Strongest Passports In The World In 2020!

Who does not love to travel and what else can be better if your travel is hassle-free too. As the airway is the most preferred mode of travel internationally, Passports play the most important role. The strength of the passports is measured by the fact that how many countries are accessible Visa-free or with Visa on arrival with that passport.

Henley Passport Index(HPI) is the original ranking of all the passports in the world which is based on the exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association(IATA). IATA maintains the largest and most accurate database of travel information all around the world.

HPI determines the score of each of the 199 passports checking them against the 227 possible travel destinations around the world for which travel restriction and information exist in the IATA database.

Here is a complete list of the Passports ranking according to Henley Passport Index 2020

2020 rank	Country	Number of Visa Free destinations
1	Japan	191
2	Singapore	190
3	Germany	189
3	South Korea	189
5	Finland	188
5	Italy	188
5	Luxembourg	188
5	Spain	188
9	Austria	187
9	Denmark	187
11	France	186
11	Ireland	186
11	Netherlands	186
11	Portugal	186
11	Sweden	186
16	Belgium	185
16	Switzerland	185
16	Norway	185
16	United Kingdom	185
16	United States	185
21	Czech Republic	184
21	Greece	184
21	Malta	184
21	New Zealand	184
25	Australia	183
25	Canada	183
27	Hungary	182
28	Lithuania	181
28	Poland	181
28	Slovakia	181
31	Iceland	180
31	Latvia	180
31	Slovenia	180
34	Estonia	179
35	Liechtenstein	178
35	Malaysia	178
37	Monaco	175
38	Chile	174
38	Cyprus	174
40	Romania	172
41	Bulgaria	171
42	Argentina	170
42	Brazil	170
42	Croatia	170
42	Hong Kong	170
42	United Arab Emirates	170
47	San Marino	168
48	Andorra	167
49	Brunei	166
50	Barbados	161
51	Israel	160
52	Mexico	159
53	Saint Kitts and Navis	156
54	Bahamas	155
55	Uruguay	153
56	Antigua and Barbuda	151
56	Seychelles	151
58	Costa Rica	150
58	Trinidad and Tobago	150
60	Holy See	149
61	Mauritius	148
61	Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	148
63	Saint Lucia	146
63	Taiwan	146
65	Macau	144
67	Grenada	143
68	Paraguay	142
69	Panama	141
70	Dominica	140
71	Peru	135
72	El Salvador	134
72	Honduras	134
72	Serbia	134
75	Guatemala	133
76	Samoa	131
76	Solomon Islands	131
78	Vanuatu	130
79	Nicaragua	129
79	Ukraine	129
79	Venezuela	129
82	Colombia	127
82	Tuvalu	127
84	Tonga	125
85	Montenegro	124
85	North Macedonia	124
87	Kiribati	122
87	Marshall Islands	122
89	Moldova	120
90	Palau	119
91	F.S. Micronesia	118
91	Russia	118
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	117
94	Georgia	116
95	Albania	114
96	Turkey	111
97	Belize	101
97	South Africa	101
99	Kuwait	95
99	Qatar	95
99	East Timor	95
102	Ecuador	91
103	Nauru	89
104	Fiji	88
104	Guyana	88
106	Jamaica	86
107	Botswana	85
107	Maldives	85
109	Papua New Guinea	84
110	Bahrain	82
111	Oman	79
112	Bolivia	78
112	Suriname	78
112	Thailand	78
115	Namibia	77
115	Saudi Arabia	77
117	Kazakhstan	76
118	Belarus	75
118	Lesotho	75
120	China	74
120	Eswatini	74
122	Malawi	73
123	Kenya	72
124	Indonesia	71
124	Tanzania	71
124	Zambia	71
127	Tunisia	69
128	The Gambia	68
129	Azerbaijan	67
129	Philippines	67
129	Uganda	67
132	Cape Verde	66
133	Dominican Republic	65
133	Ghana	65
133	Zimbabwe	65
136	Cuba	64
136	Morocco	64
138	Armenia	63
138	Kyrgyzstan	63
138	Sierra Leone	63
141	Benin	62
141	Mozambique	62
141	Mongolia	62
144	Sao Tome and Principe	61
145	Rwanda	60
146	Burkina Faso	59
146	Mauritania	59
148	India	58
148	Tajikistan	58
150	Gabon	57
150	Ivory Coast	57
150	Uzbekistan	57
153	Senegal	56
154	Equatorial Guinea	55
154	Guinea	55
154	Madagascar	55
154	Togo	55
158	Cambodia	54
158	Mali	54
158	Niger	54
158	Vietnam	54
162	Bhutan	53
162	Chad	53
162	Comoros	53
162	Guinea-Bissau	53
162	Turkmenistan	53
167	The Central African Republic	52
168	Algeria	51
168	Jordan	51
170	Angola	50
170	Burundi	50
170	Egypt	50
170	Laos	50
174	Cameroon	49
174	Haiti	49
174	Liberia	49
177	Congo	48
178	Djibouti	47
178	Myanmar	47
180	Nigeria	46
181	Ethiopia	44
182	South Sudan	43
183	DR Congo	42
183	Eritrea	42
183	Sri Lanka	42
186	Bangladesh	41
186	Iran	41
188	Kosovo	40
188	Lebanon	40
188	Sudan	40
191	North Korea	39
192	Libya	38
192	Nepal	38
192	Palestine	38
195	Somalia	33
195	Yemen	33
197	Pakistan	32
198	Syria	29
199	Iraq	28
200	Afghanistan	26

However, HPI listings do not consider the ongoing restriction due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Unlike Passport Index, which takes each and every detail in the account of their listing and hence it is subjected to change almost every day.

Here are the Top 10 Passport Rankings according to Passport Index as on date 6 November 2020

1. Germany, Luxembourg, and Spain top the list with access to 134 destinations.
2. Sweden, Portugal, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and Ireland have access to 133 destinations.
3. Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Finland have access to 132 destinations.
4. Denmark, Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania, Norway, Iceland, The United Kingdom, and South Korea have access to 131 destinations.
5. Malta, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand have access to 130 destinations.
6. Estonia, Slovakia, Liechtenstein, and Australia have access to 129 destinations.
7. Cyprus, Croatia, Monaco have access to 127 destinations.
8. Romania has access to 126 destinations.
9. Bulgaria has access to 125 destinations.
10. San Marino and Andorra have access to 124 destinations.

• India stands 57th on the list with access to 52 destinations, from which 18 destinations are Visa-free and 34 destinations have Visa on arrival.

• Afghanistan and Iraq are at the bottom of the list with access to 30 destinations.

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