The Henley Passport Index, the body that ranks passports worldwide, has released its 2022 global passport rankings, according to which the Pakistani passport is ranked 108th in the world.
The global passport ranking includes 111 countries, which shows that the Pakistani passport stands 108th on the list of the strongest passports and, in terms of weakness, fourth among the weakest. Only countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan rank below Pakistan, while the passports of countries such as Yemen, Somalia, Nepal, North Korea and Libya are also stronger than the Pakistani passport.
Looking at the countries of the region, India stands at number 83 on the list of the strongest passports, Sri Lanka at 102, Bangladesh at 103 and Nepal at 105th.
According to the Passport Ranking 2022, Japan and Singapore are jointly first, which means that people of these countries can travel visa-free to 192 countries, while Germany and South Korea are jointly second, so people of these countries can travel visa-free to 190 countries.
The passports of Italy, Spain and Finland are jointly third on the list of the most powerful passports, and citizens of these countries can travel visa-free to 189 countries. Austria, Denmark, France, Holland and Sweden are jointly fourth, and their citizens can travel visa-free to 188, while Ireland is fifth in the ranking of the strongest passports, and its citizens can travel visa-free to 187 countries.
In the global passport ranking, the American and British passports are sixth, Australia is seventh and the United Arab Emirates is 15th.
