Asian - not American - passports are the best in the world for travel enthusiasts. This is the conclusion made by Henley & Partners experts, who prepared the ranking of Henley passports for 2020 and the Global Mobility Report.
For the third year in a row, Japan has held the highest position. This year, holders of its passports can visit 191 countries without obtaining a visa. According to a representative of Henley & Partners, “Japan's passport managed to pull ahead of Singapore as it retained its visa on arrival access to the South American country of Suriname, which Singapore did not.”
The United States of America and the United Kingdom were both ranked at eighth place.
China and India were ranked at 72nd and 84th position respectively. China passport holders could access to 71 countries without having to apply prior visa, while India only had access to 58 countries.
The Henley & Partners Passport Index is an international ranking of countries for the level of freedom of movement that they provide to their citizens. The index analyzes the visa rules of more than 200 countries and territories and ranks them by the number of countries without visa entry. The country's position in the ranking is determined by the number of countries in the world into which its citizens can enter without applying for visas (without a visa or with a visa upon arrival).
Passport Rating:
1) Japan
2) Singapore
3) South Korea and Germany
4) Italy and Finland
5) Spain, Luxembourg, Denmark
6) Sweden, France
7) Switzerland, Portugal, Netherlands, Ireland, Austria
8) USA, UK, Norway, Greece, Belgium
9) New Zealand, Malta, Czech Republic, Canada, Australia
10) Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary
