The strength of the Indian passport has once again increased. Now Indian Passport has jumped 3 places to reach 80th position. It can also be said that now the Indian passport has become the 80th most powerful passport in the world.
Visa-free access to 62 countries
In the latest edition of Henley Passport Index, Indian passport has been ranked 80th along with Uzbekistan. Now people of India can get visa-free access to 62 countries. Those countries include Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Thailand, Jordan, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Indonesia etc.
Visa on arrival in these countries
There are many countries where Indian passport holders are getting the facility of visa on arrival. Countries with visa on arrival facility include Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Timur-Leste, Iran, Bolivia, Burundi, Cape Verde Islands, Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Gabon, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Samoa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are included.
Number of these countries after India
Earlier in 2023, the ranking of Indian passport was 83. Now in 2024, after India, Bhutan, Chad, Egypt, Jordan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Angola, Mongolia, Mozambique, Tajikistan, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, Algeria, Cambodia and Mali will be followed on Henley Passport Index. Countries are ranked.
Passports of these most powerful countries
Talking about the most powerful passports, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain are at the top. People from these countries can visit 194 countries without visa. They are followed by Finland, Sweden and South Korea with visa-free access to 193 countries. Passports of Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands jointly rank third with visa-free access to 192 countries.
Pakistani passport is so weak
The worst passports included Dominica, Haiti, Micronesia, Qatar, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and Vanuatu. The passport of neighboring country Pakistan is the fourth weakest passport in the world. Passports from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan also ranked low in the Henley Passport Index.
