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Passport power (visa-free + visa-on-arrival destinations)

Passport power by country: number of destinations accessible visa-free or with visa-on-arrival (Henley Passport Index mobility score), 2024.

Source: Henley & Partners (Henley Passport Index)•54 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
167.7destinations
Median: 187.0destinations
Countries Covered
54
with available data
Highest
Japan
194.0destinations
Lowest
Afghanistan
28.0destinations
Top 5 Countries
1Japan194.0destinations
2Singapore194.0destinations
3Finland193.0destinations
4France193.0destinations
5Germany193.0destinations
By Region
Oceania188.5destinations(2 countries)
Europe186.2destinations(30 countries)
North America178.0destinations(3 countries)
South America173.0destinations(3 countries)
Other154.5destinations(2 countries)
Key Findings
  • •Top scores in this snapshot reach 194 destinations (e.g., Japan and Singapore).
  • •Many EU passports cluster tightly around ~190–193 destinations, indicating broadly high mobility across the bloc.
  • •Mid-tier examples include Mexico (159) and Türkiye (118), showing substantial regional variation.
  • •Large-population countries can have comparatively low mobility scores in the snapshot (e.g., China 80, India 62).
  • •The lowest score shown is Afghanistan (28), illustrating the steep global inequality in travel freedom.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (28.0destinations)High (194.0destinations)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 167.7destinations)

Oceania (2)
Europe (30)
North America (3)
South America (3)
Other (2)
Asia (12)
Africa (2)

About This Statistic

Passport power measures how many destinations a passport holder can typically enter without needing a visa in advance. In the Henley Passport Index, this is commonly reported as a mobility score that counts destinations that are visa-free and/or offer visa-on-arrival (and, depending on the destination, may include similar pre-travel authorizations such as eTAs).

Higher scores indicate greater outbound travel freedom for citizens of a country, reflecting bilateral visa policies, diplomatic relations, and security/immigration risk assessments. This metric is widely used to compare passports globally, but it can change during the year as visa rules are updated.

Methodology

Uses the Henley Passport Index mobility score for 2024, which counts destinations a passport holder can access without a visa in advance (commonly visa-free + visa-on-arrival; treatment of eTA/permits may vary by destination and release). Values below are a curated snapshot of widely-cited Henley 2024 results for a set of countries, formatted for map visualization using ISO 3166-1 numeric codes.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Japan194.0destinations
2Singapore194.0destinations
3Finland193.0destinations
4France193.0destinations
5Germany193.0destinations
6Italy193.0destinations
7South Korea193.0destinations
8Spain193.0destinations
9Sweden193.0destinations
10Denmark192.0destinations
11Ireland192.0destinations
12Netherlands192.0destinations
13Austria192.0destinations
14United Kingdom191.0destinations
15Norway190.0destinations
16Portugal190.0destinations
17Switzerland190.0destinations
18Belgium190.0destinations
19Greece189.0destinations
20Luxembourg189.0destinations
21Malta189.0destinations
22New Zealand189.0destinations
23Canada188.0destinations
24Australia188.0destinations
25Czech Republic187.0destinations
26Hungary187.0destinations
27Poland187.0destinations
28United States of America187.0destinations
29Lithuania186.0destinations
30Slovakia186.0destinations
31Latvia185.0destinations
32Slovenia185.0destinations
33Estonia184.0destinations
34Iceland184.0destinations
35Croatia183.0destinations
36Malaysia182.0destinations
37United Arab Emirates181.0destinations
38Bulgaria179.0destinations
39Romania179.0destinations
40Chile176.0destinations
41Argentina172.0destinations
42Hong Kong171.0destinations
43Brazil171.0destinations
44Israel170.0destinations
45Mexico159.0destinations
46Russian Federation120.0destinations
47Cyprus118.0destinations
48South Africa106.0destinations
49Saudi Arabia91.0destinations
50People's Republic of China80.0destinations
51India62.0destinations
52Nigeria46.0destinations
53Pakistan34.0destinations
54Afghanistan28.0destinations
Showing 54 of 54 countries

Topics

#passport#visa#mobility#travel#visa-free#visa on arrival#Henley Passport Index#international travel

Data Source

This data comes from Henley & Partners (Henley Passport Index) (2024).

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