â??Not all passports are created equal. Some allow their holders to travel more freely, entering countries without a separate visa or being eligible for an immediate visa upon arrival. You may be surprised by which countries have the most powerful passports, and by how easy or difficult these passports are to get.
Your passport may be something you take for granted — a mere tool you use and show at the airport to get from point A to point B. But did you know that some passports carry with them more power and travel freedom than others?
Every year, various passport indexes rank passports globally based on how many other countries a passport allows you to visit without a separate visa. One of these is the Henley Passport Index, which uses information from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) database to create its rankings. A competitor to Henley is Arton Capital, which produces what is simply known as Passport Index. One advantage of Arton's Passport Index is that rankings are updated in real time, whereas the Henley Passport Index publishes its rankings yearly.
