At the start of this year, the Henley Passport Index 2023, compiled by consultancy firm Henley & Partners, revealed that Japan had the most powerful passport in the world. For the fifth year in a row, the
How powerful is an Australian passport? According to the Henley Passport Index, Australia's is the sixth-most powerful passport in the world, a position it shares with Hungary and Poland.
Afghanistan remains entrenched at the bottom of the Henley Passport Index, with a visa-free access score of just 27.
According to research, Australia, where a new passport costs $230 and is valid for 10 years, has the most expensive passports. The second most expensive passport is issued by Mexico and costs $170, followed by Switzerland at $140. Both passports are valid for 10 years.
The price of Australian passports could be attributed to security measures, according to David Beirman, adjunct fellow in Management and Tourism at the University of Technology Sydney. He pointed out that other countries, such as the US, UK and Canada, also have security features in their passports.
Easiest Passport Through Naturalization: Taiwan
In a region of the world with few countries that actually extend citizenship to foreigners, Taiwan offers Taiwanese citizenship after five years of consecutive legal residency.
Blue Passports
They many not all be the same shade of navy blue, but they all use some shade of the colour. Hrant told The Telegraph that blue passports are used to represent "New World" countries, countries that way back when, were discovered by European explorers.
The Australian passport ranks 33rd in the world as of July 2023 according to VisaGuide Passport Index. This means that Australian citizens can travel visa-free to 144 countries in the world.
Singapore is now officially the most powerful passport in the world, with its citizens able to visit 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free.
The World's Strongest Passports for Travel Freedom
In 2023, the most powerful passport in the world in terms of travel freedom is the Singaporean passport, according to the HPI. A passport issued by Singapore allows the holder to enter 192 different countries and territories without having to get a visa in advance.
For five long years, Japan has been sitting pretty in the No.1 position in the Henley Passport Index, which measures global travel freedom in terms of how much visa-free and visa-on-demand access to the world different citizens enjoy.
Currently, some of the most dangerous countries in the world according to the GPI include Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and Somalia, all of which are facing ongoing conflicts and high levels of violence.
Canada. The Canadian passport is considered the most beautiful in the world thanks to its simple but exquisite design: a soft, dark blue cover with a gilded Royal coat of arms.
The Russian passport is currently ranked 56th among global passports, according to the Guide Passport Ranking Index.
Portugal. Portugal is the easiest European country where you can get citizenship. The easiest way to become a Portuguese citizen is by obtaining a Portugal Golden visa; all you have to do is invest in a house, a business, or a property of €500,000 value.
There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
Japan has topped the list of the world's most powerful passports for the fifth year in a row. Japanese citizens enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 193 countries -- or 85% of the world -- making the Japanese passport the most powerful in the world.
World, which is the first ever to rank world passports in a more comprehensive and accurate way than any other existing index, based on a carefully-built formula that takes more factors into consideration, has revealed that the Italian passport is in fact, the most powerful, giving its holders the freedom of roaming ...