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Most Powerful passports in the World

The nationality of your passport can have a major effect on your travel plans and time abroad. While it could be the ultimate ticket to the world for some countries, yet for many others, it could be a burden that restricts and even bans them to travel to dozens of countries across the globe.

According to the Visa Restrictions Index 2015, published by the Henley & Partners, Germany and the UK have the most powerful passports in the world. The United Arab Emirates has become the most “powerful” among Middle Eastern countries. On the other hand, the four worst passports in the world remain Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Pakistan.

RankCitizenship/PassportScore
1Germany173
 United Kingdom 
 (Great Britain) 
2Finland172
 Sweden 
 USA 
3Denmark171
 France 
 Italy 
 Japan 
 Korea 
 (Republic of, South) 
 Luxembourg 
 Netherlands 
 Norway 
4Belgium170
 Canada 
 New Zealand 
 Portugal 
 Spain 
5Austria169
 Ireland 
 Singapore 
 Switzerland 
6Australia168
7Greece167
 Malta 
8Iceland164
 Czech Republic 
9Malaysia163
 Hungary 
10Slovakia162
11Liechtenstein161
 Slovenia 
12Latvia160
13Lithuania159
 Estonia 
14Poland158
 Cyprus 
15San Marino153
16Hong Kong152
 (SAR China) 
   
17Monaco151
18Argentina150
 Brunei Darussalam 
 Chile 
 Bulgaria 
19Andorra149
 Romania 
20Brazil148
21Israel145
22Croatia142
23Bahamas139
24Barbados138
25Uruguay134
26Antigua and Barbuda133
 Mexico 
27St. Kitts and Nevis131
28Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)129
 Seychelles 
 Venezuela 
29Vatican City128
30Costa Rica127
31Trinidad & Tobago126
32Panama125
33Mauritius124
34Paraguay123
35St. Lucia121
36Macao (SAR China)120
37St. Vincent & the Grenadines119
38Grenada117
39Honduras116
40United Arab Emirates114
41Dominica113
 Guatemala 
42El Salvador112
43Serbia110
44Samoa109
45Nicaragua108
46Macedonia (FYROM)107
47Vanuatu106
48Montenegro104
49Russian Fed.102
 Turkey 
51Bosnia and Herzegovina98
52Moldova95
 South Africa 
53Albania94
55Belize91
57Solomon Islands85
58Tuvalu83
59Peru82
60Maldives81
61Fiji80
 Guyana 
 Kiribati 
 Tonga 
62Nauru79
 Ukraine 
63Ecuador78
 Kuwait 
64Marshall Islands77
65Jamaica76
 Papua New Guinea 
66Qatar74
67Micronesia73
 (Federated States) 
   
68Botswana72
 Palau 
69Bolivia71
70Bahrain70
 Kenya 
 Namibia 
 Suriname 
71Lesotho69
72Oman 
 Thailand 
73Swaziland67
74Colombia66
 Gambia 
 Malawi 
 Saudi Arabia 
75Kazakhstan65
 Tanzania 
 Zambia 
76Tunisia63
77Belarus62
78Georgia61
 Ghana 
 Uganda 
79Philippines60
80Cuba59
81Azerbaijan58
 Zimbabwe 
82Benin56
 Cape Verde 
 Kyrgyzstan 
 Morocco 
83Indonesia55
84Cote d’Ivoire54
85Mauritania53
 Senegal 
86Armenia52
 Burkina Faso 
 Mongolia 
 Uzbekistan 
87Dominican Republic51
 India 
 Niger 
 Tajikistan 
 Togo 
88Mali50
 Sao Tome & Principe 
89Mozambique49
 Sierra Leone 
 Timor Leste 
90Bhutan48
91Cambodia47
 Chad 
 Egypt 
 Gabon 
91Rwanda47
 Turkmenistan 
92Guinea-Bissau46
 Madagascar 
93Algeria45
 China 
 Haiti 
 Laos 
 Vietnam 
94Cameroon44
 Central African 
 Republic 
 Comoros 
 Jordan 
 Nigeria 
95Guinea43
96Equatorial Guinea42
97Burundi41
 Congo (Republic 
 of, Brazzaville) 
 Djibouti 
98Angola40
 Bangladesh 
 Myanmar 
99Korea39
 (Democratic People’s Republic
 of, North) 
 Yemen 
100Sri Lanka38
101Congo (Democratic37
 Republic of, Kinshasa) 
 Iran 
 Lebanon 
 Liberia 
 Libya 
102Kosovo36
103Ethiopia35
 South Sudan 
 Sudan 
104Eritrea34
 Nepal 
 Palestinian Territory 
105Syria33
106Pakistan31
107Somalia30
108Iraq29
109Afghanistan25

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