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Rankings are based on the freedom of movement and visa-free travel open to holders of particular passports.[1][2][3] The site allows the display of various territories’ passports using a variety of filters such as region and passport cover colour.[4]World Openness Score[edit]The World Openness Score is a measure or index that tracks the ability of the world’s population to travel visa-free.  It grew from 17,904 to 20,143 between 2015 and August 2018.[5] But due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the index fell to about 13,000. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, it rose again. In 2022, the index was nearly 22,000.Methodology[edit]The Passport Index compares passports mainly on their visa-free travel options, but also on how welcoming the countries are to visiting foreigners. In its ranking, The Passport Index looks at 193 United Nations member countries and six territories, which include ROC Taiwan, Macao (SAR China), Hong Kong (SAR China), Kosovo, Palestinian Territory and the Vatican. Territories annexed to other countries such as Norfolk Island (Australia), French Polynesia (France), British Virgin Islands (Britain) are excluded.[6][7]Visa-free score: The Passport Index ranks passports based on a “total visa-free score,” which assigns passports a point for each country their holders can visit without a visa, with a visa on arrival or by obtaining electronic travel authorization (ETA). The country with the highest visa-free score has the most powerful passport.[8]Welcoming Score: The Passport Index awards one point to each country’s passport which allows its bearer to enter visa-free or with visa on arrival. The country with the highest welcoming score is the most welcoming country in the world.World Openness Score: The World Openness Score is a measure that reflects the travel openness between countries.\u00a0It has grown from 17,904 to 18,680 between 2015 and August 2017. On 21 November 2018 it had reached 20,189.Global Mobility Score: The Global Mobility Score is a benchmark that shows an individual’s level of freedom of global mobility reflecting one or more passports in their possession. Higher scores reflect increased freedom of mobility.Ranking[edit]Global Passport Power Rank: World’s passports are ranked by their total visa-free score. Countries that share equal visa-free scores, are sorted by the number of visa-free countries portion of that score.Individual Passport Power Rank: Data from the latest UN Human Development Index is used to further break the ties and order the countries in unique ranks.[6]Welcoming Countries Rank: The Passport Index ranks countries by how welcoming they are to other nationalities.Results[edit]Passport Index rankings are in real-time and continue to vary as new changes to visa agreements are made. For the most part, the Top 10 places have been occupied by European countries with the exception of Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.Between 2017 and 2018, at top of the list with a visa-free score of 165 were Singapore and Germany, while the United States of America, South Korea, France, Denmark and Sweden were among the 11 countries that shared the second spot with a score of 164. The UAE passport now takes first place with a visa-free score of 177.[9][10]Scores and rankings are from the 2022 World Openness Score.[11][12]CountryScoreRankAfghanistan38101Albania11547Algeria6481Andorra15713Angola6382Antigua and Barbuda14026Argentina16012Armenia7768Australia1714Austria1732Azerbaijan8065Bahamas14621Bahrain9653Bangladesh4996Barbados15217Belarus9157Belgium1723Belize9852Benin6877Bhutan6679Bolivia8561Bosnia and Herzegovina11846Botswana8660Brazil16111Brunei15316Bulgaria1678Burkina Faso6778Burundi5887Cambodia6976Cameroon5986Canada1705Cape Verde7570Central African Republic6184Chad6283Chile16012China8362Colombia13629Comoros6382Congo5788Congo (Dem. Rep.)5590Costa Rica14125Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)6778Croatia1678Cuba7867Cyprus1678Czech Republic1714Denmark1723Djibouti6085Dominica13233Dominican Republic8164Ecuador10151Egypt6580El Salvador12836Equatorial Guinea6580Eritrea5293Estonia1696Eswatini7966Ethiopia5392Fiji9653Finland1732France1732Gabon6877Gambia7273Georgia12539Germany1732Ghana7273Greece1714Grenada13530Guatemala12836Guinea6481Guyana9355Haiti6382Honduras12935Hong Kong15614Hungary1714Iceland1687India7372Indonesia8561Iran5194Iraq4099Ireland1723Israel15118Italy1732Jamaica9653Japan1714Jordan6580Kazakhstan8859Kenya7471Kiribati12440Kosovo5689Kuwait10550Kyrgyzstan7273Laos6382Latvia1696Lebanon5590Lesotho8263Liberia6085Libya5095Liechtenstein1687Lithuania1705Luxembourg1732Macao13827Madagascar6778Malawi7867Malaysia1659Maldives9454Mali6382Malta1705Marshall Islands12440Mauritania6481Mauritius13530Mexico15019Micronesia12044Moldova12143Monaco16310Mongolia7669Montenegro12638Morocco7768Mozambique6679Namibia8065Nauru9058Nepal5590Netherlands1732New Zealand1723Nicaragua12242Niger6481Nigeria5590North Korea5095North Macedonia12836Norway1723Oman9256Pakistan4692Palau11945Palestinian Territories5095Panama13332Papua New Guinea8362Paraguay13728Peru14522Philippines7669Poland1723Portugal1723Qatar10948Romania1678Russian Federation12440Rwanda7075Saint Kitts and Nevis14324Saint Lucia13629Samoa12836San Marino15515Sao Tome and Principe7273Saudi Arabia9256Senegal6778Serbia13629Seychelles14125Sierra Leone6877Singapore1705Slovakia1705Slovenia1696Solomon Islands13134Somalia4498South Africa10649South Korea1732South Sudan5392Spain1732Sri Lanka5590Sudan5491Suriname8561Sweden1732Switzerland1732Syria39100Taiwan13431Tajikistan6976Tanzania7273Thailand9454Togo6481Tonga12440Trinidad and Tobago13827Tunisia8362Turkey12341Turkmenistan6382Tuvalu12737Uganda7174Ukraine14522United Arab Emirates1771United Kingdom1714United States of America1723Uruguay14720Uzbekistan7273Vanuatu9852Vatican City14522Venezuela12440Viet Nam6976Yemen4597Zambia7471Zimbabwe6877Case studies[edit]United Arab Emirates[edit]In 2017, The Passport Index was assigned to monitor the development of the newly launched UAE Passport Force Initiative, with the aim to position the Emirati passport on the list of the five most powerful passports in the world by 2021. By 31 October 2018, the Emirati passport had already reached fourth place.[13]However in 2021, the passport’s power trend dropped secondary to the COVID pandemic.[14]Background[edit]The Passport Index was launched by Arton Capital, a financial services firm with a head office in Montreal, in 2014.[15][16][17]See also[edit]References[edit]^ “The Passport Index: Which countries are easy to visit?”. Al Jazeera. 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2017-09-27.^ Lagerquist, Jeff (February 21, 2018). “Where does Canada rank on the list of world’s most powerful passports?”. CTVnews.^ Greenspan, Rachel (September 6, 2018). “These Countries Have the Most Powerful Passports in the World”.^ Swanson, Ana (April 15, 2015). “A ranking of the world’s ‘most powerful’ passports”. The Washington Post.^ “World Openness Score”. Arton Capital. Retrieved 2018-08-16.^ a b Cripps, Karla (25 October 2017). “Singapore now offers the world’s most powerful passport”. CNN.^ “PH passport is 67th most ‘powerful’ in the world”. CBN News. January 11, 2018.^ Trimble, Megan (October 25, 2017). “Countries With the Most Powerful Passports for Travel”. US News. Archived from the original on 2017-10-26.^ “World Openness Score – Visa-Free Trends | Passport Index 2022”. Passport Index – Global Mobility Intelligence. Retrieved 2022-11-16.^ “Global Passport Power Rank 2022 | Passport Index 2022”. Passport Index – Global Mobility Intelligence. Retrieved 2022-11-16.^ “World Openness Score – Visa-Free Trends | Passport Index 2022”. Passport Index – Global Mobility Intelligence. Retrieved 2022-11-18.^ “Global Passport Power Rank 2022 | Passport Index 2022”. Passport Index – Global Mobility Intelligence. Retrieved 2022-11-18.^ “UAE passport now world’s 4th most powerful”. Khaleej times. 31 October 2018.^ “Passport Index Trend”. Passport Index. Retrieved 4 March 2021.^ “Die besten P\u00e4sse f\u00fcr Vielreisende”. Der Spiegel (in German). 16 April 2014.^ Caline Malek (2017-08-31). “UAE awarded for having most powerful passport in GCC”. The National. Retrieved 2017-09-27.^ Khalil, Edin. “UAE passport ranks number one globally”. www.gulftoday.ae. Retrieved 4 August 2022.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/the-passport-index-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"The Passport Index – Wikipedia"}}]}]