By working with data from IATA—the largest travel information database, Henley and Partners—a global residence and citizenship advisory firm—have consistently ranked, for 18 years, the world’s passports “according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa”. They call this ranking the Henley Passport Index (HPI).
Updated quarterly, the index includes 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations. The Q3 2023 HPI report ranks each of those 199 countries and ends up with a list of 104 positions, meaning that more than one country can fit into a rank—if they have the same number of visa-free access.
A passport is said to be “strong” if it can get you across borders without extra entry requirements like visas. The stronger your passport, the more countries you can get into. With travel comes economic mobility that opens up access to international investment and business opportunities.
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Last updated: November 14, 2024
