Countries with the Best Passports

Which countries have the most-powerful passports, as measured by the number of countries that can be visited without a visa?
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Country
171
United Arab Emirates
168
Austria
168
Finland
168
France
168
Germany
168
Italy
168
Luxembourg
168
Netherlands
168
South Korea
168
Spain
168
Sweden
167
Belgium
167
Denmark
167
Ireland
167
Japan
167
Poland
167
Portugal
167
Switzerland
167
United States
166
Czech Republic
166
Greece
166
Hungary
166
Malta
166
New Zealand
166
Norway
166
United Kingdom
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Level 49
Oct 13, 2013
Don't all the EU countries undergo the same visa conditions?
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Level 64
Dec 12, 2013
Apparently not! Whilst those EU states in the Schengen area will all have a common policy for the movement of people within their borders other countries elsewhere in the world are free to make their own arrangements with individual EU states.
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Level 70
Nov 29, 2017
Actually if you legally visit one Schengen country it automatically allows you to visit any other Schengen country. However, I am assuming it does not work the other way round: a country might require some Schengen nationalities to get a visa and others not.
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Level 82
Dec 16, 2019
Not necessarily. Only if your visa says that it's valid for "Schengen states". Limited territorial validity visas also exist, valid for only one country (or several specifically listed ones).
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Level 70
Feb 1, 2020
I have looked into this a bit more and I am fairly sure it only applies in exceptional circumstances. In almost all cases a visa for a Schengen country is valid for any other Schengen country.
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Level 82
Feb 1, 2020
Yeah it is exceptional. I just wanted to point out what "automatically" means - that you apply at one country's embassy and almost always get a visa for the whole Schengen area.

The one example I've seen of a single country visa was for a person in a volunteer program in Germany. It was also years ago, and the policy might have easily changed in the meantime.

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Level 71
Jul 27, 2022
Some are not in the Schengen area yet - Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
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Level 53
Sep 25, 2022
And Croatia and Ireland.
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Level 88
Mar 14, 2019
I wonder which 2 countries someone from Finland, UK and Sweden can visit without Visa and I (Netherlands) can't?
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Level ∞
Dec 9, 2019
It's just one country now: Pakistan.
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
A lot more must ve changed since your comment then, finland is 171, the netherlands is 170, sweden 169 and the uk 168 or lower cause it isnt even on the list anymore.

Im guessing at the time of the previous comment the netherlands was at 169 and the others at 171? (So the uk has dropped atleast 3 spots/countries) )

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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
Atm the difference between UK and the Netherlands is, for the uk visa is required for Iran and Mongolia (plus about 6 countries more with a visa on arrival (all islands in oceania).)
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Level 51
Jan 31, 2020
Troll
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Level 79
Feb 1, 2020
@GubrySek who?
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Level 82
May 21, 2020
Jack: I'm guessing himself?
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Level 87
Dec 9, 2019
Based on that last comment, I take it the UK dropped off the list. What access did it lose?
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Level 76
Dec 9, 2019
Besides Mali in 2015, nowhere. We actually gained access to two countries in 2019 (Cape Verde and Uzbekistan). It's probably just that other passports gained access to more countries than we did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_British_citizens#History

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Level 73
Dec 9, 2019
I just checked and the Canadian passport is good for 172 countries without a visa.
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Level ∞
Dec 10, 2019
Our source is listed. If you believe there is an error in their data, please let them know.
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Level 37
Jan 15, 2023
Quiz needs updating - Canada is ranked 4 on your source site and good for 172 countries
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Level 76
Dec 10, 2019
I've got the power! (stay away Skeletor)
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Level 69
Feb 1, 2020
I read that like Snap! was screaming the line...
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Level 76
Jul 28, 2022
Yeah, me too. He-Man's phrase is "I have the power!"
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Level 93
Dec 13, 2019
Based on the same source I have created this quiz of the countries that accept the most passports (visa free) from elsewhere. Please have a go :) https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/265270/most-welcoming-countries
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
Before I saw your comment and after taking the quiz, I was hoping someone would do a quiz for the least welcoming countries. I wondered if each time it concerned the same ~25 countries. And which ones are they.

gonna take yours, it is fun too, but still hoping for the opposite one :)

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Level 93
Jul 28, 2022
thanks!
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
Very surprising. One of my children was at university in the UK with a girl from UAE and she was always complaining she needed a visa to go to go nearly everywhere and their family were limited to holidaying in Thailand.
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
That is very odd since there are only a handfull they cant go to, and most likely others countries cant go there either. Thailand the only one??
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
The girl said they mainly went to Thailand on holiday because they couldn't get visas for many other places, but can't be 100% sure if that's the only place- I never thought aboout it any further till I read this quiz. Also, to get a visa for any holidays in Europe was an issue.
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Level 76
Jan 31, 2020
Maybe she wasn't a citizen? The UAE is full of people without citizenship.
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Level 58
Feb 1, 2020
I agree she probably wasn't a citizen. It's notoriously hard to get uae citizenship even after living in the country for several generations
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Level 64
Sep 26, 2022
Most likely not a citizen but merely a resident.
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Level 82
Jan 31, 2020
Not many changes from previous iterations other than the UK dropping off and the UAE shooting way up to the lead. That's intriguing. Have the Emirates made this a political priority or something to have the strongest passport in the world? I guess having friendly relations with both the Western and Arab worlds would be an advantage, in addition to being geographically situated at the mid-point between Asia, Europe, and Africa. Aside from the UAE the rest of these countries are essentially tied for 2nd place.
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Level 82
Jan 31, 2020
Actually I just checked the source and it looks like the UK should be on here, tied with Singapore.
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
Hah, reading the description it sounds like a passport is some magical superhero item. Mine has more powers than yours! Behold the mighty pink passport!
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
It turns out the vatican doesnt not have extra special superpowers :D

Surprising UK isnt there along with the rest of western europe.

Im extremely curious what the countries are that these countries cant visit. So basicly "Which country has the most powerfull forcefield, that can withstand even the most powerfull of passports!"

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Level 82
Dec 1, 2022
that would be an interesting quiz. I guess that North Korea would be #1.
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Level 83
Jan 31, 2020
Love that you posted this on "Brexit day".
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Level 59
Jan 31, 2020
Quiz needs another update
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
For those interested, Afghanistan has the least powerful one, with a score of 35 (plus it is one of the countries where noone is welcome, along with north-korea (turkmenistan welcomes one and iraq two). And many african countries score low, but the highest is (no surprise) south africa with a score of 102.
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Level 50
Jan 31, 2020
Who do Turkmenistan and Iraq welcome?
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Level 50
Jan 31, 2020
Wow good for the UAE
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Level 82
Jan 31, 2020
The UK, Canada, New Zealand, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic are all at 169, too, according to the source.
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Level 73
Jan 31, 2020
The quiz probably should have been updated before it was featured since the source is now based on 2020 information vs. 2019 information.
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Level 82
Feb 1, 2020
are you sure that's the difference? To me it looked like the quiz was just cut off at "top" 22, even though there were 8 more countries tied for the same position.
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Level 72
Jan 31, 2020
I was wondering if the UK fell off the list because of brexit
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Level 51
Jan 31, 2020
When you type in Spain but you spell it wrong and that's the only one you got wrong.
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Level 67
Mar 13, 2021
Spain without the s
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Level 52
Jan 31, 2020
I just read last week in the Guardian and the Independent that Japan is now the most powerful passport, with Singapore on 2, and South Korea and Germany on 3
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Level 72
Jan 31, 2020
Yay, U.S.! I can get into Equatorial Guinea without a visa! Take THAT, almost anyone else!
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Level 82
Feb 1, 2020
In my own travels I had to apply for visas to these countries:

Russia (expensive and time consuming, especially because I had a US passport), Belarus (not that bad since I had a sponsor in the country), Saudi Arabia (work visa, and the company paid for everything, but still an enormous hassle), India (pain in the butt though not as bad as Russia, and especially expensive because I'm American), Vietnam (took a day with expedited service in 2008; in 2014 I could just do it online and it was easy)

Everywhere else I went was visa-free or visa-on-arrival and fairly routine and painless. The small number of places where I had to get visas, though, I noticed that there was often a significantly higher fee for Americans than for nationals from other countries. But this minor inconvenience was outweighed by the large number of places I could go to without even thinking about it.

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Level 77
Jan 31, 2020
Where's North Korea?????
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Level 70
Jul 28, 2022
Can't remember exactly, but it's somewhere around South Korea
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Level 50
Mar 10, 2024
South of China
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Level 60
Feb 3, 2020
According to various sites UK is still on 173/4 - although that will most likely drop once Brexshit takes effect.
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Level 54
Feb 6, 2020
Update the quiz!
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Level 75
Feb 17, 2020
I got every answer EXCEPT for the first one: UAE
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Level 26
Dec 16, 2020
I got everyone except UAE and Denmark (not sure how I missed that, I thought I tried everything in Western Europe)
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Level 32
Mar 21, 2020
I knew my passport (Spain) was a really powerful one but I just realized is tied the 2nd best in the world. And I didn't even used it yet! :(

I only visited Schengen zone countries: Portugal, France, Italy and Andorra. And now the world is doomed with Covid19. Feels bad man.

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Level 62
Mar 31, 2020
The Henley Passport Index is a better way to measure the power of a passport.
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Level 82
May 21, 2020
Why? (legitimate question)
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Level 66
Sep 9, 2020
Surprised the UAE isn't guessed more, as their flag is in the emblem in the Quiz Photo
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Level 37
Jan 27, 2022
Good for you Luxembourg!
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Level 55
Jun 15, 2022
I don't know if this quiz should be updated, but the numbers have definitely changed with the ongoing situations. They also probably change a lot.
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Level 92
Jul 27, 2022
All these countries are pretty close, but I'm surprised Canada isn't a bit higher (just off the list at 165). Equatorial Guinea, Palau, and CAR require visas from Canada but not from the USA. That seems kinda random.
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Level 84
Sep 26, 2022
Palau can be explained. It was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands after World War II, which was administered by the US. When the nation became independent, it was given a Compact of Free Association with the US. The other two independent countries that were in the TTPI, Marshall Islands and FS Micronesia, also have a compact with the US and do not require a visa.
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Level 88
Jul 27, 2022
Hungary seems random, considering it's longtime boss man.
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Level 88
Jul 28, 2022
It's funny that the country with best passport (and with the logo in the avatar of this quiz) is also the least guessed
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Level 87
Aug 1, 2022
Funny that since the update, nobody wants Canadians or Australians anymore. And I wonder why people from Monaco, San Marino and Liechtenstein aren't welcome everywhere -- are countries afraid that masses of poor people from those places will overstay and take jobs?
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Level 74
Aug 2, 2022
It's due to reciprocal arrangements most likely.
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Level 72
Aug 6, 2022
Fear the festering slums of Andorra!
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Level 47
Sep 14, 2022
Completely wrong stats, you really should update the quiz. Japanese and Singaporean visa are the most powerful in the world.
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2022
Anyone got a youtube video to learn more about this stuff?

For those curious, as of today:

UAE #1 with 175. Visa requirements for: Afg, Alg, Aus(fasttrack evisa), Bel, Bhu, Erit, Esw, Ghana, Jap, Kiribati, Liberia, Libya, Macao (Covid ban), Mong, Myan, DPRK, PNG, Solomon, Taiwan (Covid ban), Trinidad, Turkmen, USA, Ven.

Apparently the UAE has been focusing on it. They went from 131 countries in 2017, to 167 in 2018.

Bottom: Afg (36), Syr (38), Iraq (39), Som(43), Pak/Yemen (44), Palestine (47), Bang (48), DPRK/Libya (49), Erit (51).

^Mostly available to: Dominica, Haiti, Iran, Malay, FSOM, Palestine.

I'm surprised to see Pakistan and Bangladesh so low.

*In 2017, the UAE announced a daring goal - position the country's passport on the list of the five most important passports in the world by 2021. Having the tallest, biggest, and the best is part of their DNA. Although the UAE passport is already the most powerful in the GCC, it certainly has more room to grow on a global scale.

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Level 53
Sep 25, 2022
Spaghetti Road has a cool video on this! Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0QBCXG7osw
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2022
Ty, appreciate it, that was worth the 5 minute watch.
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Level 71
Sep 25, 2022
@rabble, Bangladesh and Pakistan being so low surprises me also. I'm guessing that many governments are afraid that, given the large amount of immigration from these countries, people from there will immigrate en masse if there isn't some sort of restriction. While I don't necessarily agree with these policies, it does have an element of truth to it: it's very common for South Asians to "immigrate" by overstaying their visits, even when they're on a visa. If you go just a bit further, you'll find Nepal and Sri Lanka are also pretty weak, both with 54 visa-free countries. I think India is slightly better because it's powerful enough to negotiate with more countries, but even then it only has visa-free access to 72 countries--not great.
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2022
That makes sense to me.

The Nepal thing surprised me too; on the Henley site, it's #8, between Palestine/DPRK

https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking

FWIW, googling, 'why is Nepal passport so weak', returns:

-"Because most nepalese tend to live as a refugee in developed countries. Once they land foreign country they throw away their passport and remain stateless, hide illegally hence jeopardizing any country’s security."

I guess, additionally, it's a reflection basically of how the country's population acts when visiting foreign countries.

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Level 65
Sep 25, 2022
First time I can recall seeing on Jetpunk where the top answer has the lowest correct answer percentage!
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Level 38
Sep 25, 2022
surprised that Singapore is not on the list
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Level 52
Sep 25, 2022
UAE is at the top and is the least guessed answer
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Level 62
Sep 25, 2022
This list is nonsense. Henley's passport index is the real one where Japan and Singapore are at the top.
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Level 82
Sep 25, 2022
Again: why?
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Level 41
Sep 25, 2022
The answer to why is because.

Henley passport index holding undisputed authority is well documented. Search for "Henley passport index".

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Level 82
Sep 25, 2022
well the two people passionately endorsing them in the comments here seem like really smart people with great ability to reason and support their case using the same airtight logic of lazy parents. I'm convinced.
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Level 63
Sep 25, 2022
This list ranks countries you can visit without a visa. Henley's ranks those you can visit with a visa. That's a rather large distinction, enough to make a different quiz entirely on
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Level 82
Nov 24, 2022
Seems less relevant. Are there really that many places that nationals of certain countries cannot visit, even *with* a visa? I mean... even if you are from North Korea or Syria or Somalia, excluding that brief and unusual period when our idiot ex-president outright banned everyone from a handful of countries... you can still visit the United States provided you get approved for the visa. It might be extremely difficult, expensive, and time consuming to get approved... and you might need to meet certain specific requirements... but it's possible. On the other hand if you can visit a country without a visa... you can just go.
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Level 85
Sep 25, 2022
I clicked the link -- the numbers are not the same as this quiz.
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Level 40
Sep 25, 2022
how is singapore not on the list??
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Level 82
Dec 1, 2022
They were on here before. Currently they are tied for 5th place with 4 other countries. And like I said above... all of these countries after the UAE are so close together that ranking them almost seems silly and they are basically all tied... until you get down to Malaysia which is 40th on the list if you look at the source (but only in the 9th ranked position given the numerous ties).

There's an 11-way tie for 2nd, an 8-way tie for 3rd, and a 6-way tie for 4th, so those tied for 5th place don't make the top-26-country cutoff, even though the difference between 2nd place and 5th place is only having visa-free access to 3 more countries.

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Level 82
Dec 1, 2022
and... just to speculate as to why Singapore may be ranked (ever so slightly) lower than the rest of these countries ... those that do show up above are either in Europe (and thus much more integrated with the large number of other countries in Europe) or they are significantly larger than Singapore with bigger economies and more international trade. (...... or they are New Zealand, go figure...)

since this has more to do with international diplomacy and commerce and the positive relations your country has with all other countries than it has to do with anything else... these factors make a difference. Though.... again.... it's a negligible difference. Singapore misses the cut-off by one country.

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Level 81
Mar 28, 2023
This list keeps changing rapidly. Looks like there are 28 countries with at least 172 right now.

Oh, and the UAE is crushing it at 181 with 2nd place at 174.

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Level 50
Apr 19, 2023
I don't think this source is reliable. if yo look at any other source they say Japan is number 1.
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Level 75
May 23, 2023
Yeah I keep seeing many videos on YouTube saying Japan and Singapore have the most powerful passports.
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Level 75
May 23, 2023
Bruh how is Canada and Australia not on here
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Level 71
Sep 14, 2023
This quiz needs an update: Canada, Australia, and Lithuania have climbed the ranks a lot, UAE can now visit 180 countries, etc.
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Level 47
Sep 20, 2023
new title: "guess the rich western european nations"
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Level 53
Oct 14, 2023
???????the United Arab Emirates is ranked 37 in the world
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Level 44
Dec 29, 2023
No, it's not. Emirati citizens have access to 179 countries visa free
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Level 21
Jan 15, 2024
Please accept UAE :(