Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The latest ranking of World passport Index published by Henley, on July 19, puts India’s passport at the 80th spot, moving it up five places from its position in 2022. Indians can now travel to 57 destinations without a visa.
While Indian passport holders have visa-free access and visa-on-arrival access to countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Rwanda, Jamaica, and Sri Lanka, they still need a visa to enter 177 destinations across the world. Some of these countries include China, Japan, Russia, the United States, and European Union Countries.
Meanwhile, Singapore has replaced Japan with having the world’s most powerful passport, allowing visa-free entry to 192 global destinations.
After five years at the top, Japan dropped to third place as the number of destinations its passport can access without a visa fell. The US, which once topped the ranking nearly a decade ago, slid two places to eighth place. The UK, after a Brexit-induced slump, jumped two places to fourth, a position it last held in 2017. At the bottom of the list is Afghanistan with easy access to 27 destinations.
Tags World passport index, Singapore, Brexit
