Henley & Partners, a global citizenship and residency consulting firm, has published its quarterly report on passport rankings at the beginning of 2022.
Citizens of Japan and Singapore, as in previous years, have the most desirable passports and can travel to 192 destinations without a visa. The weakest passport, as in previous years, belongs to Afghanistan, and its citizens have access to only 26 countries without a visa.
But the worst passports belong to countries whose citizens have access to less than 40 countries; Afghanistan is ranked 111st at the bottom of the list with the right to travel to 26 destinations without a visa, and as in previous years, has the weakest passport. The Iraqi passport is also ranked 110th in the table, while its citizens can travel to 28 destinations without a visa.
But both the Iranian and the Congo passports, with traveling to 42 countries with visa-free access, have ranked 101st in the passport ranking table at the beginning of 2022. Iran’s current position is similar to 2020. Iran was ranked 99th in the first half of 2021. However, in recent years, there has been some change in the status of access or travel with Iranian passports to more countries.
In the Middle East, the most prestigious passport still belongs to the United Arab Emirates. The UAE Passport is ranked 15th at the beginning of 2022 with travel points to 175 countries. The UAE, which was ranked 20th in 2019, gained this ranking jump to its policy of freeing borders to more countries.
