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> the Henley Passport Index [...] includes 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations How come there are more destinations than passports?

robert-boehnke 1y ago
Some parts of countries have different travel restrictions than others, for example, Greenland is not part of Schengen.
CollinEMac 1y ago
Puerto Rico, for example, counts as a destination but Puerto Ricans have US passports.
duskwuff 1y ago
The destinations include some territories like Puerto Rico which aren't passport issuers, but which have visa requirements which may differ from their parent country. In practice, this means the index assigns more weight to passports accepted by nations with many island territories - like the United States.
ccppurcell 1y ago
Some destinations don't have passports. But all passport issuing places are in principle visitable.
- eltondegeneres 1y ago
  This is an example of a passport issued by a recognized sovereign entity without any associated territory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Ma...
ajsnigrutin 1y ago
Just guessing, but could be some colonies with some special travel rules. Eg. some islands somewhere in the middle of nowhere are technically part of eg. France, people living there have french passports, but schengen visas might not be valid to travel there.
amelius 1y ago
This could be one of those "falsehoods programmers believe about ..."
- RandomBacon 1y ago
  There are some other good ones in the other comments, including this one: Falsehood: if a person has a U.S. Passport, they must be a U.S. Citizen. Fact: Non-citizens can have a U.S. Passport (people born in American Samoa). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoan_citizenship_and_nationality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoan_citizenship_an...
Havoc 1y ago
I'd imagine it's stuff like UK vs the various british islands
ingenieros 1y ago
Colonialism? Take the Falkland Islands as a small example. Ever since the British won the war in 1983 all inhabitants were automatically granted British Citizenship, hence no need for a separate passport.

robert-boehnke 1y ago

Some parts of countries have different travel restrictions than others, for example, Greenland is not part of Schengen.

CollinEMac 1y ago

Puerto Rico, for example, counts as a destination but Puerto Ricans have US passports.

duskwuff 1y ago

The destinations include some territories like Puerto Rico which aren't passport issuers, but which have visa requirements which may differ from their parent country. In practice, this means the index assigns more weight to passports accepted by nations with many island territories - like the United States.

ccppurcell 1y ago

Some destinations don't have passports. But all passport issuing places are in principle visitable.

eltondegeneres 1y ago
This is an example of a passport issued by a recognized sovereign entity without any associated territory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Ma...

ajsnigrutin 1y ago

Just guessing, but could be some colonies with some special travel rules. Eg. some islands somewhere in the middle of nowhere are technically part of eg. France, people living there have french passports, but schengen visas might not be valid to travel there.

amelius 1y ago

This could be one of those "falsehoods programmers believe about ..."

RandomBacon 1y ago
There are some other good ones in the other comments, including this one: Falsehood: if a person has a U.S. Passport, they must be a U.S. Citizen. Fact: Non-citizens can have a U.S. Passport (people born in American Samoa). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoan_citizenship_and_nationality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoan_citizenship_an...

Havoc 1y ago

I'd imagine it's stuff like UK vs the various british islands

ingenieros 1y ago

Colonialism? Take the Falkland Islands as a small example. Ever since the British won the war in 1983 all inhabitants were automatically granted British Citizenship, hence no need for a separate passport.