Passport Rankings For 2021 – List Of Countries With The Most Powerful And Weakest Passports In the Word

Want to know the passport ranking for 2021. Here is a list of countries with the most powerful and weakest passports in the world.

One of the reasons people exchange their current citizenship for citizenship in another country or take on dual citizenship is for the ease of travel. Every country’s passport allows the passport holder to travel to certain countries without a visa or allows them to travel there are get a visa on arrival.

For example, Indians with valid passports can travel to Indonesia and get a visa on arrival. French and Spanish citizens can travel to any of the Schengen countries without visas.

This feature – the number of countries a passport holder can travel to without a visa is what determines the power of the passport. Read on to find out which passports are the most powerful in 2021.

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Passport Rankings For 2021 – Ten Most Powerful Passports in 2021

Japan and Singapore share the top spot with passports that allow citizens of these countries to travel to 192 other countries without a preapproved visa.

Germany and South Korea rank second with visa-free travel to 190 countries while Finland, Italy, Spain and Luxemburg offer visa-free travel to 189 countries. Other EU countries take up the 4^th and 5^th spots.

At number 6 stands Belgium, New Zealand, and Switzerland with visa-free travel to 186 countries. The USA and the UK along with the Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, and Norway are ranked 7^th and Australia and Canada are ranked 8^th.

Hungary takes up the 9^th spot in the passport rankings for2021while the last spot on the top ten list is shared by Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia.

1. Japan and Singapore (visa-free travel to192 countries)
2. Germany and South Korea (visa-free travel to 190 countries)
3. Finland, Italy, Spain and Luxembourg (visa-free travel to 189 countries)
4. Austria and Denmark (visa-free travel to 188 countries)
5. France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden (visa-free travel to 187 countries)
6. Belgium, New Zealand and Switzerland (visa-free travel to 186 countries)
7. Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, Norway, United Kingdom and United States (visa-free travel to 185 countries)
8. Australia and Canada (visa-free travel to 184 countries)
9. Hungary (visa-free travel to 183 countries)
10. Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia (visa-free travel to 182 countries)

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Passport Rankings For 2021 – Weakest Passports in 2021

Of the 116 countries on the passport rankings for2021list, Afghanistan has the weakest passport. Though the current government turmoil in the country has paused international travel in and out of the country, the Afghanistan passport technically allows visa-free travel to 26 other countries.

This may change as and when flights begin operating. The Iraqi passport allows its citizens to travel to 28 countries while Syrians with a valid passport can travel to 29 countries without prior visa approval.

Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia offer visa-free travel to 31, 33 and 34 countries respectively. Nepali and Palestinian passport holders can travel to 37 countries while the North Korean passport is just a shade more powerful as it allows visa-free travel to 39 countries.

1. 1. Iran, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Sudan (Score:41)
2. 2. Bangladesh, Kosovo, Libya (Score: 40)
3. North Korea (visa-free travel to 39 countries)
4. Nepal and Palestinian territories (visa-free travel to 37 countries)
5. Somalia (visa-free travel to 34 countries)
6. Yemen (visa-free travel to 33 countries)
7. Pakistan (visa-free travel to 31 countries)
8. Syria (visa-free travel to 29 countries)
9. Iraq (visa-free travel to 28 countries)
10. Afghanistan (visa-free travel to 26 countries)

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The Power of the Indian Passport

According to the Henley & Partners Passport ranking for 2021, India ranks 90^th with visa-free travel to 58 nations.

This includes 11 countries in Asia and the Caribbean each, 2 countries in the Americas and in Europe, 7 countries in Oceania, 3 countries in the middle east and 20 African countries.

International flights have started operating in India but given the ongoing COVID restrictions in many countries, even though you may not need a visa, you may need other certifications before traveling abroad.

Passport Rankings For 2021 – Full List Of Countries

Rank	Country	Visa-free Score
1	Japan	191
2	Singapore	190
3	Germany	189
	South Korea
4.	Finland	188
	Italy
	Luxembourg
	Spain
5.	Austria	187
	Denmark
6.	France	186
	Ireland
	Netherlands
	Portugal
	Sweden
7.	Belgium	185
	New Zealand
	Norway
	Switzerland
	United Kingdom
	United States
8	Australia	184
	Czech Republic
	Greece
	Malta
9.	Canada	183
10	Hungary	182
11	Iceland	181
	Lithuania
	Poland
	Slovakia
12.	Latvia	180
	Slovenia
13.	Estonia	179
14	Liechtenstein	178
	Malaysia
15.	Chile	174
	Cyprus
	Monaco
16	United Arab Emirates	173
17.	Romania	172
18.	Bulgaria	171
	Croatia
19.	Argentina	170
	Brazil
	Hong Kong (SAR China)
20.	San Marino	168
21	Andorra	167
22	Brunei	166
23	Barbados	161
	Israel
24	Mexico	159
25	St. Kitts and Nevis	156
26	Bahamas	155
27	Uruguay	153
	Vatican City
28.	Antigua and Barbuda	151
	Seychelles
29.	Costa Rica	150
	Trinidad and Tobago
30.	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	148
31	Mauritius	146
	St. Lucia
32.	Taiwan	145
33.	Grenada	144
	Macao (SAR China)
34.	Dominica	143
35.	Panama	142
36.	Paraguay	141
37.	Peru	135
38.	El Salvador	134
	Honduras
	Serbia
39.	Guatemala	133
40.	Samoa	131
	Solomon Islands
41.	Ukraine	130
	Vanuatu
42.	Colombia	129
	Nicaragua
	Venezuela
43.	Tuvalu	127
44.	Tonga	125
45.	Montenegro	124
	North Macedonia
46.	Kiribati	123
	Marshall Islands
47	Moldova	120
	Palau Islands
48	Micronesia	118
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	117
50	Russian Federation	116
51	Georgia	115
52	Albania	114
53	Turkey	110
54	Belize	101
	South Africa
55	Kuwait	96
56	Qatar	95
57	Timor-Leste	94
58	Ecuador	92
59	Nauru	89
60	Fiji	88
	Guyana
61	Jamaica	86
62	Botswana	85
	Maldives
63	Papua New Guinea	84
64	Bahrain	83
65	Oman	80
66	Saudi Arabia	79
	Thailand
67	Bolivia	78
	Suriname
68	Namibia	77
69	Lesotho	76
70	Belarus	75
	China
	Kazakhstan
71	eSwatini	74
72	Malawi	73
73	Kenya	72
74	Indonesia	71
	Tanzania
	Tunisia
	Zambia
75	The Gambia	68
76	Azerbaijan	67
	Uganda
77	Cape Verde Islands	66
	Dominican Republic
	Philippines
78	Ghana	65
	Zimbabwe
79	Cuba	64
	Morocco
80	Armenia	63
	Kyrgyzstan
	Sierra Leone
81	Benin	62
	Mongolia
	Mozambique
82	Sao Tome and Principe	61
83	Rwanda	60
84	Burkina Faso	59
	Mauritania
85	India	58
	Tajikistan
86	Cote d'Ivoire	57
	Gabon
	Uzbekistan
87	Senegal	56
88	Equatorial Guinea	55
	Guinea
	Madagascar
	Togo
89	Cambodia	54
	Mali
	Niger
	Vietnam
90	Bhutan	53
	Chad
	Comoro Islands
	Guinea-Bissau
	Turkmenistan
91	The central African Republic	52
92	Angola	51
	Burundi
93	Angola	50
	Burundi
	Egypt
	Laos
94	Cameroon	49
	Haiti
	Liberia
95	Congo (Republic)	48
96	Djibouti	47
	Myanmar
97	Nigeria	46
98	Ethiopia	44
99	South Sudan	43
100	Congo (Democratic Republic)	42
	Eritrea
	Sri Lanka
101	Bangladesh	41
	Iran
102	Kosovo	40
	Lebanon
	Sudan
103	North Korea	39
104	Libya	38
	Nepal
105	Palestinian Territory	37
106	Somalia	33
	Yemen
107	Pakistan	32
108	Syria	29
109	Iraq	28
110	Afghanistan	26

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