This year’s Henley Passport Index, a ranking that shows how many countries citizens of each country can visit without a visa, has been announced.
The rating is compiled using information from the International Air Transport Association. It covers 199 passports and 227 countries.
The Singaporean passport again takes first place in the rating. Singaporean citizens can visit 195 countries without a visa. In joint second place, able to freely enter 194 countries, are passport holders from France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain.
Kazakhstan ranks 67th in this year’s Index: holders of a Kazakhstani passport can enter 79 countries without a visa. Next in Central Asia is Kyrgyzstan, in 78th place, whose citizens can freely visit 65 countries. Uzbekistan is 79th in the ranking (64 countries), Tajikistan is 82nd (60), and Turkmenistan is 90th (52)
The world’s weakest passport is the Afghan passport. Citizens of Afghanistan can only visit 28 countries without a visa.
