Global Passport Power Rank 2021 | 10 Most Powerful & Weakest Passport in the World 2021

World's most powerful passport 2021 | Henley Passport Index - 2021

The Henley & Partners Passport Index Q-1 has been updated on 5th January 2021. This is the original ranking of the global passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The Henley Passport index ranking is based on exclusive data from the IATA - International Air Transport Association, which is maintains the world’s largest and most accurate database of travel information. The global passport index includes 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations. Passport index Updated in real-time throughout the year, as and when visa-policy changes come into effect, the Henley & Partners  Passport Index is the most reliable index of its kind.

Every year on a fixed date, Henley & Partners receives the exclusive data from the IATA - International Air Transport Authority, which forms the basis of the Henley Passport Index. On this way Henley maintain the accuracy of the data which is provided by IATA in the face of constant updates to visa policy, and in order to create detailed visa lists for all 199 passports in Henley & Partners database, their team uses publicly available and reliable online sources to cross-check each passport against all 227 possible travel destinations. Their research team working on it throughout the year. It is coupled with a rigorous monitoring system to pick up relevant visa-policy shifts.

 

10 most powerful passport 2021

According to Henley and Partners index report world strongest passports are Japan, Singapore, Germany, South Korea, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Austria &  Denmark.

1. Japan (Visa free access to 191 destinations)

2. Singapore (Visa free access to 190 destinations)

3. Germany & South Korea (Visa Free access to 189 destinations)

4. Finland, Italy, Luxembourg & Spain (Visa free access to 188 destinations)

5. Austria & Denmark (Visa free access to 187 destinations)

6. France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal & Sweden (Visa free access to 186 destinations)

7. Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States (Visa free access to 185 destinations)

8. Australia, Czech Republic, Greece, Malta (Visa free access to 184 destinations)

9. Canada (Visa free access to 183 destinations)

10. Hungary (Visa free access to 182 destinations)

 

10 Weakest Passports in the World 2021

As per Henley and Partners Passport Index report, the weakest passport in the world are Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia & Yemen, Palestinian Territory, Libya & Nepal, North Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon & Sudan, Bangladesh & Iran

1. Bangladesh & Iran (Visa Free access to 41 destinations)

2. Kosovo, Lebanon & Sudan (Visa Free access to 40 destinations)

3. North Korea (Visa Free access to 39 destinations)

4. Libya & Nepal   (Visa Free access to 38 destinations)

5. Palestinian Territory (Visa Free access to 37 destinations)

6. Somalia & Yemen (Visa Free access to 33 destinations)

7. Pakistan (Visa Free access to 32 destinations)

8. Syria (Visa Free access to 29 destinations)

9. Iraq (Visa Free access to 28 destinations)

10. Afghanistan (Visa Free access to 26 destinations)

Global Passport Power Rank Index Q-1 2021:

 

Rank	Passport	Visa-Free Score
1	Japan	191
2	Singapore	190
3	Germany South Korea	189
4	Finland Italy Luxembourg Spain	188
5	Austria Denmark	187
6	France Ireland Netherlands Portugal Sweden	186
7	Belgium Norway Switzerland United Kingdom United States	185
8	Czech Republic Greece Malta New Zealand	184
9	Australia Canada	183
10	Hungary	182
11	Lithuania Poland Slovakia	181
12	Iceland Latvia Slovenia	180
13	Estonia	179
14	Liechtenstein Malaysia	178
15	Monaco	175
16	Chile Cyprus	174
17	Romania	172
18	Bulgaria	171
19	Argentina Brazil Croatia Hong Kong (SAR China) United Arab Emirates	170
20	San Marino	168
21	Andorra	167
22	Brunei	166
23	Barbados	161
24	Israel	160
25	Mexico	159
26	St. Kitts and Nevis	156
27	Bahamas	155
28	Uruguay	153
29	Antigua and Barbuda Seychelles	151
30	Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago	150
31	Vatican City	149
32	Mauritius St. Vincent and the Grenadines	148
33	St. Lucia Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	146
34	Macao (SAR China)	144
35	Grenada	143
36	Paraguay	142
37	Panama	141
38	Dominica	140
39	Peru	135
40	El Salvador Honduras Serbia	134
41	Guatemala	133
42	Samoa Solomon Islands	131
43	Vanuatu	130
44	Nicaragua Ukraine Venezuela
45	Colombia Tuvalu	127
46	Tonga	125
47	Montenegro North Macedonia	124
48	Kiribati Marshall Islands	122
49	Moldova	120
50	Palau Islands	119
51	Micronesia Russian Federation	118
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	117
53	Georgia	116
54	Albania	114
55	Turkey	111
56	Belize South Africa	101
57	Kuwait Qatar Timor-Leste	95
58	Ecuador	91
59	Nauru	89
60	Fiji Guyana	88
61	Jamaica	86
62	Botswana 85 Maldives	85
63	Papua New Guinea	84
64	Bahrain	82
65	Oman	79
66	Bolivia Suriname Thailand	78
67	Namibia Saudi Arabia	77
68	Kazakhstan	76
69	Belarus Lesotho	75
70	China eSwatini	74
71	Malawi	73
72	Kenya	72
73	Indonesia Tanzania Zambia	71
74	Tunisia	69
75	The Gambia	68
76	Azerbaijan Philippines Uganda	67
77	Cape Verde Islands	66
78	Dominican Republic Ghana Zimbabwe	65
79	Cuba Morocco	64
80	Armenia Kyrgyzstan Sierra Leone	63
81	Benin Mongolia Mozambique	62
82	Sao Tome and Principe	61
83	Rwanda	60
84	Burkina Faso Mauritania	59
85	India Tajikistan	58
86	Cote d'Ivoire Gabon Uzbekistan	57
87	Senegal	56
88	Equatorial Guinea Guinea Madagascar Togo	55
89	Cambodia Mali Niger Vietnam	54
90	Bhutan Chad Comoro Islands Guinea-Bissau Turkmenistan	53
91	Central African Republic	52
92	Algeria Jordan	51
93	Angola Burundi Egypt Laos	50
94	Cameroon Haiti Liberia	49
95	Congo (Rep.)	48
96	Djibouti Myanmar	47
97	Nigeria	46
98	Ethiopia	44
99	South Sudan	43
100	Congo (Dem. Rep.) Eritrea Sri Lanka	42
101	Bangladesh Iran	41
102	Kosovo Lebanon Sudan	40
103	North Korea	39
104	Libya Nepal	38
105	Palestinian Territory	37
106	Somalia Yemen	33
107	Pakistan	32
108	Syria	29
109	Iraq	28
110	Afghanistan	26

Glossary:

1. Visa-free: You do not need a visa to enter these destinations
2. Visa on arrival: You need a visa to enter these destinations, but you can apply for and receive the visa upon arrival at the airport (no pre-departure approval necessary)
3. e-Visa: You need a visa to enter these destinations, but you can apply for it online, and the visa you receive is electronic (pre-departure approval necessary)
4. Visa required: You need a traditional visa to enter these destinations, and you need to apply for it in person
5. Visa-free score: The total number of destinations for which you do not require a visa
6. Visa list: The list of destinations that a specific passport can access visa-free, with an electronic visa (e-Visa), with a visa on arrival, or with a traditional visa

 Data source Henley & Partners