Most Powerful Passports of the World: Turkey Ranks Worse, Again

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Published since 2006 based on the data of International Air Transport Association (IATA), the 2020 Henley Passport Index, listing the most powerful passports of the world, has been shared with the public.

Accordingly, the passport of Japan has ranked the first, just as it did in the previous two years. The ones carrying the passport of Japan can travel to 191 countries without needing a prior visa.

As for the passport of Turkey, it has marked a degrade of three rankings when compared to the last year, ranking 55th out of 107. A person with a passport of Turkey can enter 111 countries without a visa.

While Turkey has ranked worse than Russian Federation, Micronesia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia and Albania, it has ranked better than Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand and the Philippines.

Turkey ranking worse since 2014

Turkey has been ranking worse in the index since 2014:

• 2014: It ranked 38th
• 2015: 50th
• 2016: 51st
• 2017: 52nd
• 2018: 51st
• 2019: 52nd
• 2020: 55th

Countries ranking in the top 10

Ranking the world's passports according to their destinations that their holders can access without prior visa, the Henley Passport Index has listed the following countries in the top 10:

• Japan (travel to 191 countries without a prior visa)
• Singapore (190)
• South Korea, Germany (189)
• Italy, Finland (188)
• Spain, Luxembourg, Denmark (187)
• Sweden, France (186)
• Switzerland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, Austria (185)
• US, England, Norway, Greece, Belgium (184)
• New Zealand, Malta, Czechia, Canada, Australia (183)
• Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary (181)

Countries ranking the worst

Of the 107 countries in the index, the following have ranked the worst:

• North Korea, Sudan (39 countries)
• Nepal, Palestine Administration (38)
• Libya (37)
• Yemen (33)
• Somalia, Pakistan (32)
• Syria (29)
• Iraq (28)
• Afghanistan (26)

(TP/SD)