According to Passport Index 2017 travel ranking, Germany has the most powerful passport which was ranked by taking account of visa free and visa on arrival countries passport holders have access to.
Sweden and Singapore come in second and third place with 157 Countries each. However, Sweden ranks higher because 123 of the 157 destinations are completely visa-free compared to Singapore which is 122. Visa free destinations rank higher than visa on arrival destinations.
Below are the World’s Most Powerful Passport ranked. Find Your Passport and its ranking below:
- Germany (158)
- Sweden (157)
- Singapore (157)
- Denmark (156)
- Finland (156)
- France (156)
- Spain (156)
- Switzerland (156)
- Norway (156)
- United Kingdom (156)
- United States of America (156)
- Italy (155)
- Netherlands (155)
- Belgium (155)
- Austria (155)
- Luxembourg (155)
- Portugal (155)
- Japan (155)
- Malaysia (154)
- Ireland (154)
- Canada (154)
- New Zealand (154)
- Greece (153)
- South Korea (153)
- Australia (153)
- Czech Republic (152)
- Iceland (152)
- Hungary (151)
- Malta (150)
- Poland (150)
- Slovenia (149)
- Slovakia (149)
- Lithuania (149)
- Latvia (149)
- Estonia (148)
- Liechtenstein (147)
- Cyprus (145)
- Croatia (143)
- Bulgaria (143)
- Brazil (143)
- Monaco (143)
- Romania (142)
- Argentina (141)
- Hong Kong (140)
- Chile (140)
- San Marino (138)
- Andorra (138)
- Israel (137)
- Brunei (134)
- Barbados (132)
- Mexico (130)
- Vatican City (130)
- Bahamas (129)
- Uruguay (128)
- Seychelles (126)
- Antigua and Barbuda (124)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (123)
- United Arab Emirates (122)
- Trinidad and Tobago (121)
- Costa Rica (121)
- Venezuela (121)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines (120)
- Peru (119)
- Taiwan (119)
- Mauritius (118)
- Saint Lucia (118)
- Macao (116)
- Panama (116)
- Paraguay (116)
- Grenada (115)
- Vanuatu (113)
- Dominica (112)
- Serbia (111)
- El Salvador (111)
- Samoa (110)
- Honduras (110)
- Solomon Islands (109)
- Tonga (107)
- Tuvalu (107)
- Guatemala (107)
- Macedonia (FYROM) (106)
- Moldova (104)
- Turkey (104)
- Colombia (104)
- Kiribati (103)
- Russian Federation (103)
- Nicaragua (102)
- Marshall Islands (102)
- Montenegro (101)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (99)
- Palau (99)
- Micronesia (99)
- Albania (94)
- South Africa (90)
- Ukraine (87)
- Timor-Leste (84)
- Belize (82)
- Kuwait (82)
- Qatar (77)
- Jamaica (76)
- Ecuador (75)
- Fiji (74)
- Guyana (74)
- Bahrain (73)
- Maldives (72)
- Nauru (70)
- Oman (70)
- Thailand (70)
- Suriname (70)
- Botswana (69)
- Kazakhstan (69)
- Saudi Arabia (67)
- Belarus (67)
- Papua New Guinea (67)
- Georgia (67)
- Bolivia (67)
- Lesotho (66)
- Malawi (65)
- Swaziland (64)
- Namibia (64)
- Kenya (64)
- Gambia (63)
- Cape Verde (63)
- Tanzania (62)
- Tunisia (61)
- Azerbaijan (61)
- Philippines (60)
- Cuba (60)
- Zambia (59)
- Zimbabwe (58)
- Armenia (58)
- Indonesia (58)
- Kyrgyzstan (58)
- Ghana (57)
- Uganda (57)
- Mongolia (57)
- China (57)
- Sierra Leone (56)
- Morocco (55)
- Benin (55)
- Guinea (54)
- Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (54)
- Uzbekistan (54)
- Tajikistan (54)
- Senegal (53)
- Sao Tome and Principe (53)
- Burkina Faso (52)
- Mauritania (52)
- Dominican Republic (52)
- Haiti (52)
- Mali (51)
- Togo (50)
- Niger (49)
- Madagascar (49)
- Turkmenistan (49)
- Mozambique (48)
- Rwanda (48)
- Vietnam (48)
- Chad (48)
- Gabon (48)
- Cambodia (48)
- Egypt (48)
- Bhutan (48)
- Guinea-Bissau (47)
- Algeria (47)
- Comoros (47)
- India (46)
- Jordan (46)
- Laos (45)
- Liberia (44)
- Central African Republic (44)
- Angola (43)
- Cameroon (43)
- Congo (43)
- Equatorial Guinea (43)
- Burundi (42)
- Nigeria (41)
- Myanmar (40)
- Yemen (40)
- Djibouti (40)
- Congo (Dem. Rep.) (39)
- Kosovo (39)
- North Korea (39)
- Lebanon (38)
- Palestinian Territories (37)
- Nepal (37)
- Libya (37)
- Iran (36)
- Eritrea (36)
- Sudan (36)
- Bangladesh (35)
- Sri Lanka (35)
- South Sudan (34)
- Ethiopia (34)
- Somalia (30)
- Syria (29)
- Iraq (28)
- Pakistan (26)
- Afghanistan (23)
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I’m sad! Even Cameron, Ghana, Guinea ranked higher than Nigeria. I thot we had 44 entries before? When did it reduce to 41?
Visa policies change often. I noticed the list didn’t include Burundi, Benin, Gambia, Georgia, Mauritius, Nauru and Sri Lanka (as visa free/visa on arrival destinations for Nigerian passport holders) but included Cambodia, Lebanon, Rwanda and St Kitts & Nevis.