India has been ranked 82nd on the latest Henley Passport Index 2024, allowing citizens visa-free access to 58 destinations. Other countries holding this spot include Senegal and Tajikistan.
Top Ranked Countries
Singapore topped the index, making it the country with the world’s most powerful passport, having visa-free entry to 195 countries. Following closely, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Japan have the second most powerful passports in the world, each having visa-free access to 192 destinations.
The third position is held by Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden, with visa-free access to 191 countries.
The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, and Switzerland share the fourth position in the index, with visa-free travel to 190 destinations.
Australia and Portugal hold the fifth spot with visa-free access to 189 destinations.
Once the frontrunner, the United States’ rank has dropped to 8th spot, having visa-free entry to 182 countries.
Lowest Ranked Country
Afghanistan ranked the lowest on the index at 103rd spot, with visa-free access to 26 countries.
The Henley Passport Index
The passport index annually ranks countries based on the number of destinations their citizens can access without the need for visa authorisation. The Henley Passport Index has been tracking global freedoms in 227 countries and territories around the world for the past 19 years. The ranking is determined using data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA).
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Christian Kaelin, chair of Henley and Partners, pointed out the growing disparity in global mobility between countries. The global average number of destinations people can travel to without a visa has almost doubled from 58 in 2006 to 111 in 2024. Despite this, the disparity in global mobility between the highest and lowest-ranked countries is now at its greatest extent, he further stated.
In total, 34 countries have the top 10 most powerful passports in the world.
India’s improved ranking allows citizens to travel visa-free to 58 countries, including popular travel destinations like Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
The list of 58 destinations Indian citizens can access visa-free:
- Angola
- Barbados
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- British Virgin Islands
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde Islands
- Comoro Islands
- Cook Islands
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Grenada
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Laos
- Macao (SAR China)
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niue
- Palau Islands
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Zimbabwe
