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The measure for how “powerful” a passport is: > The Henley Passport Index is the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the
by latexr 1y ago
The measure for how “powerful” a passport is:
> The Henley Passport Index is the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.
https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index
According to the article, the US passport was at the top of the list a decade ago, last year it was in seventh place, and now it’s in twelfth.
- Novosell 1y agoShared 12th. There are many ties. It is 36th overall, as in 35 countries can go to more places without a visa.
- latexr 1y agoFair point. To add, last year when it was in 7th it had 25 countries above it. The website only goes as far back as 2016, and at that point it was in 4th place with 10 countries above it.