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Global Passport Ranking, 2020

Ryan MillerStats GateFebruary 19, 2020February 19, 2020

It’s not or British or American. Japan’s passport is now the world’s most powerful, according to CEOWORLD magazine’s Global Passport Ranking for 2020. This was followed by Singapore, South Korea, Germany, Italy, and Finland.

The United States ranked No. 21 in the 2020 index, with 184 visa-free countries. And the worst?

Afghanistan finished the bottom of the Global Passport Ranking, with just 26 countries granting Afghans entry without obtaining an advance visa.

Global Passport Ranking, compiled by the CEOWORLD magazine, ranks the passports of 193 countries and six other territories by counting the number of countries each passport can access without an advance visa. The six territories include Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Kosovo, the Palestinian Territories, and the Vatican.

Global Passport Ranking, 2020

Rank	Country	Visa-free access
1	Japan	191
2	Singapore	190
3	South Korea	189
4	Germany	189
5	Italy	188
6	Finland	188
7	Spain	187
8	Luxembourg	187
9	Denmark	187
10	Sweden	186
11	France	186
12	Austria	185
13	Ireland	185
14	Netherlands	185
15	Portugal	185
16	Switzerland	185
17	Belgium	184
18	Greece	184
19	Norway	184
20	United Kingdom	184
21	United States	184
22	Australia	183
23	Canada	183
24	Czech Republic	183
25	Malta	183
26	New Zealand	183
27	Hungary	181
28	Lithuania	181
29	Slovakia	181
30	Iceland	180
31	Latvia	180
32	Slovenia	180
33	Estonia	179
34	Liechtenstein	178
35	Malaysia	178
36	Poland	176
37	Monaco	175
38	Chile	174
39	Cyprus	174
40	Romania	172
41	United Arab Emirates	171
42	Bulgaria	171
43	Argentina	170
44	Brazil	170
45	Croatia	169
46	Hong Kong	169
47	San Marino	168
48	Andorra	167
49	Brunei	166
50	Barbados	160
51	Israel	159
52	Mexico	158
53	Bahamas	154
54	Saint Kitts and Nevis	154
55	Uruguay	153
56	Seychelles	151
57	Antigua and Barbuda	150
58	Costa Rica	149
59	Trinidad and Tobago	149
60	Vatican City	149
61	Mauritius	146
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	146
63	Taiwan	146
64	Saint Lucia	145
65	Macao	144
66	Grenada	142
67	Paraguay	142
68	Panama	140
69	Dominica	139
70	Peru	135
71	El Salvador	133
72	Honduras	133
73	Serbia	133
74	Guatemala	132
75	Venezuela	132
76	Samoa	131
77	Solomon Islands	131
78	Vanuatu	130
79	Nicaragua	128
80	Ukraine	128
81	Colombia	127
82	Tuvalu	127
83	Tonga	125
84	Montenegro	124
85	North Macedonia	123
86	Kiribati	122
87	Marshall Islands	122
88	Moldova	120
89	Palau Islands	119
90	Micronesia	118
91	Russia	118
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	117
93	Georgia	116
94	Albania	114
95	Turkey	111
96	Belize	100
97	South Africa	100
98	Kuwait	95
99	Timor Lste	95
100	Qatar	93
101	Ecuador	91
102	Fiji	88
103	Guyana	88
104	Nauru	88
105	Jamaica	85
106	Maldives	85
107	Botswana	84
108	Papua New Guinea	84
109	Bahrain	82
110	Oman	79
111	Bolivia	78
112	Suriname	78
113	Thailand	78
114	Saudi Arabia	77
115	Kazakhstan	76
116	Namibia	76
117	Belarus	75
118	Lesotho	74
119	Eswatini	73
120	Malawi	72
121	China	71
122	Indonesia	71
123	Kenya	71
124	Tanzania	70
125	Zambia	70
126	Tunisia	69
127	Gambia	68
128	Azerbaijan	67
129	Philippines	67
130	Cape Verde Islands	66
131	Uganda	66
132	Cuba	65
133	Ghana	65
134	Dominican Republic	64
135	Zimbabwe	64
136	Kyrgyzstan	63
137	Morocco	63
138	Sierra Leone	63
139	Armenia	62
140	Benin	62
141	Mongolia	62
142	Mozambique	61
143	Sao Tome and Principe	61
144	Burkina Faso	59
145	Rwanda	59
146	India	58
147	Tajikistan	58
148	Mauritania (Islamic Republic of)	58
149	Uzbekistan	57
150	Coted Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	57
151	Senegal	56
152	Gabon	56
153	Togo	55
154	Guinea	55
155	Niger	54
156	Vietnam	54
157	Cambodia	54
158	Madagascar	54
159	Mali	54
160	Equatorial Guinea	53
161	Comores Islands	53
162	Chad	53
163	Guinea Bissau	53
164	Bhutan	53
165	Turkmenistan	52
166	Jordan	51
167	Central African Republic	51
168	Laos	50
169	Algeria	50
170	Egypt	49
171	Cameroon	49
172	Burundi	49
173	Liberia	49
174	Haiti	49
175	Angola	49
176	Myanmar	47
177	Congo Republic	47
178	Nigeria	46
179	Djibouti	46
180	South Sudan	43
181	Ethiopia	43
182	Sri Lanka	42
183	Eritrea	41
184	DR Congo	41
185	Iran	41
186	Bangladesh	41
187	Lebanon	40
188	Kosovo	40
189	Sudan	39
190	North Korea	39
191	Palestine	38
192	Nepal	38
193	Libya	37
194	Yemen	33
195	Somalia	32
196	Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)	32
197	Syria	29
198	Iraq	28
199	Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of)	26

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Ryan Miller

Global Assignment Editor

Ryan Miller is the Global Assignment Editor at CEOWORLD magazine. He covers anything and everything related to CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, senior management executives, business leaders, and high net worth individuals worldwide, whether lists or lifestyle, business or rankings. During his five-year tenure at CEOWORLD magazine, he has employed his expertise in data science across several roles. Ryan was previously responsible for data modelling and analytics, as well as secondary research, on the CEOWORLD magazine Custom Research team. He can be reached on email ryan-miller@ceoworld.biz. You can follow him on Twitter at @ceoworld.