How powerful is your passport?
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom that their citizens enjoy. For more than a decade, Henley & Partners has analyzed global visa regulations to present an index which ranks each country and territory in the world by the number of countries that their citizens can travel to visa-free.
The index is published annually and produced in cooperation with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world’s largest and most authoritative database of travel information.
In the 2017 ranking, Germany retains its position at the top of the Index for the second year running, with visa-free access to 176 countries out of a possible 218. Sweden also stays in second position with 175 countries, and Denmark, Finland, Italy, Spain and the US tie in third place on 174. The UK, however, slips down another position again this year to fourth place, having held first place with Germany for three consecutive years from 2013–2015.
Those countries who offer the most successful citizenship-by-investment programs in the world continue to perform strongly. Malta, as an EU member state, ranks very highly in 10th place with visa-free access to 167 countries. Austria, in 4th place, joins Malta in the top 10 with a total of 173 countries. Ranked 16th, Cyprus has visa-free access to 158 countries.
2017 Rankings
1 – Germany
2 – Sweden
3 – Denmark
3 – Finland
3 – Italy
3 – Spain
3 – United States
4 – Austria
4 – Belgium
4 – France
4 – Luxembourg
4 – Netherlands
4 – Norway
4 – Singapore
4 – United Kingdom
5 – Ireland5 – Japan
5 – New Zealand
6 – Canada6 – Greece
6 – Portugal
6 – Switzerland
7 – Australia
7 – South Korea
8 – Iceland
9 – Czech Republic
10 – Hungary
10 – Malta
11 – Lithuania
12 – Latvia
12 – Liechtenstein
12 – Slovakia
12 – Slovenia
13 – Estonia
13 – Malaysia
14 – Poland
15 – Monaco
16 – Cyprus
17 – Chile
18 – Brazil
19 – Andorra
19 – San Marino
20 – Argentina
20 – Bulgaria
21 – Croatia
21 – Romania
22 – Hong Kong
23 – Brunei Darussalam
24 – Israel
25 – Barbados
26 – Mexico
27 – Bahamas
28 – Uruguay
29 – Seychelles
30 – Antigua and Barbuda
30 – St. Kitts and Nevis
31 – Costa Rica
31 – Taiwan
31 – Vatican City
32 – Trinidad and Tobago
33 – Mauritius
34 – Venezuela
35 – Paraguay
36 – Macao
36 – Panama
36 – St. Lucia
36 – St. Vincent and the Grenadines
37 – Grenada
38 – Honduras
38 – United Arab Emirates
39 – El Salvador
40 – Dominica
40 – Guatemala
41 – Peru
42 – Solomon Islands
43 – Serbia
44 – Samoa
45 – Vanuatu
46 – Marshall Islands
46 – Nicaragua
47 – Tonga
48 – Tuvalu
49 – Kiribati
50 – Colombia
50 – Montenegro
51 – Micronesia
51 – Russian Federation
52 – Palau
52 – Turkey
53 – Bosnia Herzegovina
54 – Moldova
55 – Albania
55 – South Africa
56 – Belize
57 – Ecuador
57 – Timor-Leste
58 – Ukraine
59 – Guyana
60 – Kuwait
60 – Maldives
60 – Nauru
61 – Fiji
62 – Jamaica
62 – Qatar
63 – Papua New Guinea
64 – Bolivia
65 – Botswana
65 – Suriname
66 – Bahrain
67 – Kazakhstan
67 – Namibia
67 – Thailand
68 – Georgia
68 – Kenya
68 – Oman
69 – Saudi Arabia
70 – Belarus
70 – Lesotho
70 – Malawi
71 – Gambia
71 – Swaziland
72 – Tanzania
73 – Cape Verde
73 – Tunisia
73 – Zambia
74 – Azerbaijan
75 – Philippines
75 – Uganda
76 – Cuba
77 – Ghana
77 – Zimbabwe
78 – Armenia
78 – Benin
78 – Kyrgyzstan
78 – Morocco
79 – Indonesia
80 – Burkina Faso
80 – Dominican Republic
80 – Mongolia
81 – Mozambique
81 – Sao Tome and Principe
81 – Sierra Leone
82 – Mauritania
83 – Cote d’Ivoire
83 – Senegal
83 – Tajikistan
83 – Togo
83 – Uzbekistan
84 – Niger
85 – Bhutan
85 – Chad
85 – China
85 – Mali
85 – Rwanda
86 – Gabon
86 – Haiti
86 – Madagascar
87 – Guinea-Bissau
87 – India
87 – Turkmenistan
88 – Algeria
88 – Cambodia
88 – Comoros
88 – Egypt
88 – Guinea
88 – Laos8
9 – Central African Republic
89 – Equatorial Guinea
90 – Angola
90 – Cameroon
90 – Vietnam
91 – Burundi
91 – Nigeria
92 – Congo
92 – Jordan
92 – Liberia
93 – Myanmar
94 – Djibouti
94 – North Korea
95 – Bangladesh
95 – Iran
95 – Sri Lanka
96 – Ethiopia
96 – Lebanon
96 – South Sudan
97 – Nepal
97 – Palestinian Territory
97 – Sudan
98 – Eritrea
98 – Yemen
99 – Libya
100 – Somalia
101 – Syria
102 – Pakistan
103 – Iraq
104 – Afghanista
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Source: Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index