{"id":15433,"date":"2016-07-01T09:58:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T23:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures?p=15433&preview_id=15433"},"modified":"2021-11-02T23:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T12:29:25","slug":"its-official-find-out-which-country-has-the-most-powerful-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/its-official-find-out-which-country-has-the-most-powerful-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s official: find out which country has the most powerful passport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world is full of cool passports, from New Zealand’s classy silver fern motif to Norway’s ridiculous black-light mountainscape<\/a> (as if Scando countries needed anything else to make them more awesome). <\/strong><\/p>\n

But which one is the most powerful<\/em>? Which one gets you visa-free access to the most countries? And how does Australia rank? Thanks to a recent study by UK-based consultant firm Henley & Partners<\/a>, we now have the answers to these questions.<\/p>\n

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Norway’s uber-cool black-light passport. Image c\/o Neue<\/p><\/div>\n

They looked at every passport in the world and ranked the power of each one based on how many countries it gains access to without a visa. It’s called the Visa Index, and it’s designed to show (broadly) the scope of international power relations. It’s also good for bragging rights.<\/p>\n

The good news is, Australia didn’t do too bad. Our passport is ranked 8th on the Index (although because a lot of countries above us are tied, we’re actually more like 24th). It’s a slight slip from 6th in 2015, but hey, we’ll take it. Of course Europe dominates the list, mostly because of the whole EU-free-movement thing. Germany<\/a> has taken out the top spot yet again with visa-free access to a whopping 177 countries out of a possible 218. Afghanistan is the least powerful passport, with only 25 countries on visa-free terms, followed by Pakistan (29), Iraq (30), Somalia (31) and Syria (32).<\/p>\n

Check out the all-powerful Top 10 countries below, each with their number of visa-free friends:<\/p>\n

#1 Germany (177)
\n#2 Sweden (176)
\n#3 Finland (175)
\n#4 France & Italy & Spain & United Kingdom & Belgium & Denmark & Netherlands & United States (174)
\n#5 Austria & Japan & Singapore (173)
\n#6 Canada & Ireland & South Korea & Luxembourg & Norway & Portugal & Switzerland (172)
\n#7 Greece & New Zealand (171)
\n#8 Australia (169)
\n#9 Malta (168)
\n#10 Hungary & Czech Republic & Iceland (167)<\/h4>\n

Need help with your visa? It’s just a phone call away. Chat to our adventure specialists<\/a> for more visa info<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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