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<\/p>\nThe rank was according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.<\/p>\n
Although, Japan was number one in 2018, the country now shares the spot with Singapore.<\/p>\n
Holders of Japan and Singapore passports can easily enter 190 countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith a few notable exceptions, the latest rankings from the Henley Passport Index show that countries around the world increasingly view visa-openness as crucial to economic and social progress,\u201d said Dr Christian H Kaelin, chairman of Henley & Partners and the creator of the passport index.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiscussions of passport power and global mobility tend to focus on the benefits for the countries with the strongest passports.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, this latest unique research appears to confirm something that many of us already knew intuitively: that increased visa-openness benefits the entire global community, and not just the strongest countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
List of countries, rank and number of countries accessible below:<\/p>\n
Japan: 1 \u2013 190
\nSingapore: 1 \u2013 190
\nSouth Korea: 2 188
\nGermany: 2 188
\nFinland: 2 \u2013 188
\nDenmark: 3 \u2013 187
\nItaly: 3 \u2013 187
\nLuxembourg: 3 \u2013 187
\nFrance: 4 \u2013 186
\nSweden: 4 \u2013 186
\nSpain: 4 \u2013 186
\nAustria: 5 \u2013 185
\nNetherlands: 5 \u2013 185
\nPortugal: 5 \u2013 185
\nNorway: 6 \u2013 184
\nSwitzerland: 6 \u2013 184
\nUnited Kingdom: 6 \u2013 184
\nUnited States: 6 \u2013 184
\nBelgium: 6 \u2013 184
\nCanada: 6 \u2013 184
\nGreece: 6 \u2013 184
\nIreland: 6 \u2013 184
\nCzech Republic: 7 \u2013 183
\nMalta: 7 \u2013 183
\nNew Zealand: 8 \u2013 182
\nAustralia: 9 \u2013 181
\nLithuania: 9 \u2013 181
\nSlovakia: 9 \u2013 181
\nIceland: 10 \u2013 180
\nHungary: 10 \u2013 180
\nLatvia: 10 \u2013 180
\nSlovenia: 10 \u2013 180
\nEstonia: 11 \u2013 179
\nMalaysia: 12 \u2013 177
\nLiechtenstein: 12 \u2013 177
\nChile: 13 \u2013 174
\nPoland: 13 \u2013 174
\nMonaco: 14 \u2013 173
\nCyprus: 14 \u2013 173
\nUnited Arab Emirates: 15 \u2013 172
\nRomania: 16 \u2013 171
\nBrazil: 17 \u2013 170
\nArgentina: 17 \u2013 170
\nBulgaria: 17 \u2013 170
\nHong Kong (SAR China): 18 \u2013 168
\nCroatia: 18 \u2013 168
\nSan Marino: 19 \u2013 167
\nAndorra: 20 \u2013 166
\nBrunei: 21 \u2013 165
\nIsrael: 22 \u2013 159
\nBarbados: 22 \u2013 159
\nMexico: 23 \u2013 158
\nBahamas: 24 \u2013 154
\nSt. Kitts and Nevis: 24 \u2013 154
\nUruguay: 25 \u2013 153
\nSeychelles: 26 \u2013 151
\nCosta Rica: 27 \u2013 150
\nAntigua and Barbuda: 28 \u2013 149
\nTrinidad and Tobago: 29 \u2013 148
\nVatican City: 29 \u2013 148
\nMauritius: 30 \u2013 146
\nTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)31: \u2013 145
\nSt. Lucia: 31 \u2013 145
\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 31 \u2013 145
\nGrenada: 32 \u2013 142
\nParaguay: 32 \u2013 142
\nMacao (SAR China): 33 \u2013 141
\nPanama: 34 \u2013 140
\nDominica: 35 \u2013 137
\nPeru: 36 \u2013 135
\nEl Salvador: 37 \u2013 134
\nHonduras: 37 \u2013 134
\nVenezuela: 38 \u2013 132
\nGuatemala: 38 \u2013 132
\nSerbia: 39 \u2013 131
\nSamoa: 39 \u2013 131
\nSolomon Islands: 40 \u2013 130
\nVanuatu: 40 \u2013 130
\nNicaragua41 \u2013 128
\nTuvalu: 42 \u2013 127
\nUkraine: 43 \u2013 126
\nColombia: 43 \u2013 126
\nTonga: 44 \u2013 125
\nNorth Macedonia: 45 \u2013 123
\nMarshall Islands: 46 \u2013 122
\nKiribati: 46 \u2013 122
\nMontenegro: 46 \u2013 122
\nMoldova: 47 \u2013 119
\nMicronesia: 47 \u2013 119
\nPalau Islands: 47 \u2013 119
\nRussian Federation: 48 \u2013 117
\nBosnia and Herzegovina: 49 \u2013 116
\nGeorgia: 50 \u2013 114
\nAlbania: 51 \u2013 113
\nTurkey: 52 \u2013 112
\nSouth Africa: 53 \u2013 100
\nBelize: 54 \u2013 99
\nTimor-Leste: 55 \u2013 95
\nKuwait: 56 \u2013 93
\nQatar: 57 \u2013 92
\nEcuador: 58 \u2013 91
\nFiji: 59 \u2013 88
\nGuyana: 60 \u2013 87
\nNauru: 60 \u2013 87
\nMaldives: 61 \u2013 84
\nJamaica: 61 \u2013 84
\nPapua New Guinea: 62 83
\nBotswana: 62 \u2013 83
\nBahrain: 63 \u2013 81
\nOman: 64 \u2013 79
\nSuriname: 65 \u2013 78
\nBolivia: 65 \u2013 78
\nThailand: 66 \u2013 77
\nNamibia: 67 \u2013 76
\nBelarus: 68 \u2013 75
\nKazakhstan; 68 \u2013 75
\nLesotho: 69 \u2013 74
\nSaudi Arabia: 69 \u2013 74
\nEswatini (Swaziland): 70 \u2013 73
\nMalawi: 71 \u2013 72
\nChina: 72 \u2013 71
\nKenya: 72 \u2013 71
\nIndonesia: 73 \u2013 70
\nZambia: 73 \u2013 70
\nGambia: 74 \u2013 69
\nTanzania: 75 \u2013 68
\nTunisia: 75 \u2013 68
\nAzerbaijan: 76 \u2013 66
\nCape Verde Islands: 76 \u2013 66
\nUganda: 76 \u2013 66
\nPhilippines: 77 \u2013 65
\nCuba: 77 \u2013 65
\nGhana: 77 \u2013 65
\nDominican Republic: 78 \u2013 64
\nZimbabwe: 78 \u2013 64
\nSierra Leone: 79 -63
\nKyrgyzstan: 80 \u2013 62
\nBenin: 80 \u2013 62
\nMongolia: 80 \u2013 62
\nMorocco: 80 \u2013 62
\nArmenia: 81 \u2013 60
\nMozambique: 81 \u2013 60
\nSao Tome and Principe: 81 \u2013 60
\nIndia: 82 -59
\nMauritania: 83 \u2013 58
\nBurkina Faso: 83 \u2013 58
\nTajikistan: 84 \u2013 57
\nCote d\u2019Ivoire (Ivory Coast): 84 \u2013 57
\nRwanda: 84 \u2013 57
\nUzbekistan: 85 \u2013 56
\nGuinea: 85 \u2013 56
\nGabon: 85 \u2013 56
\nSenegal: 86 \u2013 55
\nTogo: 86 \u2013 55
\nMali: 87 \u2013 54
\nNiger: 87 \u2013 54
\nGuinea-Bissau: 87 \u2013 54
\nMadagascar: 87 \u2013 54
\nCambodia: 88 \u2013 53
\nChad: 88 \u2013 53
\nComores Islands: 88 \u2013 53
\nBhutan: 89 \u2013 52
\nEquatorial Guinea: 89 \u2013 52
\nTurkmenistan: 90 \u2013 51
\nVietnam: 90 \u2013 51
\nCentral African Republic: 90 \u2013 51
\nAlgeria: 91 \u2013 50
\nLaos: 92 \u2013 49
\nHaiti: 92 \u2013 49
\nJordan: 92 \u2013 49
\nAngola: 92 \u2013 49
\nEgypt: 92 \u2013 49
\nCameroon: 92 \u2013 49
\nLiberia: 93 \u2013 48
\nBurundi: 93 \u2013 48
\nCongo: 94 \u2013 47
\nMyanmar: 95 \u2013 46
\nNigeria: 95 \u2013 46
\nDjibouti: 95 \u2013 46
\nSri Lanka: 96 \u2013 43
\nEthiopia: 97 \u2013 42
\nSouth Sudan: 97 \u2013 42
\nKosovo: 98 \u2013 41
\nIran: 99 \u2013 40
\nBangladesh: 99 \u2013 40
\nEritrea: 99 \u2013 40
\nNorth Korea: 100 \u2013 39
\nLebanon: 100 \u2013 39
\nNepal: 101 \u2013 38
\nLibya: 102 \u2013 37
\nPalestine: 102 \u2013 37
\nSudan: 102 \u2013 37
\nYemen: 103 \u2013 33
\nPakistan: 104 \u2013 31
\nSomalia: 104 \u2013 31
\nSyria: 105 \u2013 29
\nIraq: 106 \u2013 27
\nAfghanistan: 107 \u2013 25<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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