Indian Passport Ranking 2022

Latest Ranking of Indian Passport in the Year 2022

Indian Passport acceptability rate – which is normally termed as Passport Ranking has improved significantly in the year 2022.  It had improved 7 places and climbed to 83^rd rank compared to 90th position it held during previous year.  The research finding appeared in a recent report by the Henley Passport Index.

Indian passport holders can now visit 59 places around the world, including Oman (recent addition) without a visa. India has added 35 more countries / destinations since 2006. Other than Oman, the following are few countries in the list where Indian Passport holder can enter without a prior visa:

• Thailand
• Mauritius
• Maldives
• Fiji
• Bhutan
• Fiji
• Sri Lanka
• Nepal
• Iran
• Seychelles
• Hong Kong
• Vietnam
• Turkey
• Macau
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Indonesia
• Cook Islands
• Bolivia
• Armenia
• Jordan
• British Virgin Islands
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Ivory Coast
• Myanmar

The Henley Passport Index evaluates all international passports according to the number of places their holders can access without a prior visa. The index is based on unique data collected by them from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The Most Powerful Passport in the World

Status of the most powerful passport in the world is shared by Japan and Singapore.  These passports are ranked first on visa-free access to 192 countries or locations. Germany and South Korea are ranked second with visa-free access to 190 locations.

The fourth position is shared by five countries – Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, France and Sweden.

Fifth position shared by: Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Norway & New Zealand.

There are two holders of 6^th position that are UK and the US.

From the bottom end, Pakistan Passport holds a rank of 108^th position.  Whereas Iraq and Afghanistan passports are worst with rank 110 & 111^th places respectively.

Passport Strength of the UAE and Other GCC Countries

The strongest GCC passport is of UAE.  The United Arab Emirates passport ranked at 15^th place.  The UAE passport holder can travel visa free to 175 countries.

Qatar ranked 53, Followed by Kuwait with 54, Bahrain ranked 62, Oman ranked 64 along with China and Saudi Arabia ranked 65 along with Thailand and Bolivia.

Strongest Passports Ranking 2022

Rank	Country	Access
1	Japan	192
1	Singapore	192
2	Germany	190
2	South Korea	190
3	Finland	189
3	Italy	189
3	Luxembourg	189
3	Spain	189
4	Austria	188
4	Denmark	188
4	France	188
4	Netherlands	188
4	Sweden	188
5	Ireland	187
5	Portugal	187
5	Belgium	187
5	New Zealand	187
5	Norway	187
6	Switzerland	186
6	United Kingdom	186
6	United States	186
7	Australia	185
7	Canada	185
7	Czech Republic	185
7	Greece	185
7	Malta	185
8	Hungary	183
8	Poland	183
9	Lithuania	182
9	Slovakia	182
10	Estonia	181
10	Latvia	181
10	Slovenia	181
11	Iceland	180
12	Malaysia	179
13	Liechtenstein	178
14	Cyprus	176
15	United Arab Emirates	175
16	Chile	174
16	Monaco	174
16	Romania	174
17	Bulgaria	173
17	Croatia	173
18	Hong Kong (SAR China)	171
19	Argentina	170
20	Brazil	170
20	San Marino	169
21	Andorra	168
22	Brunei	166
23	Barbados	161
24	Israel	159
24	Mexico	159
25	St. Kitts and Nevis	157
26	Bahamas	155
27	Uruguay	153
27	Vatican City	153
28	Seychelles	152
29	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	151
30	Antigua and Barbuda	150
30	Costa Rica	150
30	Trinidad and Tobago	150
31	Mauritius	146
31	St. Lucia	146
32	Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	145
33	Dominica	144
33	Grenada	144
33	Macao (SAR China)	144
34	Panama	142
35	Paraguay	141
35	Ukraine	141
36	Peru	135
36	Serbia	135
36	Vanuatu	135
37	El Salvador	134
38	Guatemala	133
38	Honduras	133
39	Colombia	131
39	Samoa	131
39	Solomon Islands	131
40	Tonga	129
40	Venezuela	129
41	Nicaragua	127
41	Tuvalu	127
42	North Macedonia	125
43	Kiribati	123
43	Montenegro	123
44	Marshall Islands	122
45	Moldova	120
46	Palau Islands	119
46	Russian Federation	119
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	117
47	Micronesia	117
48	Georgia	115
49	Albania	114
50	Turkey	110
51	South Africa	104
52	Belize	101
53	Qatar	97
54	Kuwait	95
55	Timor-Leste	93
56	Ecuador	91
57	Nauru	89
58	Fiji	88
58	Maldives	88
59	Guyana	87
60	Botswana	86
61	Jamaica	85
62	Bahrain	84
63	Papua New Guinea	82
64	China	80
64	Oman	80
65	Belarus	79
65	Bolivia	79
65	Saudi Arabia	79
65	Thailand	79
66	Namibia	78
67	Lesotho	77
67	Suriname	77
68	Kazakhstan	75
69	eSwatini	74
70	Malawi	73
71	Kenya	72
71	Tanzania	72
72	Indonesia	71
72	Tunisia	71
72	Zambia	71
73	Dominican Republic	70
74	Azerbaijan	69
75	The Gambia	68
76	Uganda	67
77	Cape Verde Islands	66
77	Philippines	66
78	Armenia	65
78	Zimbabwe	65
79	Cuba	64
79	Ghana	64
79	Morocco	64
80	Kyrgyzstan	63
80	Sierra Leone	63
81	Mozambique	62
82	Benin	61
82	Mongolia	61
82	Rwanda	61
83	Sao Tome and Principe	60
83	India	59
84	Mauritania	59
84	Tajikistan	59
85	Burkina Faso	58
86	Gabon	57
86	Uzbekistan	57
87	Cote d’Ivoire	56
87	Senegal	56
88	Equatorial Guinea	55
88	Madagascar	55
89	Guinea	54
89	Mali	54
89	Togo	54
89	Vietnam	54
90	Bhutan	53
90	Cambodia	53
90	Chad	53
90	Comoro Islands	53
90	Niger	53
91	Algeria	52
91	Central African Republic	52
91	Egypt	52
91	Guinea-Bissau	52
91	Jordan	52
91	Turkmenistan	52
92	Burundi	51
93	Angola	50
93	Cameroon	50
93	Laos	50
94	Liberia	49
95	Congo (Rep.)	48
95	Haiti	48
96	Djibouti	47
97	Myanmar	46
98	Ethiopia	45
98	Nigeria	45
99	South Sudan	44
100	Eritrea	43
101	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	42
101	Iran	42
102	Lebanon	41
102	Sri Lanka	41
102	Sudan	41
103	Bangladesh	40
103	Kosovo	40
103	Libya	40
104	North Korea	39
105	Nepal	37
105	Palestinian Territory	37
106	Somalia	34
107	Yemen	33
108	Pakistan	31
109	Syria	29
110	Iraq	28
111	Afghanistan	26