Passports with the most power for 2022
Passports with the most power for 2022
According to the latest Henley Passport Index from global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners, the world’s most powerful passport rankings will remain essentially unchanged in 2022. Passports with the most power for 2022
The index does not consider temporary COVID-19 travel restrictions based on exclusive data provided by the International Air Transport Association-IATA. Due to this, Japan and Singapore jointly hold the most potent document for accessing 192 destinations worldwide without requiring a visa.
Germany and South Korea are tied for second place (190), followed by Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain (189). Meanwhile, Sweden, Austria, and the Netherlands have all risen one spot to occupy the fourth spot (188). Finally, the fifth-most powerful travel documents in Europe are those in Ireland and Portugal. Those are granting holders visa-free access to as many as 187 countries without taking temporary restrictions into account.
This year’s Henley Passport Index places the United States in sixth place, tied with Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, & United Kingdom (186).
Among the top 10 are Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Greece, and Malta (185); Poland and Hungary (183); Lithuania and Slovakia (182); and Estonia, Latvia, and Slovenia (181).
The less fortunate once..
Afghanistan’s passport remains one of the worst to hold worldwide, granting access to just 26 countries. There are four other nations in the bottom five: Iraq (28), Syria (29), Pakistan (31).
According to Henley & Partners, the global mobility gap is now widest in the index’s 16-year history, a worrying trend that has caused travellers from Europe, North America, and wealthier Asian nations to have more freedom to travel than their counterparts in the global south.
“Passports and visas are among the most important instruments impacting on social inequality worldwide as they determine opportunities for global mobility,” Christian H. Kaelin, chair of Henley & Partners, said in a statement. “The borders within which we happen to be born, and the documents we are entitled to hold, are no less arbitrary than our skin colour. Therefore, wealthier states need to encourage positive inward migration to help redistribute and rebalance human and material resources worldwide.”
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