Published: 20th Jul, 2023
Context
- Recently, Henley Passport Index 2023 has been released which assess the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.
About the Index:
- Released by: Henley and Partners.
- The index includes 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations.
Key Findings:
- Singapore is on the Top with most powerful passport in the world, with its citizens able to visit 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free.
- Germany, Italy, and Spain occupy the second place.
- Japan remained at the third position with countries like Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden.
- India’s Performance: India has climbed seven places on Henley Passport Index 2023 to 80th rank from 87 last year.
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In 2014, India ranked 76 with 52 countries allowing Indian passport holders visa free access but its performance has not been linear. |
Henley Openness Index:
- An exclusive new research has also been released named as ‘Henley Openness Index ‘which measures “how many nations does a country allow visa-free access to”.
- Here, India was ranked 94 out of a total of 97 ranks for allowing only four countries visa-free access.
- The Top 20 ‘most open’ countries are all small island nations or African states, except for Cambodia.
- At the bottom of the Index were four countries for scoring zero for not permitting visa-free access for any passport — namely, Afghanistan, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, and Turkmenistan.
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