By Ron van der Marel
How powerful is your passport?
Have you ever had a look at the website passportindex.org? Check it out to see what passports from all countries in the world look like and to see how powerful your passport really is (click on a passport to see its rank)! Data has been collected from almost 200 countries and a ranking has been made, based on the amount of countries you can visit visa-free with a certain passport.
Currently the German and Swedish passports are the most powerful passports in the world, granting the holder visa-free access to 157 countries in the world!
For the next 30 countries on the list, the ranking is as follows:
1) Germany & Sweden
157 Countries
2) Finland, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain & United Kingdom
156 Countries
3) Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, South Korea & Norway
155 Countries
4) Singapore, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal & United States
154 Countries
5) Greece, Ireland & Japan
153 Countries
6) Canada & New Zealand
152 Countries
7) Czech Republic & Hungary
151 Countries
8) Malta, Iceland & Australia
150 Countries
9) Slovakia, Malaysia & Poland
149 Countries
10) Slovenia
148 Countries
So 150 visa-free countries to travel to with an Australian passport – where are you going next? :)
