Nigeria News: See Nigeria’s spot in 2019 world’s most powerful passports [Full list]
The Henley Passport Index has released 2019 ranking of all the world’s passports, and Nigeria's Passport is among the world's most powerful passports.
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| Nigeria's Passport among the world's most powerful passports. |
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The ranking was according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.
Although, Japan was number one in 2018, the country now shares the spot with Singapore.
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Holders of Japan and Singapore's passports can easily enter 190 countries.
“With a few notable exceptions, the latest rankings from the Henley Passport Index show that countries around the world increasingly view visa-openness as crucial to economic and social progress,” said Dr Christian H Kaelin, chairman of Henley & Partners and the creator of the passport index.
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“Discussions of passport power and global mobility tend to focus on the benefits for the countries with the strongest passports.
“However, this latest unique research appears to confirm something that many of us already knew intuitively: that increased visa-openness benefits the entire global community, and not just the strongest countries.”
List of countries, rank and number of countries accessible below:
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- Japan: 1 – 190
- Singapore: 1 – 190
- South Korea: 2 --188
- Germany: 2 --188
- Finland: 2 – 188
- Denmark: 3 – 187
- Italy: 3 – 187
- Luxembourg: 3 – 187
- France: 4 – 186
- Sweden: 4 – 186
- Spain: 4 – 186
- Austria: 5 – 185
- Netherlands: 5 – 185
- Portugal: 5 – 185
- Norway: 6 – 184
- Switzerland: 6 – 184
- United Kingdom: 6 – 184
- United States: 6 – 184
- Belgium: 6 – 184
- Canada: 6 – 184
- Greece: 6 – 184
- Ireland: 6 – 184
- Czech Republic: 7 – 183
- Malta: 7 – 183
- New Zealand: 8 – 182
- Australia: 9 – 181
- Lithuania: 9 – 181
- Slovakia: 9 – 181
- Iceland: 10 – 180
- Hungary: 10 – 180
- Latvia: 10 – 180
- Slovenia: 10 – 180
- Estonia: 11 – 179
- Malaysia: 12 – 177
- Liechtenstein: 12 – 177
- Chile: 13 – 174
- Poland: 13 – 174
- Monaco: 14 – 173
- Cyprus: 14 – 173
- United Arab Emirates: 15 – 172
- Romania: 16 – 171
- Brazil: 17 – 170
- Argentina: 17 – 170
- Bulgaria: 17 – 170
- Hong Kong (SAR China): 18 – 168
- Croatia: 18 – 168
- San Marino: 19 – 167
- Andorra: 20 – 166
- Brunei: 21 – 165
- Israel: 22 – 159
- Barbados: 22 – 159
- Mexico: 23 – 158
- Bahamas: 24 – 154
- St. Kitts and Nevis: 24 – 154
- Uruguay: 25 – 153
- Seychelles: 26 – 151
- Costa Rica: 27 – 150
- Antigua and Barbuda: 28 – 149
- Trinidad and Tobago: 29 – 148
- Vatican City: 29 – 148
- Mauritius: 30 – 146
- Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)31: – 145
- St. Lucia: 31 – 145
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 31 – 145
- Grenada: 32 – 142
- Paraguay: 32 – 142
- Macao (SAR China): 33 – 141
- Panama: 34 – 140
- Dominica: 35 – 137
- Peru: 36 – 135
- El Salvador: 37 – 134
- Honduras: 37 – 134
- Venezuela: 38 – 132
- Guatemala: 38 – 132
- Serbia: 39 – 131
- Samoa: 39 – 131
- Solomon Islands: 40 – 130
- Vanuatu: 40 – 130
- Nicaragua41 – 128
- Tuvalu: 42 – 127
- Ukraine: 43 – 126
- Colombia: 43 – 126
- Tonga: 44 – 125
- North Macedonia: 45 – 123
- Marshall Islands: 46 – 122
- Kiribati: 46 – 122
- Montenegro: 46 – 122
- Moldova: 47 – 119
- Micronesia: 47 – 119
- Palau Islands: 47 – 119
- Russian Federation: 48 – 117
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 49 – 116
- Georgia: 50 – 114
- Albania: 51 – 113
- Turkey: 52 – 112
- South Africa: 53 – 100
- Belize: 54 – 99
- Timor-Leste: 55 – 95
- Kuwait: 56 – 93
- Qatar: 57 – 92
- Ecuador: 58 – 91
- Fiji: 59 – 88
- Guyana: 60 – 87
- Nauru: 60 – 87
- Maldives: 61 – 84
- Jamaica: 61 – 84
- Papua New Guinea: 62 83
- Botswana: 62 – 83
- Bahrain: 63 – 81
- Oman: 64 – 79
- Suriname: 65 – 78
- Bolivia: 65 – 78
- Thailand: 66 – 77
- Namibia: 67 – 76
- Belarus: 68 – 75
- Kazakhstan; 68 – 75
- Lesotho: 69 – 74
- Saudi Arabia: 69 – 74
- Eswatini (Swaziland): 70 – 73
- Malawi: 71 – 72
- China: 72 – 71
- Kenya: 72 – 71
- Indonesia: 73 – 70
- Zambia: 73 – 70
- Gambia: 74 – 69
- Tanzania: 75 – 68
- Tunisia: 75 – 68
- Azerbaijan: 76 – 66
- Cape Verde Islands: 76 – 66
- Uganda: 76 – 66
- Philippines: 77 – 65
- Cuba: 77 – 65
- Ghana: 77 – 65
- Dominican Republic: 78 – 64
- Zimbabwe: 78 – 64
- Sierra Leone: 79 -63
- Kyrgyzstan: 80 – 62
- Benin: 80 – 62
- Mongolia: 80 – 62
- Morocco: 80 – 62
- Armenia: 81 – 60
- Mozambique: 81 – 60
- Sao Tome and Principe: 81 – 60
- India: 82 -59
- Mauritania: 83 – 58
- Burkina Faso: 83 – 58
- Tajikistan: 84 – 57
- Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast): 84 – 57
- Rwanda: 84 – 57
- Uzbekistan: 85 – 56
- Guinea: 85 – 56
- Gabon: 85 – 56
- Senegal: 86 – 55
- Togo: 86 – 55
- Mali: 87 – 54
- Niger: 87 – 54
- Guinea-Bissau: 87 – 54
- Madagascar: 87 – 54
- Cambodia: 88 – 53
- Chad: 88 – 53
- Comores Islands: 88 – 53
- Bhutan: 89 – 52
- Equatorial Guinea: 89 – 52
- Turkmenistan: 90 – 51
- Vietnam: 90 – 51
- Central African Republic: 90 – 51
- Algeria: 91 – 50
- Laos: 92 – 49
- Haiti: 92 – 49
- Jordan: 92 – 49
- Angola: 92 – 49
- Egypt: 92 – 49
- Cameroon: 92 – 49
- Liberia: 93 – 48
- Burundi: 93 – 48
- Congo: 94 – 47
- Myanmar: 95 – 46
- Nigeria: 95 – 46
- Djibouti: 95 – 46
- Sri Lanka: 96 – 43
- Ethiopia: 97 – 42
- South Sudan: 97 – 42
- Kosovo: 98 – 41
- Iran: 99 – 40
- Bangladesh: 99 – 40
- Eritrea: 99 – 40
- North Korea: 100 – 39
- Lebanon: 100 – 39
- Nepal: 101 – 38
- Libya: 102 – 37
- Palestine: 102 – 37
- Sudan: 102 – 37
- Yemen: 103 – 33
- Pakistan: 104 – 31
- Somalia: 104 – 31
- Syria: 105 – 29
- Iraq: 106 – 27
- Afghanistan: 107 – 25
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