus 79
69   Bolivia 78
  Lesotho 78
  Namibia 78
70   Suriname 77
71   Kazakhstan 76
72   Indonesia 75
  Eswatini 75
73   Malawi 74
74   Kenya 73
75   Tanzania 72
76   Kosovo 71
  Tunisia 70
  Zambia 70
77   Azerbaijan 69
  Dominican Republic 69
  Gambia 69
78   Uganda 67
79   Philippines 66
  Zimbabwe 66
80   Armenia 65
  Cape Verde 65
  Morocco 65
  Sierra Leone 65
81   Ghana 63
  Kyrgyzstan 63
82   Cuba 62
83   Mongolia 61
  Mozambique 61
  Rwanda 61
84   Benin 60
  India 60
85   São Tomé and Príncipe 59
  Tajikistan 59
  Uzbekistan 59
86   Mauritania 58
87   Burkina Faso 57
88   Gabon 56
  Ivory Coast 56
  Senegal 56
89   Equatorial Guinea 55
  Guinea 55
  Madagascar 55
  Vietnam 55
90   Algeria 54
  Cambodia 54
  Togo 54
91   Comoros 53
  Jordan 53
  Mali 53
  Niger 53
92   Bhutan 52
  Central African Republic 52
  Chad 52
  Egypt 52
  Guinea-Bissau 52
  Turkmenistan 52
93   Angola 50
  Burundi 50
  Cameroon 50
  Laos 50
94   Congo 49
  Liberia 49
95   Djibouti 48
  Haiti 48
96   Myanmar 47
97   Ethiopia 46
98   Eritrea 45
  Nigeria 45
  South Sudan 45
99   Iran 44
100   DR Congo 42
  Sudan 42
101   Lebanon 41
102   Libya 40
  North Korea 40
  Sri Lanka 40
103   Bangladesh 39
104   Palestine 38
105     Nepal 36
106   Somalia 35
107   Yemen 34
108   Pakistan 33
109   Syria 30
110   Iraq 29
111   Afghanistan 27

2022 Henley Passport Index edit

As of 2022, a Japanese passport offers its holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a total of 193 countries and territories, with South Korean and Singapore passports each offering 192 visa-free or visa-on-arrival countries and territories to their holders.[29][30] An American passport offers its holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 186 countries and territories, with the British passport offering 187 visa-free or visa-on-arrival countries and territories to their holders. Canadian and Australian passports each offer their holders visa-free access to 185 countries and territories.[31]

An Afghan passport has once again been labelled by the index as the least powerful passport in the world, with its nationals only able to visit 27 destinations visa-free.[32]

2022
rank[33]
Passport issuing country Visa-free
destinations
1   Japan 193
2   Singapore 192
  South Korea 192
3   Germany 190
  Spain 190
4   Finland 189
  Italy 189
  Luxembourg 189
5   Austria 188
  Denmark 188
  Netherlands 188
  Sweden 188
6   France 187
  Ireland 187
  Portugal 187
  United Kingdom 187
7   Belgium 186
  New Zealand 186
  Norway 186
   Switzerland 186
  United States 186
8   Australia 185
  Canada 185
  Czech Republic 185
  Greece 185
  Malta 185
9   Hungary 183
10   Lithuania 182
  Poland 182
  Slovakia 182
11   Estonia 181
  Latvia 181
  Slovenia 181
12   Iceland 180
13   Malaysia 179
14   Liechtenstein 178
15   Cyprus 176
  United Arab Emirates 176
16   Chile 174
  Monaco 174
  Romania 174
17   Bulgaria 173
  Croatia 173
18   Hong Kong 171
19   Argentina 170
  Brazil 170
20   San Marino 169
21   Andorra 168
22   Brunei 166
23   Barbados 163
24   Israel 159
  Mexico 159
25   Saint Kitts and Nevis 157
26   Bahamas 155
27   Vatican City 154
28   Seychelles 153
  Uruguay 153
29   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 152
30   Antigua and Barbuda 151
  Trinidad and Tobago 151
31   Costa Rica 150
32   Saint Lucia 147
33   Grenada 146
  Mauritius 146
34   Dominica 145
  Taiwan 145
35   Macau 144
  Ukraine 144
36   Panama 143
37   Paraguay 142
38   Peru 136
  Serbia 136
39   El Salvador 134
40   Guatemala 133
  Honduras 133
41   Colombia 132
  Samoa 132
  Solomon Islands 132
42   Tonga 130
  Venezuela 129
43   Nicaragua 128
  Tuvalu 128
44   North Macedonia 125
45   Kiribati 124
  Montenegro 124
46   Marshall Islands 123
47   Moldova 121
48   Palau 120
49   Russia 119
50   Bosnia and Herzegovina 118
  Micronesia 118
51   Georgia 116
52   Albania 115
53   Turkey 110
54   South Africa 105
55   Belize 103
56   Qatar 99
57   Vanuatu 98
58   Kuwait 96
59   East Timor 94
60   Ecuador 92
61   Nauru 90
62   Fiji 89
  Maldives 89
63   Guyana 88
64   Botswana 87
  Jamaica 87
65   Bahrain 86
66   Papua New Guinea 83
67   Oman 81
  Saudi Arabia 81
68   Bolivia 80
  China 80
69   Namibia 79
  Thailand 79
70   Belarus 78
71   Lesotho 77
  Suriname 77
72   Kazakhstan 76
73   Eswatini 75
74   Malawi 74
75   Indonesia 72
  Kenya 72
  Tanzania 72
  Zambia 72
76   Tunisia 71
77   Azerbaijan 70
  Dominican Republic 70
78   Gambia 69
79   Cape Verde 67
  Philippines 67
  Uganda 67
80   Armenia 66
  Zimbabwe 66
81   Cuba 65
  Ghana 65
  Morocco 65
82   Kyrgyzstan 64
  Sierra Leone 64
83   Mozambique 63
84   Benin 62
  Mongolia 62
85   Rwanda 61
  São Tomé and Príncipe 61
86   India 60
  Mauritania 60
  Tajikistan 60
87   Burkina Faso 59
  Uzbekistan 59
88   Gabon 58
89   Ivory Coast 57
  Senegal 57
90   Equatorial Guinea 56
  Madagascar 56
91   Guinea 55
  Mali 55
  Togo 55
  Vietnam 55
92   Bhutan 54
  Cambodia 54
  Chad 54
  Comoros 54
  Niger 54
93   Algeria 53
  Central African Republic 53
  Egypt 53
  Guinea-Bissau 53
  Jordan 53
  Turkmenistan 53
94   Angola 51
  Burundi 51
  Cameroon 51
  Laos 51
95   Liberia 50
96   Congo 49
  Haiti 49
97   Djibouti 48
98   Myanmar 47
99   Ethiopia 46
  Nigeria 46
100   Eritrea 44
  South Sudan 44
101   Iran 43
102   DR Congo 42
  Lebanon 42
  Sri Lanka 42
  Sudan 42
103   Bangladesh 41
  Kosovo 41
  Libya 41
104   North Korea 40
105     Nepal 38
  Palestine 38
106   Somalia 35
107   Yemen 34
108   Pakistan 32
109   Syria 30
110   Iraq 29
111   Afghanistan 27

2006–2015 edit

A number of Asian and European countries are notable for their stability over the past decade, and Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Japan, Singapore, Spain, and Sweden all remain in exactly the same position as 10 years before. The 'Top 10s' were almost identical, with 30 countries in 2015, compared to 26 a decade before. While Liechtenstein dropped, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia, and South Korea all made it into the top 10.

Taiwan, Albania, the United Arab Emirates, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia all moved up more than 20 places in the Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index over the period, while the biggest drops were experienced by Guinea (−32), Liberia (−33), Sierra Leone (−35), and Bolivia (−37).

Older rankings edit

In the table below, the "access" columns denote the number of visa-free destinations for holders of that passport. Unless indicated otherwise, the data in this table is taken from these sources.[33][34]

Country 2020
rank
2020
access
2019
rank
2010
rank
2006
rank
  Japan 1 191 1 6 3
  Singapore 2 190 1 11 8
  Germany 3 189 2 5 2
  South Korea 3 189 2 13 11
  Finland 4 188 2 4 1
  Italy 4 188 3 5 3
  Luxembourg 4 188 3 4 3
  Spain 4 188 4 6 4
  Austria 5 187 5 8 6
  Denmark 5 187 3 2 1
  France 6 186 4 5 3
  Ireland 6 186 6 7 2
  Netherlands 6 186 5 5 5
  Portugal 6 186 5 8 7
  Sweden 6 186 4 3 2
  Belgium 7 185 6 6 4
   Switzerland 7 185 6 10 4
  Norway 7 185 6 7 4
  United Kingdom 7 185 6 1 3
  United States 7 185 6 7 1
  Czech Republic 8 184 7 18 21
  Greece 8 184 6 12 9
  Malta 8 184 7 15 11
  New Zealand 8 184 8 9 6
  Australia 9 183 9 9 9
  Canada 9 183 6 9 6
  Hungary 10 182 10 18 19
  Lithuania 11 181 9 19 24
  Poland 11 181 13 16 16
  Slovakia 11 181 9 17 22
  Iceland 12 180 10 13 9
  Latvia 12 180 10 20 26
  Slovenia 12 180 10 17 17
  Estonia 13 179 11 19 26
  Liechtenstein 14 178 12 14 10
  Malaysia 14 178 12 13 9
  Monaco 15 175 14 21 15
  Chile 16 174 13 27 14
  Cyprus 16 174 14 18 12
  Romania 17 172 16 22 34
  Bulgaria 18 171 17 25 29
  Argentina 19 170 17 26 19
  Brazil 19 170 17 28 20
  Croatia 19 170 18 35 28
  Hong Kong 19 170 18 19 13
  United Arab Emirates 19 170 15 65 62
  San Marino 20 168 19 23 14
  Andorra 21 167 20 27 20
  Brunei 22 166 21 24 19
  Barbados 23 161 22 29 35
  Israel 24 160 22 25 18
  Mexico 25 159 23 32 21
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 26 156 24 31 40
  Bahamas 27 155 24 30 35
  Uruguay 28 153 25 34 20
  Antigua and Barbuda 29 151 28 33 39
  Seychelles 29 151 26 39 46
  Costa Rica 30 150 27 37 23
  Trinidad and Tobago 30 150 29 45 36
  Vatican City 31 149 29 39
  Mauritius 32 148 30 40 46
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32 148 31 47 38
  Saint Lucia 33 146 31 46 39
  Taiwan 33 146 31 69 55
  Macau 34 144 33 44 35
  Grenada 35 143 32 49 41
  Paraguay 36 142 32 39 30
  Panama 37 141 34 41 30
  Dominica 38 140 35 51 46
  Peru 39 135 36 58 56
  El Salvador 40 134 37 42 31
  Honduras 40 134 37 42 32
  Serbia 40 134 39 47 64
  Guatemala 41 133 38 42 30
  Samoa 42 131 39 53 49
  Solomon Islands 42 131 40 52 44
  Vanuatu 43 130 40 55 51
  Nicaragua 44 129 41 43 33
  Ukraine 44 129 43 65 64
  Venezuela 44 129 38 36 25
  Colombia 45 127 43 73 64
  Tuvalu 45 127 42 54 48
  Tonga 46 125 44 57 52
  Montenegro 47 124 46 48
  North Macedonia 47 124 45 46
  Kiribati 48 122 46 56 49
  Marshall Islands 48 122 46 66 61
  Moldova 49 120 47 66
  Palau 50 119 47 70
  Micronesia 51 118 47 69
  Russia 51 118 48 49 62
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 117 49 74 71
  Georgia 53 116 50 72 68
  Albania 54 114 51 78 79
  Turkey 55 111 52 46 46
  Belize 56 101 54 50 42
  South Africa 56 101 53 47 37
  Kuwait 57 95 56 58 58
  Qatar 57 95 57 63 60
  East Timor 57 95 55 85
  Ecuador 58 91 58 64 56
  Nauru 59 89 60 56 54
  Fiji 60 88 59 57 51
  Guyana 60 88 60 57 45
  Jamaica 61 86 61 56 45
  Botswana 62 85 62 60 50
  Maldives 62 85 61 56 52
  Papua New Guinea 63 84 62 59 56
  Bahrain 64 82 63 62 59
  Oman 65 79 64 68 61
  Bolivia 66 78 65 67 29
  Suriname 66 78 65 66 57
  Thailand 66 78 66 69 67
  Namibia 67 77 67 62 56
  Saudi Arabia 67 77 69 71 65
  Kazakhstan 68 76 68 73 68
  Belarus 69 75 67 72 64
  Lesotho 69 75 69 64 47
  China 70 74 72 88 78
  Eswatini 70 74 70 65 52
  Malawi 71 73 71 64 50
  Kenya 72 72 72 64 52
  Indonesia 73 71 73 84 67
  Tanzania 73 71 75 68 56
  Zambia 73 71 73 65 53
  Tunisia 74 69 75 67 59
  Gambia 75 68 74 61 45
  Azerbaijan 76 67 76 76 68
  Philippines 76 67 77 73 63
  Uganda 76 67 76 70 58
  Cape Verde 77 66 76 73
  Dominican Republic 78 65 78 77 71
  Ghana 78 65 77 67 53
  Zimbabwe 78 65 78 70 56
  Cuba 79 64 77 78 69
  Morocco 79 64 80 76 66
  Armenia 80 63 81 76 69
  Kyrgyzstan 80 63 80 74 68
  Sierra Leone 80 63 79 64 51
  Benin 81 62 80 73 61
  Mozambique 81 62 81 82 74
  Mongolia 81 62 80 82 72
  São Tomé and Príncipe 82 61 81 83 74
  Rwanda 83 60 84 87 73
  Burkina Faso 84 59 83 76 62
  Mauritania 84 59 83 40 58
  India 85 58 82 77 71
  Tajikistan 85 58 84 77 69
  Gabon 86 57 85 85 72
  Ivory Coast 86 57 84 72
  Uzbekistan 86 57 85 80 72
  Senegal 87 56 86 76 60
  Equatorial Guinea 88 55 89 89 76
  Guinea 88 55 85 75 60
  Madagascar 88 55 87 83 71
  Togo 88 55 86 76 62
  Cambodia 89 54 88 87 79
  Mali 89 54 87 75 59
  Niger 89 54 87 76 60
  Vietnam 89 54 90 84 78
  Bhutan 90 53 89 83 77
  Chad 90 53 88 82
  Comoros 90 53 88 89
  Guinea-Bissau 90 53 87 79 63
  Turkmenistan 90 53 90 86 77
  Central African Republic 91 52 90 81 68
  Algeria 92 51 91 79 73
  Jordan 92 51 92 97 75
  Angola 93 50 92 92 77
  Burundi 93 50 93 89 78
  Egypt 93 50 92 84
  Laos 93 50 92 85 76
  Cameroon 94 49 92 85 70
  Haiti 94 49 92 85 74
  Liberia 94 49 93 82 65
  Congo 95 48 94 85 69
  Djibouti 96 47 95 91 77
  Myanmar 96 47 95 92 81
  Nigeria 97 46 95 76 62
  Ethiopia 98 44 97 92 78
  South Sudan 99 43 97
  DR Congo 100 42 97 90
  Eritrea 100 42 99 93 76
  Sri Lanka 100 42 96 84 74
  Bangladesh 101 41 99 85 68
  Iran 101 41 99 92 82
  Kosovo 102 40 98 89
  Lebanon 102 40 100 94 79
  Sudan 102 40 102 96 79
  North Korea 103 39 100 90 78
  Libya 104 38 100 87 77
    Nepal 104 38 101 88 76
  Palestine 104 38 102 97
  Somalia 105 33 104 95 81
  Yemen 105 33 103 88 78
  Pakistan 106 32 104 90 79
  Syria 107 29 105 87 80
  Iraq 108 28 106 97 81
  Afghanistan 109 26 107 98 83

See also edit

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Further reading edit

  • Bai, Jianyin; Chen, Yin; Long, Yong (2021). "The structural equivalence of tourism cooperative network in the Belt and Road Initiative Area". Environmental Research. 197: 111043. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.111043.
  • Bagchi, Pushpi (2021). "The Politics of a Passport to Design Practice". Perspectives on Design and Digital Communication II: Research, Innovations and Best Practices. Springer International Publishing. pp. 273–287. ISBN 978-3-030-75867-7.
  • Boatcă, Manuela (2021). "Unequal institutions in the longue durée: citizenship through a Southern lens". Third World Quarterly. 42 (9): 1982–2000. doi:10.1080/01436597.2021.1923398.
  • Dervin, Fred; Jacobsson, Andreas (2021). "Engaging Critically with Travel/Tourism and Interculturality". Teacher Education for Critical and Reflexive Interculturality. Springer International Publishing. pp. 133–148. ISBN 978-3-030-66337-7.
  • Okagbue, Hilary I.; Oguntunde, Pelumi E.; Bishop, Sheila A.; Adamu, Patience I.; Akhmetshin, Elvir M.; Iroham, Chukwuemeka O. (2021). "Significant Predictors of Henley Passport Index". Journal of International Migration and Integration. 22 (1): 21–32. doi:10.1007/s12134-019-00726-4. ISSN 1874-6365.

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