WORLDS MOST POWERFUL PASSPORT 2024

In the latest rankings for visa-free access, several countries have emerged at the top, each providing their citizens with the ability to travel without the need for a visa to 194 destinations. These countries include France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Spain. Following closely behind are Finland, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden, each with access to 193 countries. The third tier features Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom, all granting visa-free access to 192 locations.

Belgium, Norway, and Portugal occupy the fourth position with 191 visa-free destinations, while Australia, Greece, Malta, New Zealand, and Switzerland share the fifth spot with 190. Canada, Czechia, Poland, and the United States each have visa-free access to 189 countries, placing them sixth in the rankings. The seventh rank is held by Hungary and Lithuania, both enjoying access to 188 destinations. Estonia follows at eighth with 187 countries, while Latvia, Slovakia, and Slovenia are tied at ninth with 186.

Iceland comes in at tenth with 185 destinations, and the United Arab Emirates ranks eleventh with 184. Malaysia, at twelfth, has access to 183 countries, followed by Liechtenstein with 182. Cyprus stands at fourteenth with 181 destinations, while Bulgaria, Monaco, and Romania are tied for fifteenth, each with 179. Chile follows in sixteenth with access to 177 countries, and Argentina ranks seventeenth with 174. Brazil is eighteenth with 173 destinations, while Andorra, Hong Kong (SAR China), and San Marino share nineteenth place with 172.

Israel ranks twentieth with 171 countries, followed by Brunei at twenty-first with 168. Barbados sits at twenty-second with 165, and Mexico at twenty-third with 161. The Bahamas is twenty-fourth with 159, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Vatican City, are tied at twenty-fifth with 157 destinations. Seychelles, St. Kitts and Nevis, Uruguay, and Antigua and Barbuda are tied at twenty-seventh with 154. Costa Rica ranks twenty-eighth with 152, while Mauritius holds twenty-ninth place with 151. Panama, Grenada, and Ukraine are thirtieth and thirty-first with 149 and 148, respectively.

As we move down the rankings, Paraguay is thirty-second with 145 countries, followed by Macao (SAR China) and Dominica, which share thirty-fourth place with 143 destinations. Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) is also tied with them. Peru holds thirty-fifth place with 142 countries. Serbia is thirty-sixth with 139, and Guatemala is thirty-seventh with 137. El Salvador is thirty-eighth with 136, while Colombia sits at thirty-ninth with 135.

Honduras, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa are all tied for fortieth place with 134 and 133, respectively. Tonga is forty-second with 131, and Nicaragua is forty-third with 130. Tuvalu ranks forty-fourth with 129, while the Marshall Islands hold forty-fifth place with 128. Montenegro and North Macedonia share forty-sixth place with 127. Venezuela is forty-seventh with 126, and both Kiribati and Micronesia hold forty-eighth place with 125 destinations.

Albania and the Palau Islands are tied for forty-ninth place with 124 countries, while Bosnia and Herzegovina rounds out the top fifty with 123 destinations. Georgia and Moldova are fifty-first with 122. Russia follows in fifty-second place with 120, and Türkiye ranks fifty-third with 118. Qatar and South Africa are tied at fifty-fourth with 108. Belize ranks fifty-fifth with 104, and Kuwait is fifty-sixth with 102. The Maldives and Timor-Leste hold fifty-seventh with 96 countries.

Ecuador is fifty-eighth with 95, while Vanuatu is fifty-ninth with 93. Bahrain, Botswana, Guyana, and Nauru are tied at sixtieth with 91 destinations. Fiji, Jamaica, Oman, and Saudi Arabia rank sixty-first with 90. China is sixty-second with 88 countries, and Papua New Guinea is sixty-third with 86. Thailand ranks sixty-fourth with 83, and Bolivia is sixty-fifth with 82. Belarus and Suriname share sixty-sixth with 81 countries.

Lesotho and Namibia are tied at sixty-seventh with 80, and Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Kosovo rank at sixty-eighth with 78. Kenya, Malawi, and eSwatini are tied at sixty-ninth with 76. The Dominican Republic is seventieth with 74, while Tanzania is seventy-first with 73. Azerbaijan ranks seventy-second with 72, and Morocco, Tunisia, and Zambia share seventy-third with 71. The Gambia and Uganda are tied at seventy-fourth with 70.

Armenia, Cape Verde Islands, and the Philippines are tied at seventy-fifth with 69. Ghana is seventy-sixth with 68, while Sierra Leone ranks seventy-seventh with 67. Rwanda and Zimbabwe are tied at seventy-eighth with 66. Kyrgyzstan is seventy-ninth with 65, and Cuba, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan are tied at eightieth with 64. Benin and Mozambique share eighty-first place with 63, while India is eighty-second with 62.

Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, and Tajikistan are tied at eighty-third with 61. Burkina Faso and Madagascar rank eighty-fourth with 60, while Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, and Togo share eighty-fifth with 59. Equatorial Guinea and Senegal are eighty-sixth with 58, and Niger ranks eighty-seventh with 57. Algeria, Cambodia, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan, and Mali are tied at eighty-eighth with 56. Bhutan, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Egypt, and Haiti are all tied at eighty-ninth with 55.

Vietnam is ninetieth with 54, while Angola and Cameroon rank ninety-first with 53. Congo and Turkmenistan share ninety-second with 52. Burundi, Laos, and Liberia are tied at ninety-third with 51. Djibouti is ninety-fourth with 50, while Myanmar ranks ninety-fifth with 48. DR Congo and Ethiopia share ninety-sixth with 47. South Sudan is ninety-seventh with 46, and Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, and Sudan share ninety-eighth with 45. Sri Lanka is ninety-ninth with 44, while Eritrea ranks one hundredth with 43. Bangladesh and North Korea share one hundred first place with 42, and Palestine is one hundred second with 41. Libya and Nepal are tied at one hundred third with 40, while Somalia is one hundred fourth with 36. Yemen is one hundred fifth with 35, and Pakistan ranks one hundred sixth with 34. Iraq is one hundred seventh with 31, while Syria is one hundred eighth with 29. Afghanistan rounds out the list at one hundred ninth place with 28.

Rank	Country	Visa Free Access
1	France	194
1	Germany	194
1	Italy	194
1	Japan	194
1	Singapore	194
1	Spain	194
2	Finland	193
2	Netherlands	193
2	South Korea	193
2	Sweden	193
3	Austria	192
3	Denmark	192
3	Ireland	192
3	Luxembourg	192
3	United Kingdom	192
4	Belgium	191
4	Norway	191
4	Portugal	191
5	Australia	190
5	Greece	190
5	Malta	190
5	New Zealand	190
5	Switzerland	190
6	Canada	189
6	Czechia	189
6	Poland	189
6	United States	189
7	Hungary	188
7	Lithuania	188
8	Estonia	187
9	Latvia	186
9	Slovakia	186
9	Slovenia	186
10	Iceland	185
11	United Arab Emirates	184
12	Malaysia	183
13	Liechtenstein	182
14	Cyprus	181
15	Bulgaria	179
15	Monaco	179
15	Romania	179
16	Chile	177
17	Argentina	174
18	Brazil	173
19	Andorra	172
19	Hong Kong (SAR China)	172
19	San Marino	172
20	Israel	171
21	Brunei	168
22	Barbados	165
23	Mexico	161
24	Bahamas	159
25	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	157
25	Vatican City	157
27	Seychelles	154
27	St. Kitts and Nevis	154
27	Uruguay	154
27	Antigua and Barbuda	154
28	Costa Rica	152
29	Mauritius	151
30	Panama	149
31	Grenada	148
31	Ukraine	148
32	Paraguay	145
33	Macao (SAR China)	144
34	Dominica	143
34	Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	143
35	Peru	142
36	Serbia	139
37	Guatemala	137
38	El Salvador	136
39	Colombia	135
40	Honduras	134
40	Solomon Islands	134
40	Solomon Islands	134
41	Samoa	133
42	Tonga	131
43	Nicaragua	130
44	Tuvalu	129
45	Marshall Islands	128
46	Montenegro	127
46	North Macedonia	127
47	Venezuela	126
48	Kiribati	125
48	Micronesia	125
49	Albania	124
49	Palau Islands	124
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina	123
51	Georgia	122
51	Moldova	122
52	Russia	120
53	Türkiye	118
54	Qatar	108
54	South Africa	108
55	Belize	104
56	Kuwait	102
57	Maldives	96
57	Timor-Leste	96
58	Ecuador	95
59	Vanuatu	93
60	Bahrain	91
60	Botswana	91
60	Guyana	91
60	Nauru	91
61	Fiji	90
61	Jamaica	90
61	Oman	90
61	Saudi Arabia	90
62	China	88
63	Papua New Guinea	86
64	Thailand	83
65	Bolivia	82
66	Belarus	81
66	Suriname	81
67	Lesotho	80
67	Namibia	80
68	Indonesia	78
68	Kazakhstan	78
68	Kosovo	78
69	Kenya	76
69	Malawi	76
69	eSwatini	76
70	Dominican Republic	74
71	Tanzania	73
72	Azerbaijan	72
73	Morocco	71
73	Tunisia	71
73	Zambia	71
74	The Gambia	70
74	Uganda	70
75	Armenia	69
75	Cape Verde Islands	69
75	Philippines	69
76	Ghana	68
77	Sierra Leone	67
78	Rwanda	66
78	Zimbabwe	66
79	Kyrgyzstan	65
80	Cuba	64
80	Mongolia	64
80	Uzbekistan	64
81	Benin	63
81	Mozambique	63
82	India	62
83	Gabon	61
83	Sao Tome and Principe	61
83	Tajikistan	61
84	Burkina Faso	60
84	Madagascar	60
85	Cote d’Ivoire	59
85	Guinea	59
85	Mauritania	59
85	Togo	59
86	Equatorial Guinea	58
86	Senegal	58
87	Niger	57
88	Algeria	56
88	Cambodia	56
88	Guinea-Bissau	56
88	Jordan	56
88	Mali	56
89	Bhutan	55
89	Central African Republic	55
89	Chad	55
89	Comoro Islands	55
89	Egypt	55
89	Haiti	55
90	Vietnam	54
91	Angola	53
91	Cameroon	53
92	Congo	52
92	Turkmenistan	52
93	Burundi	51
93	Laos	51
93	Liberia	51
94	Djibouti	50
95	Myanmar	48
96	DR Congo	47
96	Ethiopia	47
97	South Sudan	46
98	Iran	45
98	Lebanon	45
98	Nigeria	45
98	Sudan	45
99	Sri Lanka	44
100	Eritrea	43
101	Bangladesh	42
101	North Korea	42
102	Palestine	41
103	Libya	40
103	Nepal	40
104	Somalia	36
105	Yemen	35
106	Pakistan	34
107	Iraq	31
108	Syria	29
109	Afghanistan	28