World’s best and worst passports in 2023: Japan, South Korea, Singapore in most powerful passport list

Our Correspondent

Kohima, Jan. 24 (EMN): Japan tops the list of most powerful or best passports in the world, allowing visa-free entry or with visa-on-arrival to 193 destinations, followed by South Korea and Singapore in the second place with the visas of both the countries enable access to 192 nations without restrictions, according to latest Henley Passport Index.

Japan has topped the list of world’s most powerful passports for the fifth consecutive year.

The Henley Passport Index, which is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom enjoyed by the holders, had included 199 passports and 227 travel destinations for this year’s ranking published on January 10.

Updated quarterly, Henley Passport Index is considered the standard reference tool for global citizens and sovereign states to assess passport rankings on the global mobility spectrum.

The Henley Passport Index

List of Top 10 most powerful / best passports to hold in 2023:

Country	Destinations
1. Japan	193
2. Singapore, South Korea	192
3. Germany, Spain	190
4. Finland, Italy, Luxembourg	189
5. Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden	188
6. France, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom	187
7. Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States, Czech Republic	186
8. Australia, Canada, Greece, Malta	185
9. Hungary, Poland	184
10. Lithuania, Slovakia	183

List of Top 10 worst passports to hold in 2023:

Countries	Destinations
100. Congo (Dem. Rep.), Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Sudan	42
101. Bangladesh, Kosovo, Libya	41
102. North Korea	40
103. Nepal, Palestinian territory	38
104. Somalia	35
105. Yemen	34
106. Pakistan	32
107. Syria	30
108. Iraq	29
109. Afghanistan	27

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