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Checkout Lists Of Most Powerful Passports In The World, The Number 1 Spot Will Amaze You

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December 2, 2019

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An international passport is an identity of one’s nationality. A passport grants one unrestricted access, identification and information which can be checked on the database.

The updated list of the Most Powerful Passports in the world was released recently by passport index. The list has some shocking revelations as some of the big names are thrown out of the top 10 positions.

It’s not American or British. The United Arab Emirates passport is now the world’s most powerful, according to Passport Index Global Passport Ranking for 2019. This was followed by Singapore, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, and the Netherlands.

The United States ranked No. 14 in the 2019 index, with 116 visa-free countries. And the worst?

Afghanistan finished bottom of the Global Passport Ranking, with just 29 countries granting Afghans entry without obtaining an advance visa.

Global Passport Ranking, compiled by the Passport Index ranks the passports of 193 countries and six other territories by counting the number of countries each passport can access without an advance visa. The six territories include Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Kosovo, the Palestinian Territories and the Vatican.

Nigeria has a mobility score of 50, this means that Nigeria’s passport can only have access to 23 countries that are visa free, 27 countries that will mandate a visa on arrival and 148 countries that require visas before entry.

In Africa, the country with the most powerful passport is SEYCHELLES. Seychelles has a global passport rank of 24. With a Seychelles’ passport, one can have entry into 104 countries without any form of visas, 35 countries require visa on arrival while 59 counties demand a valid visa before entry. South Africa is however third on the list in Africa, a South African passport can take you to 103 countries without visas, 39 countries demand visa on entry while 95 countries mandate visa before entry.

Check out the full list has compiled by Passport Index

Global Passport Ranking, 2019

Rank	Country	Score	No Visa	Visa On Arrival	Visa Required
1	United Arab Emirates	167	113	54	31
2	Singapore	166	127	39	32
3	Germany	166	126	40	32
4	Finland	165	126	39	33
5	Denmark	165	126	39	33
6	Sweden	165	126	39	33
7	France	165	125	40	33
8	Italy	165	125	40	33
9	Luxembourg	165	125	40	33
10	Spain	165	123	42	33
11	Netherlands	165	123	42	33
12	South Korea	165	122	43	33
13	Norway	165	122	43	33
14	United States	165	116	49	33
15	Belgium	164	123	41	34
16	Austria	164	123	41	34
17	Greece	164	122	42	34
18	Portugal	164	122	42	34
19	Japan	164	122	42	34
20	Switzerland	164	121	43	34
21	United Kingdom	164	119	45	34
22	Ireland	164	118	46	34
23	Canada	164	114	50	34
24	Czech Republic	163	122	41	35
25	Hungary	163	121	42	35
26	Malta	162	122	40	36
27	Iceland	162	118	44	36
28	New Zealand	162	112	50	36
29	Australia	162	109	53	36
30	Malaysia	161	121	40	37
31	Slovenia	161	120	41	37
32	Poland	161	119	42	37
33	Latvia	161	119	42	37
34	Slovakia	161	119	42	37
35	Lithuania	161	119	42	37
36	Estonia	160	119	41	38
37	Romania	158	116	42	40
38	Bulgaria	158	114	44	40
39	Cyprus	157	120	37	41
40	Liechtenstein	157	115	42	41
41	Croatia	156	115	41	42
42	Monaco	156	109	47	42
43	Brazil	155	110	45	43
44	Chile	155	109	46	43
45	Argentina	155	107	48	43
46	Hong Kong	150	115	35	48
47	Andorra	148	100	48	50
48	San Marino	147	105	42	51
49	Israel	146	104	42	52
50	Barbados	144	108	36	54
51	Brunei	144	104	40	54
52	Mexico	143	99	44	55
53	Vatican City	142	98	44	56
54	Uruguay	141	99	42	57
55	Bahamas	140	104	36	58
56	Peru	137	89	48	61
57	Seychelles	136	103	33	62
58	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	136	101	35	62
59	Trinidad and Tobago	135	100	35	63
60	Costa Rica	134	91	43	64
61	Saint Kitts and Nevis	133	100	33	65
62	Antigua and Barbuda	132	100	32	66
63	Mauritius	132	99	33	66
64	Ukraine	131	89	42	67
65	Taiwan	130	85	45	68
66	Macao	129	91	38	69
67	Paraguay	129	88	41	69
68	Panama	129	87	42	69
69	Venezuela	129	84	45	69
70	Grenada	128	96	32	70
71	Saint Lucia	128	94	34	70
72	Serbia	126	83	43	72
73	Honduras	125	83	42	73
74	Guatemala	125	81	44	73
75	Dominica	124	89	35	74
76	Vanuatu	124	86	38	74
77	El Salvador	124	82	42	74
78	Solomon Islands	123	86	37	75
79	Samoa	123	85	38	75
80	Tuvalu	122	83	39	76
81	Colombia	122	80	42	76
82	Kiribati	118	80	38	80
83	Macedonia	118	77	41	80
84	Tonga	117	83	34	81
85	Montenegro	117	76	41	81
86	Russian Federation	116	79	37	82
87	Marshall Islands	116	74	42	82
88	Nicaragua	115	75	40	83
89	Georgia	115	74	41	83
90	Turkey	115	71	44	83
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	113	73	40	85
92	Moldova	112	75	37	86
93	Palau	112	67	45	86
94	Albania	111	70	41	87
95	Micronesia	111	67	44	87
96	South Africa	98	63	35	100
97	Kuwait	96	52	44	102
98	Timor-Leste	95	56	39	103
99	Belize	91	60	31	107
100	Ecuador	91	47	44	107

Rank	Country	Score	No Visa	Visa On Arrival	Visa Required
101	Fiji	89	50	39	109
102	Jamaica	88	54	34	110
103	Qatar	88	50	38	110
104	Guyana	85	47	38	113
105	Bahrain	84	44	40	114
106	Maldives	83	44	39	115
107	Oman	81	39	42	117
108	Nauru	80	43	37	118
109	Kazakhstan	80	37	43	118
110	Thailand	80	37	43	118
111	Belarus	79	42	37	119
112	Saudi Arabia	79	38	41	119
113	Bolivia	79	37	42	119
114	Papua New Guinea	78	38	40	120
115	Suriname	78	38	40	120
116	Botswana	77	49	28	121
117	Lesotho	76	46	30	122
118	Indonesia	76	36	40	122
119	Eswatini	75	45	30	123
120	China	75	28	47	123
121	Malawi	73	43	30	125
122	Namibia	71	41	30	127
123	Kenya	71	39	32	127
124	Azerbaijan	71	34	37	127
125	Cuba	71	30	41	127
126	Gambia	70	45	25	128
127	Tanzania	70	42	28	128
128	Tunisia	70	34	36	128
129	Dominican Republic	70	27	43	128
130	Zambia	69	41	28	129
131	Cape Verde	69	34	35	129
132	Uganda	68	35	33	130
133	Philippines	68	33	35	130
134	Armenia	68	31	37	130
135	Morocco	68	30	38	130
136	Kyrgyzstan	68	28	40	130
137	Zimbabwe	67	39	28	131
138	Mongolia	67	30	37	131
139	Ghana	66	39	27	132
140	India	65	25	40	133
141	Sao Tome and Principe	64	23	41	134
142	Sierra Leone	63	39	24	135
143	Benin	63	31	32	135
144	Uzbekistan	63	26	37	135
145	Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	62	28	34	136
146	Tajikistan	62	26	36	136
147	Senegal	61	31	30	137
148	Burkina Faso	61	28	33	137
149	Haiti	61	21	40	137
150	Bhutan	61	17	44	137
151	Guinea	59	27	32	139
152	Mauritania	59	25	34	139
153	Madagascar	59	24	35	139
154	Algeria	59	18	41	139
155	Mali	58	31	27	140
156	Niger	58	29	29	140
157	Mozambique	58	27	31	140
158	Togo	58	25	33	140
159	Gabon	58	24	34	140
160	Rwanda	58	23	35	140
161	Cambodia	58	20	38	140
162	Comoros	57	18	39	141
163	Turkmenistan	57	17	40	141
164	Guinea-Bissau	56	25	31	142
165	Jordan	56	21	35	142
166	Viet Nam	56	21	35	142
167	Laos	56	21	35	142
168	Egypt	56	17	39	142
169	Equatorial Guinea	55	18	37	143
170	Angola	54	24	30	144
171	Chad	53	21	32	145
172	Liberia	52	24	28	146
173	Burundi	52	20	32	146
174	Central African Republic	52	18	34	146
175	Myanmar [Burma]	51	15	36	147
176	Djibouti	51	14	37	147
177	Cameroon	50	19	31	148
178	Congo	48	15	33	150
179	Kosovo	48	14	34	150
180	Nigeria	47	23	24	151
181	South Sudan	47	14	33	151
182	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	46	14	32	152
183	Nepal	46	13	33	152
184	North Korea	46	11	35	152
185	Sri Lanka	45	16	29	153
186	Lebanon	45	16	29	153
187	Libya	45	13	32	153
188	Palestinian Territories	44	14	30	154
189	Eritrea	44	11	33	154
190	Ethiopia	44	10	34	154
191	Bangladesh	43	18	25	155
192	Iran	42	12	30	156
193	Sudan	42	9	33	156
194	Yemen	39	11	28	159
195	Somalia	38	9	29	160
196	Syria	36	9	27	162
197	Pakistan	35	8	27	163
198	Iraq	32	7	25	166
199	Afghanistan	29	5	24	169