April 17, 2026 10:41 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Bengal SIR: Supreme Court allows voters restored by tribunal till April 21 and 27 to vote | 'Women won't spare you': PM Modi warns Opposition over resistance to quota bill | Vijay booked in 3 cases over poll code violation ahead of Tamil Nadu polls | 'Black law': Stalin burns copy of 'delimitation' bill, slams Modi govt | TCS halts Nashik BPO operations amid sexual abuse, conversion allegations | ‘We are surprised’: SC stays Pawan Khera’s bail over remarks on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife | Historic shift: Bihar gets first BJP CM as Samrat Choudhary takes oath | 'ECI deviated from Bihar procedure': Supreme Court raises concerns over voter deletion in Bengal SIR | Noida workers’ protest turns violent: Stones pelted, vehicles damaged over wage hike demand | Oil prices jump above $103 a barrel as US moves to block Iran-linked shipping
Passport Rank
Photo Courtesy: Unsplash

France, Spain, Germany, Singapore, Italy and Japan emerge as world's most powerful passports, India ranks 85th

| @indiablooms | Feb 20, 2024, at 03:03 pm

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain have emerged as the world's most powerful passports, as per the latest data released on the Henley Passport Index.

All the top six nations have visa-free entry to 194 global destinations.

With visa-free access to 193 countries,  Finland, Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden stood as the joint second most powerful countries.

What is India's position?

India slipped one position from the previous year to stand at 85th place in the list with visa-free access to 62 countries.

India has visa-free access to major tourist spots including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand among others.

Nations like South Africa (55th), Maldives (58th), Saudi Arabia (63rd), China (64th), Thailand (66th), Indonesia (69th) and Uzbekistan (84th) are ahead of India in the list.

The United Kingdom stood in the third position while the USA was placed in the sixth place on the list.

Position  of India's immediate neighbours

India's immediate nation Bangladesh stood at the 102nd position while Pakistan was at 106th position.

Sri Lanka is currently the 101st-ranked nation in the world.

Weakest passport

Afghanistan stood in the last position on the list at 109 with visa-free access to 28 nations.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.