Links:
1. Henley & Partners website:
2. Henley Passport Index:
3. Download Passport Index 2018:
Japan has knocked Germany off top spot on the list of the world’s most powerful passport, according to new research, while the UK has fallen from third to fourth.
The ranking by Henley & Partners, a citizenship and planning firm, takes into account how many countries can be visited without applying for a visa. Japanese citizens can travel to a record 189 out of a possible 218, most recently Uzbekistan, while Germans can visit 188 and Britons 186.
Afghanistan and Iraq prop up the table. Their passport holders can only enter 30 countries without a visa, just behind Syria and Somalia, who each have just 32 accessible countries on their list.
Overall, 143 countries saw the power of their passport improve over the course of 2017, while seven countries saw visa-free access reduced.
Among the biggest climbers for the first quarter of 2018 were Georgia (111 visa-free countries, up from 99), Ukraine (128, up from 114), China (70, up from 60), and Indonesia (71, up from 63).
List: (Countries where Indians can visit visa free or visa on arrival is provided)
S.No. Country Type
1 Bahrain eVisa
2 Bhutan No Visa
3 Bolivia Visa on Arrival
4 Cambodia Visa on Arrival
5 Cape Verde Visa on Arrival
6 Comoros Visa on Arrival
7 Cote d’Ivoire eVisa
8 Djibouti Visa on Arrival
9 Dominica No Visa
10 Ecuador No Visa
11 El Salvador No Visa
12 Ethiopia Visa on Arrival
13 Fiji No Visa
14 Gabon eVisa
15 Georgia eVisa
16 Grenada No Visa
17 Guinea-Bissau Visa on Arrival
18 Guyana Visa on Arrival
19 Haiti No Visa
20 Indonesia Visa on Arrival
21 Jamaica No Visa
22 Jordan Visa on Arrival
23 Kenya eVisa
24 Laos Visa on Arrival
25 Madagascar Visa on Arrival
26 Maldives Visa on Arrival
27 Mauritania Visa on Arrival
28 Mauritius No Visa
29 Micronesia No Visa
30 Moldova eVisa
31 Myanmar eVisa
32 Nepal No Visa
33 Palau Visa on Arrival
34 Rwanda eVisa
35 Saint Kitts and Nevis No Visa
36 Saint Lucia Visa on Arrival
37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No Visa
38 Samoa Permit on Arrival
39 São Tomé and Príncipe eVisa
40 Senegal Visa on Arrival
41 Seychelles Visa on Arrival
42 Somalia Visa on Arrival
43 Sri Lanka No Visa but special permit required
44 Tanzania Visa on Arrival
45 Thailand Visa on Arrival
46 Togo Visa on Arrival
47 Timor-Leste Visa on Arrival
48 Trinidad and Tobago No Visa
49 Tuvalu Visa on Arrival
50 Uganda Visa on Arrival
51 Vanuatu No Visa
52 Zambia eVisa
53 Zimbabwe eVisa
54 Antartica Visa on Arrival
55 FYRO Macedonia No Visa
56 Svalbard No Visa
57 Montserrat No Visa
58 Turks & Caicos Islands No Visa
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