22 minutes agoJapanese passport takes first place thanks to Kosovo's recent decision
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovo's decision to establish visa regimes for Singapore has made Japan become the most powerful passport in the world. This decision of Kosovo has dropped Singapore to second place, a country that will now share with Germany. Kosovo makes Japan with the most powerful passport [...]
Kosovo makes Japan the most powerful passport in the world
Japan has become the country with the most powerful passport in the world, leaving Germany and Singapore behind, states that so far, one at a time, had this epithet.
The Sygnapor transition to second place, which they already shared with Germany, had come after Kosovo returned the visa regime for citizens of this state.
Kosovo, which stands 91st with the least powerful passport, decided to lift the visa-free regime for Singapore.
As long as Kosovo citizens can visit only 38 countries without visas or visa arrivals.
The passport index data Henley shows Afghanistan and Iraq remain countries with the lowest passports in the world, as their holders have the right to enter only 30 countries without visas.
From this ranking, citizens of Japan can travel 189 countries with this country's passport. By passport of Germany and Singapore, you can travel to 188 countries. France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, South Korea, in 187 countries, writes Insander.
Citizens of Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Luxembourg, Holland, Portugal, the United States can travel to 186 countries. Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland and Canada 185 countries.
This ranking is from Henley Passport Index, which lists global passports is published by Henley & Partners, a firm focused on residence and citizenship planning. The firm ranks passports of 199 states based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
