Passport Index Ranking 2026

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Top 20 Strongest Passports

The most powerful passports providing maximum global mobility

#1
United Arab Emirates
128 Visa-Free
#2
Spain
126 Visa-Free
#3
Finland
126 Visa-Free
#4
France
126 Visa-Free
#5
Sweden
126 Visa-Free
#6
Belgium
126 Visa-Free
#7
Germany
125 Visa-Free
#8
Italy
125 Visa-Free
#9
Luxembourg
125 Visa-Free
#10
Netherlands
125 Visa-Free
#11
Denmark
125 Visa-Free
#12
Singapore
130 Visa-Free
#13
Austria
123 Visa-Free
#14
Portugal
124 Visa-Free
#15
Norway
122 Visa-Free
#16
Switzerland
122 Visa-Free
#17
Greece
123 Visa-Free
#18
Ireland
120 Visa-Free
#19
Poland
122 Visa-Free
#20
South Korea
116 Visa-Free

Complete Passport Power Ranking

Compare all 199 passports worldwide

Rank Country Visa-Free Visa on Arrival eVisa/eTA Easy Access Score
#1 United Arab Emirates 128 36 21 185 172.7
#2 Spain 126 32 27 185 172.3
#3 Finland 126 31 27 184 171.5
#4 France 126 31 27 184 171.5
#5 Sweden 126 31 27 184 171.5
#6 Belgium 126 31 27 184 171.3
#7 Germany 125 32 27 184 171.3
#8 Italy 125 32 27 184 171.3
#9 Luxembourg 125 32 27 184 171.3
#10 Netherlands 125 32 27 184 171.3
#11 Denmark 125 32 27 184 171.1
#12 Singapore 130 27 25 182 170.9
#13 Austria 123 33 28 184 170.8
#14 Portugal 124 32 28 184 170.8
#15 Norway 122 35 27 184 170.7
#16 Switzerland 122 35 27 184 170.7
#17 Greece 123 32 29 184 170.5
#18 Ireland 120 37 27 184 170.1
#19 Poland 122 33 28 183 169.8
#20 South Korea 116 41 27 184 169.7
#21 Hungary 121 34 28 183 169.4
#22 Croatia 120 34 29 183 169.1
#23 Slovakia 120 34 29 183 169.1
#24 Japan 116 39 28 183 168.8
#25 Czech Republic 121 34 27 182 168.7
#26 Estonia 119 34 29 182 168.1
#27 Australia 112 42 30 184 168
#28 New Zealand 115 40 28 183 168
#29 Malta 123 30 27 180 167.7
#30 Slovenia 120 33 28 181 167.6
#31 United Kingdom 118 37 26 181 167.6
#32 Canada 117 38 26 181 167.2
#33 Romania 119 34 28 181 167.2
#34 Latvia 118 34 29 181 167.1
#35 Bulgaria 118 35 28 181 167
#36 Cyprus 122 30 28 180 167
#37 Lithuania 117 34 30 181 167
#38 Iceland 114 37 30 181 166.4
#39 Liechtenstein 114 38 29 181 166.3
#40 United States 116 37 27 180 166.1
#41 Malaysia 116 34 30 180 166
#42 Monaco 109 38 32 179 163.6
#43 Brazil 112 35 29 176 161.5
#44 Argentina 107 38 31 176 160.5
#45 Chile 106 35 35 176 160.3
#46 Hong Kong 114 31 28 173 160
#47 Andorra 101 37 36 174 157.6
#48 Barbados 105 31 37 173 157.1
#49 San Marino 102 37 34 173 157
#50 Uruguay 98 34 39 171 153.9
#51 Israel 105 32 31 168 153.5
#52 Brunei 103 30 34 167 152.8
#53 Bahamas 101 32 35 168 152.5
#54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 101 29 38 168 152
#55 Mexico 98 32 38 168 151.6
#56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102 30 34 166 150.8
#57 Peru 93 35 39 167 149.5
#58 Seychelles 102 29 32 163 148.8
#59 Ukraine 92 40 34 166 148.6
#60 Vatican 95 34 35 164 148.1
#61 Antigua and Barbuda 98 30 35 163 147.5
#62 Costa Rica 91 33 41 165 147.3
#63 Trinidad and Tobago 98 26 39 163 147.3
#64 Paraguay 88 38 37 163 145.5
#65 Grenada 94 28 40 162 145.4
#66 Mauritius 96 27 36 159 144.2
#67 Macao 93 30 37 160 144.1
#68 Panama 88 33 41 162 144.1
#69 Saint Lucia 93 29 38 160 143.8
#70 Dominica 91 27 40 158 141.4
#71 Solomon Islands 86 29 43 158 140.7
#72 Serbia 86 34 37 157 139.9
#73 Guatemala 79 33 46 158 138.6
#74 Colombia 85 31 40 156 138.4
#75 El Salvador 81 34 41 156 137.7
#76 Montenegro 81 34 41 156 137.7
#77 Samoa 81 30 44 155 136.8
#78 Honduras 81 31 43 155 136.7
#79 Taiwan 75 34 46 155 136.2
#80 Tuvalu 82 30 42 154 136.2
#81 Tonga 82 28 43 153 135.5
#82 North Macedonia 80 35 38 153 135.2
#83 Georgia 80 39 33 152 134.9
#84 Kiribati 79 30 43 152 133.9
#85 Marshall Islands 75 33 44 152 133
#86 Nicaragua 73 33 46 152 132.6
#87 Palau 69 36 47 152 131.5
#88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74 34 41 149 130.7
#89 Micronesia 69 34 48 151 130.6
#90 Venezuela 71 38 39 148 129.3
#91 Albania 74 31 42 147 129
#92 Moldova 74 34 37 145 127.7
#93 Russia 81 31 26 138 125.4
#94 Turkey 70 39 29 138 122.7
#95 Qatar 70 31 31 132 117.9
#96 Timor Leste 56 30 47 133 113.5
#97 South Africa 61 33 33 127 111.5
#98 Kuwait 58 37 29 124 108.9
#99 Belize 59 26 39 124 107.9
#100 Jamaica 56 25 41 122 105.5
#101 Maldives 54 29 38 121 104.8
#102 Saudi Arabia 55 31 34 120 104.6
#103 Fiji 49 30 43 122 103.9
#104 Ecuador 48 35 38 121 103.6
#105 Vanuatu 48 32 41 121 103.1
#106 Guyana 48 29 42 119 101.6
#107 Kosovo 50 27 42 119 101.6
#108 Bahrain 50 34 30 114 99.2
#109 Indonesia 45 31 39 115 98.1
#110 Thailand 40 37 39 116 98.1
#111 Oman 46 34 34 114 98
#112 China 43 38 33 114 97.5
#113 Nauru 43 30 42 115 97.2
#114 Belarus 43 38 33 114 97.1
#115 Papua New Guinea 38 32 43 113 94.7
#116 Kazakhstan 41 37 33 111 94.5
#117 Bolivia 35 35 44 114 94.4
#118 Suriname 37 33 43 113 94.1
#119 Botswana 48 24 36 108 93.8
#120 Swaziland 44 25 39 108 92.1
#121 Morocco 38 30 42 110 92
#122 Lesotho 45 25 37 107 91.9
#123 Namibia 43 26 38 107 91.2
#124 Dominican Republic 31 37 42 110 90.6
#125 Mongolia 36 28 45 109 90.5
#126 Azerbaijan 34 37 37 108 90.3
#127 Malawi 42 25 38 105 89.2
#128 Philippines 35 27 45 107 88.9
#129 Armenia 35 34 37 106 88.7
#130 Ghana 42 22 40 104 88
#131 Tunisia 36 30 39 105 87.9
#132 Gambia 43 21 39 103 87.5
#133 Kenya 40 29 34 103 87.4
#134 Kyrgyzstan 26 36 44 106 86.2
#135 Tanzania 44 23 33 100 86.1
#136 Cape Verde 37 27 38 102 85.6
#137 India 27 28 50 105 85
#138 Cuba 29 30 45 104 84.9
#139 Zambia 39 23 37 99 84.1
#140 Uganda 36 28 35 99 83.3
#141 Senegal 32 22 47 101 82.9
#142 Uzbekistan 28 32 41 101 82.9
#143 Rwanda 29 33 38 100 82.8
#144 Sierra Leone 39 20 39 98 82.7
#145 Cambodia 21 29 53 103 82.1
#146 Benin 32 27 40 99 82
#147 Zimbabwe 37 22 38 97 81.8
#148 Gabon 27 28 45 100 81.5
#149 Tajikistan 22 33 46 101 81.4
#150 Ivory Coast 28 24 48 100 81.2
#151 Sao Tome and Principe 26 33 40 99 81
#152 Algeria 22 30 49 101 80.9
#153 Vietnam 24 25 51 100 80.7
#154 Burkina Faso 30 25 43 98 80.5
#155 Togo 29 26 43 98 80.3
#156 Guinea 27 25 46 98 79.8
#157 Madagascar 28 28 41 97 79.7
#158 Niger 30 22 45 97 79.5
#159 Mauritania 26 26 45 97 78.7
#160 Mali 31 19 45 95 78.1
#161 Equatorial Guinea 23 31 42 96 77.8
#162 Mozambique 29 25 40 94 77.8
#163 Bhutan 17 33 48 98 77.6
#164 Turkmenistan 14 34 50 98 76.8
#165 Jordan 20 28 47 95 76.1
#166 Egypt 20 29 46 95 75.8
#167 Laos 20 25 50 95 75.8
#168 Angola 23 24 47 94 75.7
#169 Guinea Bissau 26 23 44 93 75.6
#170 Chad 23 26 44 93 75
#171 Comoros 17 33 44 94 74.8
#172 Central African Republic 21 27 45 93 74.5
#173 Cameroon 21 25 47 93 74.3
#174 Djibouti 16 29 49 94 74.1
#175 Haiti 15 31 48 94 74
#176 Congo 20 25 47 92 73.5
#177 Liberia 24 21 46 91 73.4
#178 Burundi 19 27 44 90 71.8
#179 Myanmar 13 27 52 92 71.8
#180 Sri Lanka 19 21 50 90 71.4
#181 Nigeria 26 16 45 87 70.5
#182 Ethiopia 12 30 48 90 70.2
#183 Nepal 12 25 54 91 70.2
#184 Lebanon 15 27 46 88 69.4
#185 Eritrea 12 26 51 89 68.9
#186 North Korea 9 29 50 88 67.8
#187 DR Congo 17 25 43 85 67.5
#188 Libya 14 24 48 86 67.4
#189 South Sudan 18 24 42 84 67
#190 Iran 13 27 45 85 66.9
#191 Sudan 13 26 46 85 66.6
#192 Bangladesh 17 17 49 83 65.3
#193 Palestine 11 23 49 83 64.3
#194 Pakistan 10 20 52 82 62.8
#195 Yemen 9 24 48 81 62.4
#196 Iraq 8 21 51 80 61.1
#197 Somalia 12 20 46 78 60.4
#198 Afghanistan 4 20 52 76 56.8
#199 Syria 7 19 47 73 55.5

Global Passport Power Ranking 2026

Global Passport Index 2026

The 2026 global passport index tracks 199 passports. The top-ranked passport — United Arab Emirates — grants visa-free access to 128 destinations. The strongest passports reach up to 130 countries, while the most restricted offer just 4. The worldwide average is 64.9 visa-free destinations.

Top 5 Strongest Passports in 2026

#1 United Arab Emirates #2 Spain #3 Finland #4 France #5 Sweden

Top 5 Weakest Passports in 2026

#199 Syria #198 Afghanistan #197 Somalia #196 Iraq #195 Yemen

Regional Passport Leaders

The strongest passport in each region, sorted by global rank.

Middle East: United Arab Emirates
#1 • 128 destinations
Europe: Spain
#2 • 126 destinations
Asia: Singapore
#12 • 130 destinations
Oceania: Australia
#27 • 112 destinations
Americas: Canada
#32 • 117 destinations
Africa: Seychelles
#58 • 102 destinations

Top 10 Strongest Passports of 2026

The 10 strongest passports in the 2026 mobility index, ranked by easy-access destinations. These passports grant their holders the widest travel freedom globally.

  1. United Arab Emirates — 128 visa-free destinations (rank #1)
  2. Spain — 126 visa-free destinations (rank #2)
  3. Finland — 126 visa-free destinations (rank #3)
  4. France — 126 visa-free destinations (rank #4)
  5. Sweden — 126 visa-free destinations (rank #5)
  6. Belgium — 126 visa-free destinations (rank #6)
  7. Germany — 125 visa-free destinations (rank #7)
  8. Italy — 125 visa-free destinations (rank #8)
  9. Luxembourg — 125 visa-free destinations (rank #9)
  10. Netherlands — 125 visa-free destinations (rank #10)

Top 10 Weakest Passports of 2026

These passports offer the most limited international travel freedom in 2026, typically granting visa-free access to fewer than 50 countries.

  1. Syria — 7 visa-free destinations (rank #199)
  2. Afghanistan — 4 visa-free destinations (rank #198)
  3. Somalia — 12 visa-free destinations (rank #197)
  4. Iraq — 8 visa-free destinations (rank #196)
  5. Yemen — 9 visa-free destinations (rank #195)
  6. Pakistan — 10 visa-free destinations (rank #194)
  7. Palestine — 11 visa-free destinations (rank #193)
  8. Bangladesh — 17 visa-free destinations (rank #192)
  9. Sudan — 13 visa-free destinations (rank #191)
  10. Iran — 13 visa-free destinations (rank #190)

Average Passport Strength by Region

Regional mobility varies dramatically. European passports typically offer the broadest access, while African passports face the most restrictions.

  • European passports: average 110 visa-free destinations
  • Asian passports: average 47 visa-free destinations
  • Middle Eastern passports: average 47 visa-free destinations
  • African passports: average 32 visa-free destinations
  • Americas passports: average 81 visa-free destinations
  • Oceania passports: average 73 visa-free destinations

Global Passport Insights — 2026

The mobility gap between the strongest (United Arab Emirates) and weakest (Syria) passport is 126 destinations — a stark illustration of global travel inequality.

The global average stands at 64.9 visa-free destinations per passport, with 95 passports above average and 104 below.

All 27 Schengen Area passports rank within the global top 35, granting their holders freedom of movement across the entire Schengen zone.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is passport strength measured?

Passport strength is primarily measured by the number of destinations a passport holder can visit without obtaining a visa in advance. This includes visa-free access, visa-on-arrival options, and electronic travel authorizations (eTA). Additional factors include visa processing ease, diplomatic relationships, and reciprocal agreements between countries.

Which passport is the strongest in 2026?

The United Arab Emirates passport currently ranks #1 with access to 128 visa-free destinations and 185 countries with easy access policies.

How often do passport rankings change?

Passport rankings can change throughout the year as countries modify their visa policies, establish new diplomatic agreements, or adjust travel restrictions. Major ranking shifts typically occur quarterly, while minor adjustments may happen monthly. We update our rankings regularly to reflect the most current visa requirements and travel policies.

What factors affect a country's passport ranking?

Several factors influence passport rankings:

  • Number of visa-free destinations
  • Visa-on-arrival arrangements
  • Electronic visa (eVisa) and eTA options
  • Diplomatic relationships and bilateral agreements
  • Economic stability and international relations
  • Security considerations and reciprocity agreements

Are there any limitations to passport rankings?

While passport rankings provide valuable insights into global mobility, they have limitations. Rankings don't account for temporary travel restrictions, specific entry requirements (like health certificates), or the practical ease of obtaining visas. Some high-ranking passports may face unexpected restrictions in certain regions due to political situations or health emergencies.

Always verify current entry requirements with official government sources before traveling, as visa policies can change frequently.

Which passports offer the best travel freedom through investment programs?

Malta, Cyprus, Portugal, Grenada, and St. Kitts & Nevis offer citizenship-by-investment programs leading to strong passports. Malta's citizenship grants top-tier EU access, while Caribbean CBI passports unlock 130+ visa-free destinations at lower investment thresholds.

How often is the VISAXS passport ranking updated?

We update our passport index quarterly, incorporating the latest bilateral agreements, visa policy changes, and IATA Timatic data. Major geopolitical events trigger out-of-cycle updates.

What counts as "visa-free" in the passport ranking?

Visa-free includes: pure visa-free entry, visa on arrival, electronic travel authorisation (ETA), and e-Visa where the application process takes less than 3 business days without embassy visits. Traditional visas requiring embassy appointments are excluded.