The Worst Passports in the World for 2019

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Almost Half of the world countries have worst passports, severely restricting mobility and travel freedom for its citizens.

Afghanistan and Iraq passports are the worst passports in the World as of 2019, according to Henley passport rankings, For example chinese passport has only limited travel freedom to only 74 countries, while russia passport has access to 119 nations as of 2019.

  • Afghan and Iraq passport are the worst passports in first place
  • Somalia and Syrian passports take second place for worst passports
  • Pakistan passport is the third worst passport in the world.

The Worst Passports in the World

 

Rank Passport Visa free countries
1 Afghanistan,
Iraq
30
2 Somalia,
Syria
32
3 Pakistan 33
4 Yemen 37
5 Eritrea 38
6 Palestine,
Sudan
39
7 Nepal 40
8 Bangladesh
Lebanon
Syria
South sudan
41
9 Ethiopia,
Iran,
North Korea
42
10 Sri Lanka
Congo (DR)
43
11 Kosovo 44
12 Dijbouti 45
13. Burundi 46
14 NIgeria
Liberia
Congo Republic
47
15 Cameroon
Myanmar
48
16 Angola
Central African Republic
Egypt
49
17 Algeria
Jordan
50
18 Equatorial Guinea
Haiti
Vietnam
51
19 Laos
Comoros
52
20 Chad
Guinea-Bissau
Madagascar
Turkmenistan
53
21 Cambodia
Niger
Rwanda
54
22 Bhutan
Mali
Gabon
Togo
55
23 Cote d’Ivoire
Guinea
Senegal
56
24 Burkina Faso 57
25 Mauritania
Mozambique
Sao Tome and Principe
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
58
26 Armenia
India
Benin
Morocco
Morocco
61
27 Sierra Leone 62
28 Ghana 63
29 Kyrgyzstan
Uganda
Zimbabwe
64
30 Cape Verde
Cuba
Dominican Republic
65
31 Azerbaijan

Philippines
Tunisia

66
32 Gambia
Tanzania
Zambia
68
33 Indonesia
Kenya
Malawi
71
34 Eswatini 72
35 Saudi Arabia 73
36 China
Lesotho
74
37 Thailand
Namibia
75
38 Oman
Kazakhstan
76
39 Belarus 77
40 Bolivia 79
41 Suriname 80
42 Bahrain 81
43 Botswana 82
44 Jamaica
Papa New Guinea
83
45 Qatar 85
46 Nauru
Maldives
86
47 Guyana 88
48 Fiji 89
49 Kuwait 91
50 Ecuador 93

Source: Henley Passport Index 2019

The rank is shared by multiple countries because these countries all have the same level of visa-free or visa-on-arrival access.

Visa Restrictions

Visa restrictions affect millions of people worldwide, impacts tourism and business and these industries have already lost billions of dollars with slow GDP growth.  The process for visas and residence permits are usually time consuming and also stressful to many citizens. Recently many countries have transformed from paper visas to e-visas becoming fully digital

Citizenship and Residence by Investment (CRBI)

These visa restrictions restricting freedom of movement have given rise to a new industry Citizenship and residence by investment schemes (CRBI) which is estimated about $15 billion annually, which had garnered special interest among wealthy and high-net worth individuals and families seeking citizenship or residency

 

Prabhu Balakrishnan

Prabhu Balakrishnan

Founder and CEO of Best Citizenships

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