Powerful passports list: India, Pakistan ranks revealed

How powerful is the Indian passport, in an era where international travel has been hit repeatedly by the Covid pandemic?

Henley & Partners, the London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm released the Henley Passport Index for 2022, and here are how the rankings stand.

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Japan and Singapore are reportedly tied for first place with a visa-free score of 192. This means that Japanese and Singapore citizens can travel to 192 countries visa-free or on a visa-on-arrival system. In second place are South Korea and Germany with a score of 190. Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Spain round off the Top 3 with a score of 189.

India improved its ranking from 90th to 83rd with a visa-free score of 60, as per reports. Neighbouring Pakistan is 108th in the list of 111. It has a score of 31.

At the bottom of the list are Afghanistan and Iraq, at positions 111 and 110, respectively.