Hungarian passport among the world’s 10 strongest passports again
Henley regularly shares its annual index of the world’s strongest passports. Strength in this regard means the number of countries one can enter holding a given travel permit without the obligation of obtaining a visa. In 2023, the Japanese passport maintained its leading position, but Hungary’s license has also been ranked among the world’s strongest.
Japan on the top
According to portfolio.hu, Japan has the world’s strongest travel permit. It allows you to enter 193 countries without obtaining a visa. Based on the index of Henley, the Far Eastern country gained first place in that regard for the fifth time consecutively.
Interestingly, despite its effectiveness, there were only 24 million Japanese passports at the end of 2021. That number is 3 million less than a year before. That means less than 20 percent of the population of Japan obtained a travel permit. Japan’s population was 125.7 million in 2021.
In the second place of the ranking, there is Singapore and South Korea, followed by Germany, Spain and numerous European countries. They were all able to maintain their strong positions.
You can travel to 186 countries visa-free with a US passport, just like in the case of having a Swiss, Norwegian or New Zealand passport, which is two more than a Hungarian document permits you. Meanwhile, you can enter 80 countries with a Chinese passport, just like with a Bolivian one. Having a Russian passport allows you to travel to 118 countries visa-free.
Hungary’s passport is the 9th best
On the other end of the list, there is Afghanistan. If you are an Afghan national and obtain a passport, you can travel only to 27 countries without a visa.
Finally, here is the list of the strongest passports in the world. Hungary is not here since it has the 9th strongest travel permit with 184 visa-free travel destinations, and the following list goes only until 5. After the country name, you may find the number of countries you can travel to with that passport visa-free.
1. Japan 193
2. Singapore 192
2. South Korea 192
3. Germany 190
3. Spain 190
4. Finland 189
4. Italy 189
4. Luxemburg 189
5. Austria 188
5. Denmark 188
5. The Netherlands 188
5. Sweden 188
On the other end of the list, the following is the sequence of the countries:
- Afghanistan 27
- Iraq 29
- Syria 30
- Pakistan 32
- Yemen 34
- Somalia 35
- Nepal 38
- Palestine 38
- North Korea 40
Source: portfolio.hu
2 Comments
Interesting… “among the world’s 10 strongest passports”, yet based on this article, there are at least 12 stronger.
Lukàcs Bence