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The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens. [3] It was launched in 2005 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index [ 4 ] and was updated to Henley Passport Index in January 2018.
The World Openness Score is a measure or index that tracks the ability of the world's population to travel visa-free. It grew from 17,904 to 20,143 between 2015 and August 2018. [5] But due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the index fell to about 13,000. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, it rose again.
As the index uses dense ranking, in certain cases, a rank is shared by multiple countries because these countries all have the same level of visa-free or visa-on-arrival access. With visa-free entry to 26 countries, visa on arrival facility to 44 countries and ETA to 3 countries, India is 73 out of 101 in Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
An unprecedented six countries share the top spot
The 2024 Henley Passport Index includes 199 passports and 227 travel destinations, and bases its ranking on “exclusive and official data” from the International Air Transport Association.
In a big shakeup of a quarterly list of the world’s most powerful passports, an unprecedented six countries are tied in the top spot for the hottest travel documents for 2024.
As of January 2024, Henley Passport Index ranks Indian passport at 85th place, moving down one place from last year's rank, with visa-free or visa on arrival access to 62 nations and territories to Indian citizens. [28] The Passport Index currently ranks Indian passport at 67th place out of 93 countries on global ranking with 73rd mobility ...
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