What is a passport?
A passport is a world-class "identification card" (by Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
A passport is a document issued by a public institution that certifies nationality and other status and requests protection from a foreign government agency (by Wikipedia).
About World Passport Ranking
This ranking is updated from time to time by British consulting firm Henry & Partners based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
For passports from 199 countries around the world, check the destinations you can enter without a visa or with an arrival visa system, and use that number as the score for each country.
The latest 2022 ranking was announced on January 12, 2022.
World Passport Ranking List
Ranking / country name (number of countries that can travel without a visa)
- 1 Japan (191)
- 2 Singapore (190)
- 3 Korea (189)
- 3 Germany (189)
- 4 Italy (188)
- 4 Finland (188)
- 4 Spain (188)
- 4 Luxembourg (188)
- 5 Denmark (187)
- 5 Austria (187)
- 6 Sweden (186)
- 6 France (186)
- 6 Portugal (186)
- 6 Netherlands (186)
- 6 Ireland (186)
- 7 Belgium (185)
- 7 New Zealand (185)
- 7 Switzerland (185)
- 7 United Kingdom (185)
- 7 America (185)
- 7 Norway (185)
- 8 Australia (184)
- 8 Greece (184)
- 8 Malta (184)
- 8 Czech Republic (184)
- 9 Canada (183)
- 10 Hungary (182)
- 11 Iceland (181)
- 11 Slovakia (181)
- 11 Lithuania (181)
- 11 Poland (181)
- 12 Slovenia (180)
- 12 Latvia (180)
- 13 Estonia (179)
- 14 Liechtenstein (178)
- 14 Malaysia (178)
- 15 Chile (174)
- 15 Cyprus (174)
- 15 Monaco (174)
- 16 United Arab Emirates (173)
- 17 Romania (172)
- 18 Bulgaria (171)
- 18 Croatia (171)
- 19 Brazil (170)
- 19 Argentina (170)
- 19 Hong Kong (170)
- 20 San Marino (168)
- 21 Andorra (167)
- 22 Brunei (166)
- 23 Barbados (161)
- 23 Israel (161)
- 24 Mexico (159)
- 25 Saint Kitts and Nevis (156)
- 26 The Bahamas (155)
- 27 Uruguay (153)
- 27 Vatican City (153)
- 28 Antigua and Barbuda (151)
- 28 Seychelles (153)
- 29 Costa Rica (150)
- 29 Trinidad and Tobago (150)
- 30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (148)
- 31 Mauritius (146)
- 31 Saint Lucia (146)
- 32 Taiwan (145)
- 33 Grenada (144)
- 33 Macau (144)
- 34 Dominica (143)
- 35 Panama (142)
- 36 Paraguay (141)
- 37 Peru (135)
- 38 El Salvador (134)
- 38 Honduras (134)
- 38 Serbia (134)
- 39 Guatemala (133)
- 40 Samoa (131)
- 40 Solomon Islands (131)
- 41 Ukraine (130)
- 41 Vanuatu (130)
- 42 Colombia (129)
- 42 Nicaragua (129)
- 42 Venezuela (129)
- 43 Tuvalu (127)
- 44 Tonga (125)
- 45 Montenegro (124)
- 45 North Macedonia (124)
- 46 Kiribati (123)
- 46 Marshall Islands (123)
- 47 Moldova (120)
- 47 Palau (120)
- 48 Micronesia (118)
- 49 Bosnia and Herzegovina (117)
- 50 Russia (116)
- 51 Georgia (115)
- 52 Albania (114)
- 53 Turkey (110)
- 54 Belize (101)
- 54 South Africa (101)
- 55 Kuwait (96)
- 56 Qatar (95)
- 57 East Timor (94)
- 58 Ecuador (92)
- 59 Nauru (89)
- 60 Fiji (88)
- 60 Guyana (88)
- 61 Jamaica (86)
- 62 Botswana (85)
- 62 Maldives (85)
- 63 Papua New Guinea (84)
- 64 Bahrain (83)
- 65 Oman (80)
- 66 Saudi Arabia (79)
- 66 Thailand (79)
- 67 Bolivia (78)
- 67 Suriname (78)
- 68 Namibia (77)
- 69 Lesotho (76)
- 70 Belarus (75)
- 70 China (75)
- 70 Kazakhstan (75)
- 71 Eswatini (74)
- 72 Malawi (73)
- 73 Kenya (72)
- 74 Indonesia (71)
- 74 Tanzania (71)
- 74 Tunisia (71)
- 74 Zambia (71)
- 75 The Gambia (68)
- 76 Azerbaijan (67)
- 76 Uganda (67)
- 77 Cape Verde (66)
- 77 Dominican Republic (66)
- 77 Philippines (66)
- 78 Ghana (65)
- 78 Zimbabwe (65)
- 79 Cuba (64)
- 79 Morocco (64)
- 80 Armenia (63)
- 80 Kyrgyzstan (63)
- 80 Sierra Leone (63)
- 81 Benin (62)
- 81 Mongolia (62)
- 81 Mozambique (62)
- 82 Sao Tome Principe (61)
- 83 Rwanda (60)
- 84 Burkina Faso (59)
- 84 Mauritania (59)
- 85 India (58)
- 85 Tajikistan (58)
- 86 Cote d'Ivoire (57)
- 86 Gabon (58)
- 86 Uzbekistan (58)
- 87 Senegal (56)
- 88 Equatorial Guinea (55)
- 88 Guinea (55)
- 88 Madagascar (55)
- 88 Togo (55)
- 89 Cambodia (54)
- 89 Mali (54)
- 89 Niger (54)
- 89 Vietnam (54)
- 90 Bhutan (53)
- 90 Chad (53)
- 90 Comoros (53)
- 90 Guinea-Bissau (53)
- 90 Turkmenistan (53)
- 91 Central Africa (52)
- 92 Algeria (51)
- 92 Jordan (51)
- 93 Angola (50)
- 93 Burundi (50)
- 93 Egypt (50)
- 93 Laos (50)
- 94 Cameroon (49)
- 94 Haiti (49)
- 94 Liberia (49)
- 95 Republic of the Congo (48)
- 96 Djibouti (47)
- 96 Myanmar (47)
- 97 Nigeria (46)
- 98 Ethiopia (44)
- 99 South Sudan (43)
- 100 Democratic Republic of the Congo (42)
- 100 Eritrea (42)
- 100 Sri Lanka (42)
- 101 Bangladesh (41)
- 101 Iran (41)
- 102 Kosovo (40)
- 102 Lebanon (40)
- 102 Sudan (40)
- 103 North Korea (39)
- 104 Libya (38)
- 104 Nepal (38)
- 105 Palestine (37)
- 106 Somalia (33)
- 106 Yemen (33)
- 107 Pakistan (32)
- 108 Syria (29)
- 109 Iraq (28)
2022 Top 5 Ranking
No.1：Japan（191）
No.2：Singapore（190）
No.3：Korea・Germany（189）
No.4：Italy / Finland / Spain / Luxembourg（188）
No.5：Denmark / Austria（187）
Top 5 rankings for 2020
No.1：Japan（193）
No.2：Singapore（192）
No.3：Korea / Germany（191）
No.4：Italy / Finland / Spain / Luxembourg（190）
No.5：Denmark / Austria（189）
2019 Top 5 Ranking
No.1：Japan / Singapore（190）
No.2：Korea / Germany / Finland（188）
No.3：Denmark / Italy / Luxembourg（187）
No.4：France / Sweden / Spain（186）
No.5：Austria / Netherlands / Portugal（185）
Summary
Japan has been number one for the past few years.
Japan is the third largest country in the world in terms of GDP, and the fact that Japanese people are considered to have low security risks from overseas as well.
This is probably the reason for this result.
I want to behave in a way that is respected so as not to do anything wrong.
Regards,
hiro
