A passport is the key document required for traveling abroad. A powerful passport is the one that offers travel freedom to its holders. The most powerful passport in the world means the one that offers the greatest travel freedom. The Henley Passport Index of Global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners monitors the world’s most travel-friendly passports, based on exclusive data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Henley & Partners has released its quarterly report on the most powerful passports in the world for the year 2022.
Passports of Japan and Singapore are at the top of Henley & Partners ranking of world’s most powerful passports.
Most powerful passport in the world 2022
Updated quarterly, Henley Passport Index includes 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations to rank the position of passports. The index is considered the standard reference tool for global citizens and sovereign states to assess a passport’s rank on the global mobility spectrum. Here is the checklist of the most powerful passports in the world 2022 in terms of ranking and access.
| Country | Rank | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 192 |
| Singapore | 1 | 192 |
| Germany | 2 | 190 |
| South Korea | 2 | 190 |
| Finland | 3 | 189 |
| Italy | 3 | 189 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 189 |
| Spain | 3 | 189 |
| Austria | 4 | 188 |
| Denmark | 4 | 188 |
| France | 4 | 188 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 188 |
| Sweden | 4 | 188 |
| Ireland | 5 | 187 |
| Portugal | 5 | 187 |
| Belgium | 6 | 186 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 186 |
| Norway | 6 | 186 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 186 |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 186 |
| United States | 6 | 186 |
| Australia | 7 | 185 |
| Canada | 7 | 185 |
| Czech Republic | 7 | 185 |
| Greece | 7 | 185 |
| Malta | 7 | 185 |
| Hungary | 8 | 183 |
| Poland | 8 | 183 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 182 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 182 |
| Estonia | 10 | 181 |
| Latvia | 10 | 181 |
| Slovenia | 10 | 181 |
| Iceland | 11 | 180 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 179 |
| Liechtenstein | 13 | 178 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 176 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 175 |
| Chile | 16 | 174 |
| Monaco | 16 | 174 |
| Romania | 16 | 174 |
| Bulgaria | 17 | 173 |
| Croatia | 17 | 173 |
| Hong Kong | 18 | 171 |
| Argentina | 19 | 170 |
| Brazil | 20 | 169 |
| San Marino | 20 | 169 |
| Andorra | 21 | 168 |
| Brunei | 22 | 166 |
| Barbados | 23 | 161 |
| Israel | 24 | 159 |
| Mexico | 24 | 159 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 25 | 157 |
| Bahamas | 26 | 155 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 153 |
| Vatican City | 27 | 153 |
| Seychelles | 28 | 152 |
| St. Vincent | 29 | 151 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 30 | 150 |
| Costa Rica | 30 | 150 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 30 | 150 |
| Mauritius | 31 | 146 |
| Taiwan | 32 | 145 |
| Dominica | 33 | 144 |
| Grenada | 33 | 144 |
| Macao | 33 | 144 |
| Panama | 34 | 142 |
| Paraguay | 35 | 141 |
| Ukraine | 35 | 141 |
| Peru | 36 | 135 |
| Serbia | 36 | 135 |
| Vanuatu | 36 | 135 |
| El Salvador | 37 | 134 |
| Guatemala | 38 | 133 |
| Honduras | 38 | 133 |
| Colombia | 39 | 131 |
| Samoa | 39 | 131 |
| Solomon Islands | 39 | 131 |
| Tonga | 40 | 129 |
| Venezuela | 40 | 129 |
| Nicaragua | 41 | 127 |
| Tuvalu | 41 | 127 |
| North Macedonia | 42 | 125 |
| Kiribati | 43 | 123 |
| Montenegro | 43 | 123 |
| Marshall Islands | 44 | 122 |
| Moldova | 45 | 120 |
| Palaus Islands | 46 | 119 |
| Russian Federation | 46 | 119 |
| Bosnia and Herzego | 47 | 117 |
| Micronesia | 47 | 117 |
| Georgia | 48 | 115 |
| Albania | 49 | 114 |
| Turkey | 50 | 110 |
| South Africa | 51 | 104 |
| Belize | 52 | 101 |
| Qatar | 53 | 97 |
| Kuwait | 54 | 95 |
| Timor-Leste | 55 | 93 |
| Ecuador | 56 | 91 |
| Nauru | 57 | 89 |
| Fiji | 58 | 88 |
| Maldives | 58 | 88 |
| Guyana | 59 | 87 |
| Botswana | 60 | 86 |
| Jamaica | 61 | 85 |
| Bahrain | 62 | 84 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 82 |
| China | 64 | 80 |
| Oman | 64 | 80 |
| Belarus | 65 | 79 |
| Bolivia | 65 | 79 |
| Saudi Arabia | 65 | 79 |
| Thailand | 65 | 79 |
| Namibia | 66 | 78 |
| Lesotho | 67 | 77 |
| Suriname | 67 | 77 |
| Kazakhstan | 68 | 75 |
| eSwatini | 69 | 74 |
| Malawi | 70 | 73 |
| Kenya | 71 | 72 |
| Tanzania | 71 | 72 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 71 |
| Tunisia | 72 | 71 |
| Zambia | 72 | 71 |
| Dominican Republic | 73 | 70 |
| Azerbaijan | 74 | 69 |
| The Gambia | 75 | 68 |
| Uganda | 76 | 67 |
| Cape Verde Islands | 77 | 66 |
| Philippines | 77 | 66 |
| Armenia | 78 | 65 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 65 |
| Cuba | 79 | 64 |
| Ghana | 79 | 64 |
| Morocco | 79 | 64 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 80 | 63 |
| Sierra Leone | 80 | 63 |
| Mozambique | 81 | 62 |
| Benin | 82 | 61 |
| Mongolia | 82 | 61 |
| Rwanda | 82 | 61 |
| Sao Tome | 83 | 60 |
| India | 83 | 59 |
| Mauritania | 84 | 59 |
| Tajikistan | 84 | 59 |
| Burkina Faso | 85 | 58 |
| Gabon | 86 | 57 |
| Uzbekistan | 86 | 57 |
| Cote d’ivoire | 87 | 56 |
| Senegal | 87 | 56 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 88 | 55 |
| Madagascar | 88 | 55 |
| Guinea | 89 | 54 |
| Mali | 89 | 54 |
| Togo | 89 | 54 |
| Vietnam | 89 | 54 |
| Bhutan | 90 | 53 |
| Cambodia | 90 | 53 |
| Chad | 90 | 53 |
| Comoro Islands | 90 | 53 |
| Niger | 90 | 53 |
| Algeria | 91 | 52 |
| Central African Republic | 91 | 52 |
| Egypt | 91 | 52 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 91 | 52 |
| Jordan | 91 | 52 |
| Turkmenistan | 91 | 52 |
| Burundi | 92 | 51 |
| Angola | 93 | 50 |
| Cameroon | 93 | 50 |
| Laos | 93 | 50 |
| Liberia | 94 | 49 |
| Congo (Rep.) | 95 | 48 |
| Haiti | 95 | 48 |
| Djibouti | 96 | 47 |
| Myanmar | 97 | 46 |
| Ethiopia | 98 | 45 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 45 |
| South Sudan | 99 | 44 |
| Eritrea | 100 | 43 |
| Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 101 | 42 |
| Iran | 101 | 42 |
| Lebanon | 102 | 41 |
| Sri Lanka | 102 | 41 |
| Sudan | 102 | 41 |
| Bangladesh | 103 | 40 |
| Kosovo | 103 | 40 |
| Libya | 103 | 40 |
| North Korea | 104 | 39 |
| Nepal | 105 | 37 |
| Palestinian Territory | 105 | 37 |
| Somalia | 106 | 34 |
| Yemen | 107 | 33 |
| Pakistan | 108 | 31 |
| Syria | 109 | 29 |
| Iraq | 110 | 28 |
| Afghanistan | 111 | 26 |
India’s position in passport ranking
India’s passport ranking has improved and now stands at 83rd position in the world’s most powerful passport. With this improvement in passport ranking, Indian passport holders can get visa-free entry in 60 countries around the world.
Covid-19 outbreak has severely altered travel. Traveling overseas has become a luxury again, as vaccine certification, covid test, and mandatory quarantines, are required to visit a foreign nation, according to the report.
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