Passports are irrelevant within the European Union, and only an ID card is required for travel between countries, if at all. But if you want to go further away, you have to find out about the respective visa requirements of the country.
However, German citizens are in a comfortable situation: They can enter 190 countries without a visa, it is sufficient to show their passport. This puts Germany in second place in the world rankings – together with Italy and Spain. This is the result of the worldwide passport ranking that the British consultancy firm “Henley
Only a passport is stronger in the whole world: People from Singapore are allowed to travel to 192 out of 227 countries with their document. The Asian city-state has thus ousted Japan from the top of the ranking. When the index was first published earlier this year, Japan had 193 countries, now there are only 189. This puts the country in third place, shared with Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea and Sweden.
The USA, still at the top of the rankings in 2014, also fell to eighth place and is now, according to Henley
At the bottom of the ranking is Afghanistan again. Citizens of the country are only allowed to enter 27 countries with their passport. For Iraqis this possibility exists in 29, for Syrians in 30 countries.
What: Henley
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