Top 30 Strongest Passports in the World 2023, Indonesia Rises in Ranking
Travelin me- On Tuesday (18/07/2023), the Henley Passport Index report released a list of the strongest passports in the world in 2023. In the list, which is updated every three months, the Singapore passport is the strongest passport in the world 2023 because it allows holders to travel to 192 destinations visa-free.
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"German, Italian, and Spanish (passports) rose to second place with visa-free access to 190 destinations," read a statement from the report, quoted Wednesday (19/7/2023).
Meanwhile, in the third rank of the strongest passports in the world 2023 are from Japan, Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden. Passport holders can visit 189 destinations visa-free.
Next in fourth position are the UK, Netherlands, Ireland, and Denmark with visa-free access to 188 destinations. When compared to 2022, the UK moved up two spots from sixth.
However, the U.S. passport dropped to eighth with access to 184 destinations visa-free. In 2022, the U.S. passport came in seventh.
Indonesian passport rises in rank
So, among these sequences, where is the Indonesian passport?
In 2022, Indonesian passports ranked 76th with visa-free access to 72 destinations for holders.
Later this year, Indonesian passports rose to rank 69th with visa-free access to 73 destinations.
Quoted from the Henley &; Partners page, some of these destinations, including Fiji, Qatar, Turkiye, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Morocco.
Meanwhile, in addition to Singapore and Indonesia, passports from other countries in Southeast Asia are in the top 25, some are in the top 90.
Malaysia, for example, ranked 11th, followed by Brunei at 20th, Timor-Leste at 55th, Thailand at 64th, and the Philippines at 74th.
Next there are Cambodia and Vietnam in 82nd place, Laos in 87th place, and Myanmar in 89th place.
List of 30 strongest passports in the world 2023
The Henley Passport Index was launched by Henley & Partners, a London-based immigration consulting firm.
The list of the strongest passports in the world 2023 was created based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Here's a list of the 30 strongest passports in the world 2023 along with the number of destination accesses, with one ranking can contain more than one country:
- Singapore (192 destinations)
- German, Italian, Spanish (190 destinations)
- Austria, Finland, France, Japan, Luxembourg, South Korea, Sweden (189 destinations)
- Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, English (188 destinations)
- Belgium, Czech Republic, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland (187 destinations)
- Australia, Hungary, Poland (186 destinations)
- Canada, Greece (185 destinations)
- Lithuania, United States of America (184 destinations)
- Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (183 destinations)
- Estonia, Iceland (182 destinations)
- Liechtenstein, Malaysia (180 destinations)
- Cyprus, United Arab Emirates (179 destinations)
- Bulgaria, Monaco, Romania (176 destinations)
- Croatia (175 destinations) Chile (174 destinations)
- San Marino (172 destinations)
- Andorra, Hong Kong (170 destinations)
- Argentina (169 destinations)
- Brazil (168 destinations)
- Brunei (166 destinations)
- Barbados (163 destinations)
- Israel, Mexico (158 destinations)
- Bahamas (156 destinations)
- St. Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles (155 destinations)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
- Vatican City (154 destinations)
- Uruguay (153 destinations)
- Costa Rica (151 destinations)
- Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago (150 destinations)
- Mauritania (148 destinations)
- Grenada, St. Lucia, Ukraine (146 destinations)
