Passport Index

Passport Index rankings and trends in global travel.

The Passport Index, a passport ranking system, stands as a compass for travelers, evaluating and ranking passports from 199 countries and territories based on a myriad of factors. In this in-depth exploration, we will unravel the intricacies of the Passport Index, dissecting its methodology and shedding light on what makes it a front runner in the realm of passport rankings.

What is the Passport Index?

The Passport Index isn’t just a mere list; it’s a sophisticated ranking system that employs a unique metric known as the Destination Significance Score (DSS). This score assigns a distinct value to each passport, establishing a comprehensive evaluation beyond the traditional rank-and-file approach.

The Power Ranks: Top Passports of 2024

As of January 2024, the Spanish passport reigns supreme with an impressive score of 90.36, solidifying its position as the strongest passport globally. The top-five list is completed by Germany, Singapore, Italy, and France. Let’s delve into the detailed scores and rankings:

Passport Rankings:

Country Name	Passport Score	Passport Rank	Visa Free	eTA	Passport Free	VOA	eVisa	Visa Required	Entry Ban
Spain	90.36	1st	106	11	43	30	18	18	0
Germany	90.26	2nd	106	11	43	29	19	18	0
Singapore	90.21	3rd	156	8	0	29	13	20	0
Italy	90.15	4th	107	10	44	27	20	18	0
France	90.03	5th	103	11	46	28	20	18	0
Netherlands	89.67	6th	108	10	41	28	21	18	0
Finland	89.33	7th	106	10	43	28	20	19	0
Sweden	89.07	8th	105	10	44	28	20	19	0
Denmark	88.88	9th	136	10	13	28	20	19	0
Hungary	88.86	10th	101	11	42	31	21	20	0
Czechia	88.84	11th	104	10	41	31	20	20	0
Norway	88.80	12th	106	10	40	29	20	21	0
Portugal	88.75	13th	104	11	43	28	21	19	0
Luxembourg	88.62	14th	105	10	41	30	19	21	0
Japan	88.55	15th	142	9	0	36	19	20	0
Austria	88.49	16th	104	10	41	30	20	21	0
Switzerland	88.45	17th	103	11	41	31	20	20	0
Belgium	88.42	18th	106	10	41	28	21	20	0
Ireland	88.42	19th	111	10	32	34	20	19	0
Poland	88.24	20th	101	10	43	30	22	20	0
Malta	88.08	21st	114	9	29	33	13	28	0
Greece	87.98	22nd	103	10	41	29	23	20	0
Iceland	87.76	23rd	98	10	41	31	22	24	0
Lithuania	87.47	24th	101	9	41	33	15	27	0
Slovenia	87.19	25th	102	8	41	32	16	27	0
Croatia	87.16	26th	96	6	43	28	27	26	0
South Korea	87.00	27th	140	8	0	36	18	16	8
United Kingdom	86.97	28th	143	9	0	33	20	21	0
New Zealand	86.77	29th	139	6	0	38	22	21	0
Estonia	86.74	30th	98	8	41	34	15	30	0
Slovakia	86.67	31st	97	8	41	35	14	31	0
Liechtenstein	86.48	32nd	94	9	40	34	13	36	0
Latvia	86.41	33rd	97	8	43	32	14	32	0
United Arab Emirates	86.19	34th	131	3	5	34	21	32	0
Australia	86.13	35th	137	6	0	40	23	20	0
Romania	85.98	36th	111	2	29	32	24	28	0
Cyprus	85.96	37th	112	4	29	30	16	35	0
Canada	85.80	38th	144	5	0	35	18	24	0
Bulgaria	85.70	39th	106	3	31	35	17	34	0
United States	85.41	40th	144	4	0	35	20	22	1
Monaco	84.77	41st	126	9	0	39	17	35	0
Chile	84.71	42nd	124	8	8	33	24	29	0
San Marino	84.49	43rd	125	8	0	38	13	42	0
Hong Kong	83.89	44th	135	5	0	29	19	38	0
Andorra	83.78	45th	121	8	0	42	13	42	0
Malaysia	83.54	46th	140	4	0	34	19	27	2
Argentina	81.25	47th	120	3	9	36	22	36	0
Brazil	80.42	48th	124	2	8	34	20	38	0
Brunei	79.64	49th	124	8	0	33	22	39	0
Mexico	78.40	50th	121	2	0	34	29	40	0
Uruguay	77.50	51st	112	2	8	30	29	45	0
Barbados	77.33	52nd	130	2	0	29	13	52	0
Israel	76.82	53rd	127	4	0	31	21	31	12
Vatican City	75.85	54th	115	2	0	38	13	58	0
Peru	75.79	55th	96	1	8	35	31	55	0
Bahamas	75.68	56th	123	2	0	30	12	59	0
Macau	75.32	57th	109	3	1	32	27	54	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	74.22	58th	127	2	0	33	10	54	0
Costa Rica	73.23	59th	115	1	0	35	12	63	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.26	60th	121	1	0	30	12	62	0
Ukraine	72.12	61st	111	1	0	34	26	54	0
Trinidad and Tobago	72.06	62nd	119	2	0	31	15	59	0
Paraguay	71.94	63rd	100	2	8	32	29	55	0
Seychelles	71.77	64th	124	1	0	29	12	60	0
Panama	71.24	65th	109	0	0	34	13	70	0
Antigua and Barbuda	70.69	66th	121	1	0	29	15	60	0
Serbia	69.97	67th	99	1	1	33	30	62	0
Colombia	69.84	68th	93	1	8	30	33	61	0
Taiwan	69.46	69th	100	9	0	29	40	47	0


Mauritius	69.29	70th	117	1	0	28	18	62	0
Grenada	68.52	71st	115	2	0	27	14	68	0
Dominica	67.78	72nd	111	1	0	31	16	67	0
El Salvador	67.52	73rd	101	1	0	30	31	63	0
Montenegro	66.60	74th	92	2	1	33	34	64	0
Guatemala	66.06	75th	100	1	0	34	15	76	0
Georgia	65.52	76th	85	0	0	36	24	81	0
Saint Lucia	65.33	77th	112	2	0	31	16	65	0
North Macedonia	65.10	78th	92	0	1	33	31	69	0
Honduras	64.78	79th	100	1	0	31	14	80	0
Solomon Islands	63.47	80th	97	0	0	33	15	81	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.09	81st	86	2	0	32	32	74	0
Albania	62.66	82nd	85	1	1	32	33	74	0
Nicaragua	61.65	83rd	95	1	0	33	10	87	0
Samoa	61.43	84th	95	0	0	35	13	83	0
Venezuela	60.83	85th	88	1	0	34	28	75	0
Tonga	60.49	86th	96	1	0	32	11	86	0
Palau	60.18	87th	80	2	0	35	35	74	0
Moldova	59.69	88th	89	0	0	31	26	80	0
Tuvalu	59.63	89th	94	0	0	33	10	89	0
Kiribati	59.40	90th	90	0	0	34	13	89	0
Marshall Islands	58.93	91st	85	0	0	36	15	90	0
Micronesia	58.79	92nd	81	1	0	37	16	91	0
Turkey	48.37	93rd	73	3	0	37	20	93	0
Russia	48.20	94th	84	3	0	29	21	83	6
Timor-Leste	47.35	95th	65	0	0	28	34	99	0
Qatar	46.64	96th	61	4	5	29	27	100	0
South Africa	40.75	97th	72	2	0	29	26	97	0
Kosovo	40.45	98th	44	0	4	32	33	99	14
Ecuador	38.94	99th	48	1	8	32	31	106	0
Kuwait	38.62	100th	54	3	0	40	15	114	0
Jamaica	37.83	101st	60	0	0	28	20	118	0
Belize	37.82	102nd	72	1	0	29	16	108	0
Maldives	37.06	103rd	61	0	0	30	25	110	0
Saudi Arabia	36.26	104th	46	2	5	29	33	111	0
Fiji	36.26	105th	55	0	0	34	15	122	0
Bahrain	35.86	106th	43	4	0	38	22	119	0
Belarus	34.92	107th	46	0	0	36	25	119	0
Guyana	34.91	108th	52	1	0	30	30	113	0
Thailand	34.08	109th	42	2	0	33	30	119	0
Kazakhstan	34.00	110th	42	1	0	30	28	125	0
Suriname	33.54	111st	45	1	0	29	34	117	0
Nauru	33.38	112nd	56	0	0	34	14	122	0
Oman	32.99	113rd	42	3	0	33	31	117	0
Botswana	32.61	114th	58	2	0	24	19	123	0
Indonesia	32.54	115th	49	2	0	26	28	121	0
Bolivia	32.25	116th	36	1	8	31	33	117	0
Vanuatu	32.13	117th	55	0	0	35	13	123	0
Mongolia	31.48	118th	36	0	0	27	35	128	0
China	31.22	119th	46	2	0	35	24	119	0
Papua New Guinea	29.85	120th	48	0	0	36	28	114	0
Dominican Republic	29.42	121st	34	1	0	35	12	144	0
Armenia	29.28	122nd	36	0	0	32	27	130	1
Azerbaijan	28.05	123rd	35	1	0	33	25	132	0
Lesotho	27.14	124th	49	0	0	25	12	140	0
Philippines	26.76	125th	37	0	0	26	35	127	1
Namibia	26.29	126th	51	0	0	26	25	124	0
Tunisia	25.72	127th	36	2	0	31	28	129	0
Eswatini	25.52	128th	46	0	0	25	12	143	0
Uzbekistan	25.09	129th	31	0	0	32	19	144	0
Morocco	24.71	130th	37	1	0	29	30	129	0
Malawi	23.46	131st	43	1	0	26	10	146	0
Kyrgyzstan	22.52	132nd	27	0	0	33	15	151	0
India	22.32	133rd	29	1	2	28	37	129	0
Tanzania	21.95	134th	48	2	0	20	9	147	0
Cuba	21.80	135th	28	0	0	34	15	149	0
Cambodia	21.70	136th	22	1	0	28	37	138	0
Cabo Verde	21.65	137th	37	1	0	27	14	147	0
Kenya	21.62	138th	44	0	0	27	12	143	0

Zambia	21.61	139th	44	1	0	23	11	147	0
Tajikistan	21.33	140th	24	1	0	33	17	151	0
Uganda	21.00	141st	40	0	0	26	11	149	0
Zimbabwe	20.96	142nd	38	1	0	23	12	152	0
Madagascar	20.71	143rd	27	0	0	31	29	139	0
Vietnam	20.68	144th	22	2	0	26	36	140	0
Benin	20.62	145th	34	1	0	27	15	149	0
Gambia	20.56	146th	45	1	0	21	12	147	0
Ghana	20.47	147th	45	1	0	19	16	145	0
Mozambique	20.43	148th	37	1	0	26	25	137	0
Sao Tome and Principe	20.28	149th	25	2	0	32	12	155	0
Gabon	19.72	150th	27	0	0	30	29	140	0
Sierra Leone	19.35	151st	43	1	0	20	8	154	0
Angola	19.13	152nd	26	3	0	25	30	142	0
Rwanda	19.04	153rd	31	2	0	31	9	153	0
Laos	19.01	154th	21	1	0	23	34	147	0
Egypt	18.48	155th	23	1	0	32	31	139	0
Bhutan	18.41	156th	17	0	1	33	23	152	0
Jordan	18.28	157th	23	1	0	26	33	143	0
Algeria	17.98	158th	21	1	0	31	25	148	0
Senegal	17.69	159th	32	1	0	22	18	153	0
Guinea	17.60	160th	28	2	0	24	16	156	0
Burkina Faso	17.22	161st	31	2	0	25	15	153	0
Haiti	16.90	162nd	16	0	0	30	13	166	1
Myanmar	16.60	163rd	17	1	0	25	35	148	0
Liberia	16.53	164th	28	1	0	21	14	162	0
Togo	16.46	165th	27	2	0	27	14	156	0
Mauritania	16.39	166th	26	1	0	25	16	158	0
Turkmenistan	16.30	167th	15	0	0	35	18	158	0
Equatorial Guinea	16.13	168th	20	2	0	31	13	160	0
Chad	16.12	169th	25	2	0	26	13	160	0
Comoros	15.95	170th	18	0	0	33	17	158	0
Niger	15.78	171st	31	1	0	21	15	158	0
Lebanon	15.72	172nd	18	0	0	26	29	153	0
Central African Republic	15.62	173rd	23	2	0	27	13	161	0
Ethiopia	15.59	174th	13	0	0	30	28	155	0
Guinea-Bissau	15.47	175th	27	1	0	24	14	160	0
Yemen	15.40	176th	10	0	0	28	41	147	0
Ivory Coast	15.29	177th	29	0	0	23	17	157	0
Mali	15.00	178th	31	2	0	19	13	161	0
Cameroon	14.99	179th	22	0	0	27	16	161	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	14.93	180th	20	0	0	25	25	156	0
South Sudan	14.74	181st	21	0	0	22	24	159	0
Iran	14.70	182nd	16	1	0	25	31	152	1
Burundi	14.67	183rd	18	1	0	27	14	166	0
Djibouti	14.53	184th	14	1	0	30	16	165	0
Sri Lanka	14.44	185th	20	1	0	20	35	150	0
Nepal	14.23	186th	10	0	1	24	40	151	0
Republic of the Congo	13.75	187th	19	2	0	26	12	167	0
Palestine	13.54	188th	13	0	0	24	29	157	3
Bangladesh	12.45	189th	20	0	0	19	32	152	3
Eritrea	12.15	190th	10	2	0	26	15	173	0
Nigeria	11.50	191st	26	1	0	17	12	170	0
Libya	10.86	192nd	13	1	0	22	17	172	1
Sudan	10.70	193rd	11	1	0	24	17	171	2
North Korea	10.41	194th	10	0	0	25	33	156	2
Iraq	10.40	195th	11	0	0	18	31	166	0
Pakistan	9.97	196th	13	1	0	18	37	153	4
Syria	9.80	197th	7	0	0	20	30	167	2
Afghanistan	9.44	198th	7	0	0	19	30	170	0
Somalia	7.62	199th	10	0	0	21	20	172	3

Unveiling Passport Index Methodology:

What sets the Passport Index apart is its innovative use of the Destination Significance Score (DSS). Unlike conventional rankings, this approach ensures each passport is evaluated uniquely, considering various contributing factors.

Passport Index Methodology:

Formula:

The Passport Index team employs a robust formula, factoring in entry policies, GDP, Power Index, Tourism Index, and Human Development Index (HDI) among others. The DSS is then multiplied by the value of the visa requirement of the destination country towards the selected passport holders.

Navigating the Rankings:

Understanding how Passport Index determines its unique rankings involves delving into the factors contributing to the Destination Significance Score:

Visa or Entry Policies:

Visa-Free Travel (Multiplier: 1): Passport holders requiring no visa receive a DSS multiplied by 1.
Electronic Travel Authorization (Multiplier: 1): Passports eligible for an ETA receive a DSS multiplied by 1.
Visa on Arrival (Multiplier: 0.8): Destinations requiring a visa on arrival result in a DSS multiplied by 0.8.
Electronic Visa (e-Visa) (Multiplier: 0.3): Passport holders needing an e-Visa get a DSS multiplied by 0.3.
Embassy or Other Government-Approved Visas (Score = 0): Applying for a visa at an embassy or obtaining pre-departure government approval results in a score of 0.
Passport-Free Travel (Multiplier: 1.01): Visiting a country without a passport leads to a DSS multiplied by 1.01.
Banned Entry (Multiplier: -0.5): A passport holder denied entry results in a DSS multiplied by -0.5.

Passport Index Distinctions:

What truly distinguishes Passport Index is the absence of identical rankings. This is made possible by utilizing the Destination Significance Score (DSS), a proprietary metric that considers various factors to assign each passport a unique value.

In the realm of passport rankings, Passport Index stands as a trailblazer. The innovative use of the Destination Significance Score ensures a nuanced and accurate assessment of passport strength. As you plan your international journeys, let the Passport Index guide you, offering insights into the power and reach of your passport.