Japan tops the list of world's most powerful passports: Henley Passport Index Report 2023

Japan tops the list of world's most powerful passports: Henley Passport Index Report 2023

Daily Current Affairs / Japan tops the list of world's most powerful passports: Henley Passport Index Report 2023

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Category : International Published on: January 12 2023

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Henley Passport Index has released its quarterly list of the most powerful passports.
For a fifth year in a row, the Japanese passport has been crowned the world's most powerful passport with the holders gaining visa-free access or visa on arrival to 193 countries.
Another Asian country occupied the second spot on the table. A Singapore passport allowed the holder to have visa-free access to 192 countries across the globe. Alongside, Singapore, South Korea also occupied the second spot.
Germany and Spain occupied the third spot as the passport holders of the two countries managed to have their way in 190 countries.
The European countries of Italy, Finland and Luxembourg occupied the fourth position on the list with passport holders enjoying visa-free access to 189 countries.
The Indian passport ranks 85th in the world's most powerful passport index 2023 and gives visa-free entry to 59 destinations worldwide.
The Henley Passport Index is the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.

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