Henley Passport Index, which was announced on Tuesday, ranked the Indian passport is the 85th most powerful passport in the world with visa-free travel to 59 nations. It was ranked 83rd in 2022 but has dropped two spots since then. Japan’s passport remains the strongest in the world, allowing entrance without a visa into 193 different nations.
Singapore and South Korea are in second place. Spain and Germany share third place in the rankings. Henley & Partners publishes the ranking said, “Japanese citizens are now able to visit an astonishing 193 destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free, while South Koreans and Singaporeans, whose countries are tied in 2nd place on the index, enjoy a visa-free/visa-on-arrival score of 192.”
According to the ranking, Afghanistan’s passport was the worst. Only 6 percent of passports worldwide, according to the survey, grant their owners visa-free access to more than 70% of the world’s economies. And only 17% of governments grant visa-free travel to more than 4/5 of the world’s 227 citizens of those countries.
For India, the report said, “despite having the world’s fifth-largest economy: its passport holders can access just 59 destinations worldwide and only 6.7 per cent of global GDP, of which the country’s own GDP accounts for around half.”
After three years of stalemate, the countries are opening up in 2023, and there has never been more international travel.
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