Most powerful passports in the world in 2023, according to Henley & Partners – Travel – Life

Elton GardnerJanuary 11, 2023

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During years, The firm Henley & Partners has published an important and recognized world ranking with the most relevant and powerful passports in the worldand this 2023 was no exception.

According to the ‘Deutsche Welle’ media, this “index classifies all passports based on the number of destinations their holders can access without the need for a visa”.

And although the list did not vary much from last year, Colombia managed to position itself one position higher due to the elimination of the visa to go to the United Kingdom. Here the list.

The index is topped by Japan againthis country can access 193 destinations without an access visa.

Second place goes to Singapore and South Korea.. According to what was published on the firm’s website, the two nations have access to 192 visa-free sites.

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Then follow countries like Germany and Spain that have 190 visa-free accesses. Fourth place goes to Finland, Italy and Luxembourg with 189 accesses.

In fifth place are the passports of Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden with 188 visa-free destinations.

France, Ireland, Portugal and the United Kingdom rank sixth with 187 free access countries.

What are the best Latin American passports?

According to the firm, The most important passport in Latin America is that of Chile, which is in position number 18 with 174 accesses. Then there are Argentina and Brazil, both in 20th place with 169 destinations.

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Colombia is ranked number 39 with 133 visa-free accesses, the same as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

The worst passports, according to the recognized index

According to the ‘CNN’ report, in the last positions of the ranking are the passports of North Korea (40 destinations), Nepal and Palestinian territory (38 destinations), Somalia (35 destinations), Yemen (34 destinations), Pakistan (32 destinations), Syria (30 destinations), Iraq (29 destinations) and Afghanistan (27 destinations).