The Worst Passports in the World for 2019

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