India’s passport ranking has improved to 80 in 2023 from 87 in 2022, giving its holders visa-free access to as many as 57 countries, a report said.
According to the latest Henley Passport Index, Singapore has replaced Japan for having the world’s most powerful passport, allowing visa-free entry to 192 global
destinations.
Germany, Italy, and Spain have moved up into the second place with visa-free access to 190 destinations, and Japanese passport holders join those of six other nations – Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden – in third place with access to 189 destinations without a prior visa.
The Henley Passport Index rankings are based on the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa, largely based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The report said that India’s neighbour Pakistan has the fourth worst passport in the world, giving its holders visa free access to just 33 countries. At the bottom of the Henley Openness Index, four countries score zero, permitting no visa-free access for any passport – Afghanistan, North Korea, Papa New Guinea, and Turkmenistan.
The list of 57 countries Indians can travel visa free to:
Barbados
Bhutan
Bolivia
British Virgin Islands
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde Islands
Comoro Islands
Cook Islands
Dibouti
Dominica
El Salvador
Fiji
Gabon
isa-free ountry’s nproves
Grenada
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Indonesia
Iran
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Laos
Macao (SAR China)
Madagascar
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Niue
Oman
Palau Islands
Oatar
Rwanda
Samoa
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Tuvalu
sa-free untry’s proves
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe
(With inputs from news agencies)
