LONDON – Henley Passport Index has released the Passports reports for theyear 2018.
Pakistani passport ranked as the 3rd least powerful in the world whileJapan goes into the new year holding 1st place on the Henley PassportIndex, with citizens enjoying visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 190destinations.
In a further display of Asian passport power, Singapore and South Korea nowsit in joint 2nd place, with access to 189 destinations around the globe.
Germany and France remain in 3rd place going into 2019, with a visa-freescore of 188.
Japanese citizens hold the strongest passport in the world, followed bySingapore and South Korea, as Asian countries continue to dominate theworld rankings.
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Japan is in first place, with its citizens able to travel visa-free orobtain a visa on arrival in 190 countries, according to the 2019 HenleyPassport Index.The “continued dominance” of Asian countries in the passport index reflectsthe “extraordinary effect that international mobility and migration has hadon the region”, said Henley & Partners, a citizenship advisory firm.
Germany and France are ranked in third place, with access to 188destinations without a visa; while the US and the UK continue to falter,and now sit at joint sixth place with access to 185 destinations. It marksa significant fall from 2015, when American and British passports wereranked the strongest..In fourth place are Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Sweden, while Spain andLuxembourg are joint fifth.
At the bottom of the 2019 ranking is Iraq and Afghanistan, with access tojust 30 visa-free destinations each.China and the United Arab Emirates have also risen steadily over the pastfew years.
