Japan tops the strongest passports in the world in 2020, Afghanistan has the weakest passport 1

Japan passport ranked the strongest passport in the world in 2020, allowing its holder to travel to 191 countries without a prior visa. It holds the same positions from last two years. Singapore passport comes in the 2nd positions and Afghanistan passport is the weakest passport in the world in 2020, allowing its holder to travel to only 26 countries without a prior visa .

The Henley Passport Index is the ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The ranking is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world’s largest and most accurate database of travel information.

Passport global ranking 2020

No.	Passport	Rank	Access
1	Japan	1	191
2	Singapore	2	190
3	South Korea	3	189
4	Germany	3	189
5	Italy	4	188
6	Finland	4	188
7	Spain	5	187
8	Luxembourg	5	187
9	Denmark	5	187
10	Sweden	6	186
11	France	6	186
12	Switzerland	7	185
13	Portugal	7	185
14	Netherlands	7	185
15	Ireland	7	185
16	Austria	7	185
17	United States	8	184
18	United Kingdom	8	184
19	Norway	8	184
20	Greece	8	184
21	Belgium	8	184
22	New Zealand	9	183
23	Malta	9	183
24	Czech Republic	9	183
25	Canada	9	183
26	Australia	9	183
27	Slovakia	10	181
28	Lithuania	10	181
29	Hungary	10	181
30	Slovenia	11	180
31	Latvia	11	180
32	Iceland	11	180
33	Estonia	12	179
34	Malaysia	13	178
35	Liechtenstein	13	178
36	Poland	14	176
37	Monaco	15	175
38	Cyprus	16	174
39	Chile	16	174
40	Romania	17	172
41	United Arab Emirates	18	171
42	Bulgaria	18	171
43	Brazil	19	170
44	Argentina	19	170
45	Hong Kong (SAR China)	20	169
46	Croatia	20	169
47	San Marino	21	168
48	Andorra	22	167
49	Brunei	23	166
50	Barbados	24	160
51	Israel	25	159
52	Mexico	26	158
53	St. Kitts and Nevis	27	154
54	Bahamas	27	154
55	Uruguay	28	153
56	Seychelles	29	151
57	Antigua and Barbuda	30	150
58	Vatican City	31	149
59	Trinidad and Tobago	31	149
60	Costa Rica	31	149
61	Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	32	146
62	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	32	146
63	Mauritius	32	146
64	St. Lucia	33	145
65	Macao (SAR China)	34	144
66	Paraguay	35	142
67	Grenada	35	142
68	Panama	36	140
69	Dominica	37	139
70	Peru	38	135
71	Serbia	39	133
72	Honduras	39	133
73	El Salvador	39	133
74	Venezuela	40	132
75	Guatemala	40	132
76	Solomon Islands	41	131
77	Samoa	41	131
78	Vanuatu	42	130
79	Ukraine	43	128
80	Nicaragua	43	128
81	Tuvalu	44	127
82	Colombia	44	127
83	Tonga	45	125
84	Montenegro	46	124
85	North Macedonia	47	123
86	Marshall Islands	48	122
87	Kiribati	48	122
88	Moldova	49	120
89	Palau Islands	50	119
90	Russian Federation	51	118
91	Micronesia	51	118
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52	117
93	Georgia	53	116
94	Albania	54	114
95	Turkey	55	111
96	South Africa	56	100
97	Belize	56	100
98	Timor-Leste	57	95
99	Kuwait	57	95
100	Qatar	58	93
101	Ecuador	59	91
102	Nauru	60	88
103	Guyana	60	88
104	Fiji	60	88
105	Maldives	61	85
106	Jamaica	61	85
107	Papua New Guinea	62	84
108	Botswana	62	84
109	Bahrain	63	82
110	Oman	64	79
111	Thailand	65	78
112	Suriname	65	78
113	Bolivia	65	78
114	Saudi Arabia	66	77
115	Namibia	67	76
116	Kazakhstan	67	76
117	Belarus	68	75
118	Lesotho	69	74
119	Eswatini (Swaziland)	70	73
120	Malawi	71	72
121	Kenya	72	71
122	Indonesia	72	71
123	China	72	71
124	Zambia	73	70
125	Tanzania	73	70
126	Tunisia	74	69
127	Gambia	75	68
128	Philippines	76	67
129	Azerbaijan	76	67
130	Uganda	77	66
131	Cape Verde Islands	77	66
132	Ghana	78	65
133	Cuba	78	65
134	Zimbabwe	79	64
135	Dominican Republic	79	64
136	Sierra Leone	80	63
137	Morocco	80	63
138	Kyrgyzstan	80	63
139	Mongolia	81	62
140	Benin	81	62
141	Armenia	81	62
142	Sao Tome and Principe	82	61
143	Mozambique	82	61
144	Rwanda	83	59
145	Burkina Faso	83	59
146	Tajikistan	84	58
147	Mauritania	84	58
148	India	84	58
149	Uzbekistan	85	57
150	Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	85	57
151	Senegal	86	56
152	Gabon	86	56
153	Togo	87	55
154	Guinea	87	55
155	Vietnam	88	54
156	Niger	88	54
157	Mali	88	54
158	Madagascar	88	54
159	Cambodia	88	54
160	Guinea-Bissau	89	53
161	Equatorial Guinea	89	53
162	Comores Islands	89	53
163	Chad	89	53
164	Bhutan	89	53
165	Turkmenistan	90	52
166	Jordan	91	51
167	Central African Republic	91	51
168	Laos	92	50
169	Algeria	92	50
170	Liberia	93	49
171	Haiti	93	49
172	Egypt	93	49
173	Cameroon	93	49
174	Burundi	93	49
175	Angola	93	49
176	Myanmar	94	47
178	Congo (Rep.)	94	47
179	Nigeria	95	46
180	Djibouti	95	46
181	South Sudan	96	43
182	Ethiopia	96	43
183	Sri Lanka	97	42
184	Iran	98	41
185	Eritrea	98	41
186	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	98	41
187	Bangladesh	98	41
188	Lebanon	99	40
189	Kosovo	99	40
190	Sudan	100	39
191	North Korea	100	39
192	Palestinian Territory	101	38
193	Nepal	101	38
194	Libya	102	37
195	Yemen	103	33
196	Somalia	104	32
197	Pakistan	104	32
198	Syria	105	29
199	Iraq	106	28
200	Afghanistan	107	26

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Japan tops the strongest passports in the world in 2020, Afghanistan has the weakest passport

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