2019 World Passport Ranking: Henley Passport Index Table

A passport is a man's friend. Without it, you will not receive the necessary certificate, you will not receive and send the parcel, and you will not do another thousand and one necessary things. And, of course, you cannot visit another country without a passport.

Residents of many countries of the world have "privileged" passports that allow them to visit more than a hundred countries without a visa or in a simplified manner. And every year the Henley Passport Index is created, an index that gives an idea of the best and worst passports in the world. 2019 was no exception.

Read also: World Passport Ranking 2020.

The annual list of the British consulting agency Henley & Partners evaluates passports depending on the number of countries to which its holders can obtain visa-free or simplified entry.

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Complete World Passport Ranking Table 2019

A place	State passport	Number of available countries
1	Japan	190
2	Singapore	189
2	South Korea	189
3	France	188
3	Germany	188
4	Denmark	187
4	Finland	187
4	Italy	187
4	Sweden	187
5	Luxembourg	186
5	Spain	186
6	Austria	185
6	Netherlands	185
6	Norway	185
6	Portugal	185
6	Switzerland	185
6	United Kingdom	185
6	United States	185
7	Belgium	184
7	Canada	184
7	Greece	184
7	Ireland	184
8	Czech Republic	183
9	Malta	182
10	Australia	181
10	Iceland	181
10	new Zealand	181
11	Hungary	180
11	Latvia	180
11	Lithuania	180
11	Slovakia	180
11	Slovenia	180
12	Estonia	179
12	Malaysia	179
13	Liechtenstein	178
14	Chile	175
15	Monaco	174
15	Poland	174
16	Cyprus	173
17	Brazil	171
18	Argentina	170
19	Bulgaria	169
19	Hong Kong	169
19	Romania	169
20	Andorra	168
20	Croatia	168
20	San Marino	168
21	Brunei	165
22	United Arab Emirates	164
23	Israel	161
24	Barbados	159
25	Mexico	158
26	Bahamas	154
26	Uruguay	154
27	Seychelles	151
27	Saint Kitts and Nevis	151
28	Antigua and Barbuda	150
29	Costa Rica	149
29	Taiwan	149
30	Trinidad and Tobago	148
30	Vatican	148
31	Mauritius	145
31	Saint Lucia	145
32	Macau	144
32	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	144
33	Grenada	143
33	Paraguay	143
34	Panama	141
35	Venezuela	138
36	Dominica	137
36	Salvador	137
36	Honduras	137
37	Guatemala	136
38	Peru	134
39	Solomon islands	130
40	Serbia	129
40	Vanuatu	129
41	Nicaragua	128
41	Samoa	128
41	Ukraine	128
42	Colombia	127
42	Tuvalu	127
43	Macedonia	125
44	Marshall Islands	124
44	Tonga	124
45	Kiribati	123
45	Montenegro	123
46	Moldova	122
47	Micronesia	121
48	Russian Federation	119
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	118
49	Palau Islands	118
50	Albania	115
51	Georgia	114
52	Turkey	111
53	Belize	101
53	South Africa	101
54	East Timor	97
55	Ecuador	93
56	Kuwait	91
57	Fiji	89
58	Guyana	88
59	Maldives	86
59	Nauru	86
60	Qatar	85
61	Jamaica	83
61	Papua New Guinea	83
62	Botswana	82
63	Bahrain	81
64	Suriname	80
65	Bolivia	79
66	Belarus	77
67	Kazakhstan	76
67	Oman	76
68	Namibia	75
68	Thailand	75
69	China	74
69	Lesotho	74
70	Saudi Arabia	73
71	Swaziland	72
72	Indonesia	71
72	Kenya	71
72	Malawi	71
73	Gambia	68
73	Tanzania	68
73	Zambia	68
74	Azerbaijan	66
74	Philippines	66
74	Tunisia	66
75	Cape Verde	65
75	Cuba	65
75	Dominican Republic	65
76	Kyrgyzstan	64
76	Uganda	64
76	Zimbabwe	64
77	Ghana	63
78	Sierra leone	62
79	Armenia	61
79	Benin	61
79	India	61
79	Mongolia	61
79	Morocco	61
80	Mauritania	58
80	Mozambique	58
80	Sao Tome and Principe	58
80	Tajikistan	58
80	Uzbekistan	58
81	Burkina Faso	57
82	Cote d'Ivoire	56
82	Guinea	56
82	Senegal	56
83	Butane	55
83	Gabon	55
83	Mali	55
83	Togo	55
84	Cambodia	54
84	Niger	54
84	Rwanda	54
85	Chad	53
85	Guinea Bissau	53
85	Madagascar	53
85	Turkmenistan	53
86	Comoros	52
86	Laos	52
87	Equatorial Guinea	51
87	Haiti	51
87	Vietnam	51
88	Algeria	50
88	Jordan	50
89	Angola	49
89	Central African Republic	49
89	Egypt	49
90	Cameroon	48
90	Myanmar	48
91	Republic of the Congo	47
91	Liberia	47
91	Nigeria	47
92	Burundi	46
93	Djibouti	45
94	Kosovo	44
95	Democratic Republic of the Congo	43
95	Sri Lanka	43
96	Ethiopia	42
96	Iran	42
96	North Korea	42
97	Bangladesh	41
97	Lebanon	41
97	Libya	41
97	South Sudan	41
98	Nepal	40
99	territory of Palestine	39
99	Sudan	39
100	Eritrea	38
101	Yemen	37
102	Pakistan	33
103	Somalia	32
103	Syria	32
104	Afghanistan	30
104	Iraq	30

Why is the Passport Index so important

Passport Index 2019 The Passport Index is the most accurate measure of the accessibility of residents of different states to other countries. It goes beyond just ranking passports, and provides a detailed picture of your freedom of movement, including the following information:

which countries you can access with a specific type of visa;
how the “weight” of your passport has changed over the past 14 years;
by what parameters does your passport compare with other passports;
why your passport has one or another level of access;
obtaining which additional passports can improve your mobility.

Henley Passport is the only passport rating based on information provided by the International Air Transport Association, supplemented by extensive in-house research, backed up by expert commentary and updated regularly throughout the year, making it the most reliable and trustworthy index of its kind.

Countries with the best passports in the world

Countries with the best passports in the world For the second time in a row, Japan is ranked first as the most powerful passport issuing country in the world.

The Japanese have the most travel-friendly passport in the world, with access to 190 countries.
The South Korean passport has risen from the October index to join Singapore in second place, offering access to 189 jurisdictions.
French and German passports ranked third, offering access to 188 countries worldwide.
European countries - Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Italy - “in close quarters but not offended” took fourth place. The passports of these countries allow visa-free access to 187 countries.
With access to 186 countries, the passports of Luxembourg and Spain ranked fifth.
European countries - Austria, Portugal, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland - also performed well, sharing the sixth line of the Passport Index with the United Kingdom and the United States of America. At the same time, the UK dropped from 4th to 6th place, and the United States dropped from 5th to 6th place, giving visa-free or simplified visa access to 185 destinations.
Belgium, Canada, Ireland and Greece jointly rank 7th, providing their citizens with access to 184 destinations around the world.
The Czech Republic is single-handedly ranked eighth in terms of a powerful passport index with access to 183 countries.
Malta remains firmly in ninth position, allowing visa-free access to 182 countries.
Australia, Iceland and New Zealand share the 10th position with visa-free travel to 181 countries.

The largest climbers in the report were China, Colombia, Tuvalu and the United Arab Emirates, all up five places from the previous year.

“Historical data from the Passport Index over the past 14 years shows an overwhelming global trend towards visa openness,” said Christian H. Kälin, Chairman of Henley & Partners, adding that while isolationist sentiment has risen in some parts of the world, most countries are committed to cooperation and mutually beneficial agreements.

The countries with the worst passports in the world

The countries with the worst passports in the world The lowest tourist rank passports in Europe are given to the residents of Kosovo - 94th on the list.

Residents of Iraq and Afghanistan have the least "powerful" passports that provide access without a visa or under a simplified scheme to only 30 countries of the world. Syria, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen and Eritrea are some of the poorest countries in the world - complete the bottom of the list of the best and worst passports of 2019.

Russia's place in the rating of passports in 2019

Russia in the rating of passports 2019 Our country took 48th place in Henley Passport. Russians can visit 119 countries without a visa or in a simplified regime. Of course, this is significantly less than the leaders of the rating, but not so bad, given that the list included 104 states in total.

Commenting on the 2019 Henley Passport report, Froilan Malit, Gulf Labor Markets, Migration and Population Program Officer and Research Fellow at the Center for International Education and Leadership, said: “In general, international migration is not only helping to stabilize economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, but and enables many labor-supplying countries in South and Southeast Asia to maintain sustainable economic growth even in times of crisis. ”

Experts expect that neither the US nor EU member states will be able to substantially revise their current visa policies, while countries in other parts of Europe, as well as Asia and the Middle East, are likely to negotiate new agreements to abolish visas with diplomatic allies.