Henley Passport Index / Indians will visit 57 countries without visa, know how the passport ranking was decided

Henley Passport Index: Singapore's passport has been described as the most powerful this year in the Henley Passport Index. Through this, people from here will be able to travel without visa to 192 countries out of 227 countries of the world. The Japanese passport, which has been at the top position for 5 consecutive years, has reached the third position. Japanese passport allows visa-free travel to 189 countries. There has been an improvement in India's ranking as compared to the last few years. It was ranked 85 last year, which has now reached the 80th ranking with an improvement of five points.

In such a situation, the question arises that after all how passport becomes powerful, what does it mean, how its ranking is decided and why India's ranking has improved?

What does it mean for a passport to be powerful?

According to the Henley Passport Index, the strength of a country's passport means that its people can travel to the most countries without a visa. For example, Singapore's passport is the most powerful and people here can travel to the maximum number of 192 countries without a visa. Similarly, Germany, Italy and Spain are on the second rung and with this passport you can travel visa-free to 190 countries.

How is the ranking of passport decided?

The work of preparing the passport ranking is done by London-based immigration consultancy Henley & Partners. This agency releases the ranking every year. On what basis the ranking is decided, now let's understand that too.

The passport ranking of Henley & Partners Consultancy is based on the data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). There are many factors responsible for the ranking. For example, if a country gives entry to the people of another country without visa, then that guest country is given 1 point. Many such factors related to Visa on Araval and foreign travel and mutual relations of countries are also responsible for this. Which decide whether your country's passport ranking will be strong or weak.

Apart from this, there are different guidelines for visa in every country, the country which fulfills it gets visa easily. Which countries are able to meet that demand? This factor also plays an important role in the ranking of the index.

How did India's ranking improve?

Talking about India, our passport is at the 80th position in the Henley Passport Index. Indians can travel to 57 countries of the world without visa or through Visa on Araval. Visa on arrival means visa received on arrival in a country. India's better relations with countries in media reports and the scope of growing economy are the major reasons for the strengthening of India passport.

Worst passport

Countries with the world's weakest passport rankings include Afghanistan (103), Iraq (102), Syria (101), Pakistan (100) and Yemen (103). In this way, the passport of Afghanistan is the weakest passport in the world.