'Big Surprise' in the World's Most Powerful Passports 2024
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| World’s most powerful passports in 2024 |
According to the recently published Ranking of the world's most powerful passports, citizens of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain can enjoy visa-free access to 194 countries and territories. territories around the planet.
This is the highest number recorded since the Henley Passport Index was launched 19 years ago to track global freedom of movement.
The Henley Passport Index was created by London-based global citizenship and residence consultancy Henley & Partners, using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Asian countries such as Japan and Singapore have dominated the number 1 position in the past 5 years, but the remaining top 5 countries are the victorious rise of European countries. Finland and Sweden are tied for second place with South Korea, as their citizens enjoy visa-free access to 193 destinations. Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands ranked third with 192 visa-free destinations.
Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom are in fourth place, while Greece, Malta, and Switzerland are in fifth. Australia and New Zealand have climbed to the top of the rankings. Friday, as well as the Czech Republic and Poland. Meanwhile, the United States and Canada are tied for seventh place with Hungary in terms of visa exemption to 188 destinations.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains the country with the highest increase in the index over the past decade, adding 106 destinations to the visa exemption list for its citizens since 2014 and winning the top spot. 11th in this year's rankings.
According to CNN, Christian H. Kaelin, Chairman of Henley & Partners, while the general trend over the last two decades has been toward greater freedom of movement, the gap between countries at the top and bottom of the rankings is now wider than ever.
According to Mr. Kaelin, the number of visa-free destinations worldwide has nearly doubled, rising from 58 in 2006 to 111 in 2024. Countries, on the other hand, maintain their borders. The top tier has visa-free access to 166 destinations, far more than Afghanistan, which ranks last with only 28 visa-free destinations.
Syria is only exempt from visa requirements for 29 destinations, ranking second from the bottom in the rankings. With 31 and 34 visa-free destinations, respectively, Iraq and Pakistan ranked just above this country.
The countries listed below hold the top ten spots in the ranking of the world's most powerful passports in early 2024:
• Top 1: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain (194 visa-free destinations)
• Top 2: Finland, Korea, Sweden (193 visa-free destinations)
• Top 3: Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands (192 visa-free destinations)
• Top 4: Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, UK (193 visa-free destinations)
• Top 5: Greece, Malta, Switzerland (190 visa-free destinations)
• Top 6: Czech Republic, New Zealand, Poland (189 visa-free destinations)
• Top 7: Canada, Hungary, USA (188 visa-free destinations)
• Top 8: Estonia, Lithuania (187 visa-free destinations)
• Top 9: Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (186 visa-free destinations)
• Top 10: Iceland (185 visa-free destinations)
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