Germany has been declared as the country with the most powerful passport in the world.
Its passport has visa-free access to 176 countries.
Sweden is in second place with 175 countries, and Denmark, Finland, Italy, Spain and United States jointly rank third, with their nationals enjoying access to 174 countries.
The United Kingdom, however, dropped to fourth, having shared first place with Germany for three consecutive years from 2013–2015.
Brits have visa-free access to 173 countries.
Syria, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan sit at the very bottom of the index, each with visa-free access to less than 30 countries worldwide.
The biggest mover in this year’s index was Peru, gaining 15 places.
Ghana showed the most negative movement, losing four places in one year.
Brazil and China both increased their standing, moving up three and two ranks respectively.
The 2017 list containing nearly 200 countries – with some sharing position – was released by Henley and Partners, the firm which conducts the annual ranking.
Its Chairman, Dr. Christian H. Kälin, says that although the size and make-up of the ‘Top 10’ remains the same as last year, “the changing geopolitical climate could well affect the rankings over the next 12 months”.
Full list of most powerful passports below:
1 – Germany 2 – Sweden 3 – Denmark, Finland, Italy, Spain, United States 4 – Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, United Kingdom 5 – Ireland, Japan, New Zealand 6 – Canada, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland 7 – Australia, South Korea 8 – Iceland 9 – Czech Republic 10 – Hungary, Malta 11 – Lithuania 12 – Latvia, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia 13 – Estonia, Malaysia 14 – Poland 15 – Monaco 16 – Cyprus 17 – Chile 18 – Brazil 19 – Andorra, San Marino 20 – Argentina, Bulgaria 21 – Croatia, Romania 22 – Hong Kong 23 – Brunei Darussalam 24 – Israel 25 – Barbados 26 – Mexico 27 – Bahamas 28 – Uruguay 29 – Seychelles 30 – Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis 31 – Costa Rica, Taiwan, Vatican City 32 – Trinidad and Tobago 33 – Mauritius 34 – Venezuela 35 – Paraguay 36 – Macao, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 37 – Grenada 38 – Honduras, United Arab Emirates 39 – El Salvador 40 – Dominica, Guatemala 41 – Peru 42 – Solomon Islands 43 – Serbia 44 – Samoa 45 – Vanuatu 46 – Marshall Islands, Nicaragua 47 – Tonga 48 – Macedonia, Tuvalu 49 – Kiribati 50 – Colombia, Montenegro 51 – Micronesia, Russian Federation 52 – Palau, Turkey 53 – Bosnia Herzegovina 54 – Moldova 55 – Albania, South Africa 56 – Belize 57 – Ecuador, Timor Leste 58 – Ukraine 59 – Guyana 60 – Kuwait, Maldives, Nauru 61 – Fiji 62 – Jamaica, Qatar 63 – Papua New Guinea 64 – Bolivia 65 – Botswana, Suriname 66 – Bahrain 67 – Kazakhstan, Namibia, Thailand 68 – Georgia, Kenya, Oman 69 – Saudi Arabia 70 – Belarus, Lesotho, Malawi 71 – Gambia, Swaziland 72 – Tanzania, 73 – Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia 74 – Azerbaijan 75 – Philippines, Uganda 76 – Cuba, Ghana 77 – Zimbabwe 78 – Armenia, Benin, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco 79 – Indonesia 80 – Burkina Faso, Dominican Republic, Mongolia 81 – Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone 82 – Mauritania 83 – Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tajikistan, Togo, Uzbekistan 84 – Niger 85 – Bhutan, Chad, China, Mali, Rwanda 86 – Gabon, Haiti, Madagascar 87 – Guinea-Bissau, India, Turkmenistan, Algeria, Cambodia, Comoros, Egypt, Guinea, Laos 89 – Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea 90 – Angola, Cameroon, Vietnam 91 – Burundi, Nigeria 92 – Congo, Jordan, Liberia 93 – Myanmar 94 – Djibouti, North Korea 95 – Bangladesh, Iran 95 – Sri Lanka 96 – Ethiopia, Lebanon, South Sudan 97 – Nepal, Palestinian Territory, Sudan 98 – Eritrea, Yemen 99 – Libya 100 – Somalia 101 – Syria 102 – Pakistan 103 – Iraq 104 – Afghanistan
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