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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

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