Nigeria has moved up three places as its passport is ranked 100th out of 116 countries, but it is still among the least powerful in Africa, the latest 2022 Henley Passport Index shows.
The index, published by Henley & Partners, a London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm, ranks 199 passports based on the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.
The Nigerian passport, according to the index, only guarantees visa-free access to 46 countries of the world an improvement from 45 as at March 2022. The African countries with the least powerful passports are Somalia, Libya, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.
Countries Nigerians can visit Visa-free:
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroun
Cabo Verde
Chad
Comoros
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Ethiopia
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
* Niger
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Iran
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Timor-Leste
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Dominica
Fiji
Haiti
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Suriname
Fiji
Micronesia
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Emirati travellers are now able to visit 176 countries around the world on either a visa-free or visa-on-arrival basis…
The past two years have been hard on travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but according to the release of the latest Henley Passport Index, the UAE passport has retained its powerful status.
In the latest ranking released by the authority, the UAE sits at number 15 on the list with a score of 176. It is the highest rank it has achieved since the launch of the ranking system back in 2016. It shares its position with Cyprus.
The UAE is also the only Arab nation to rank in the top 20.
According to the report, the UAE passport is declared a ‘pandemic winner’. Back in 2012, a decade ago, the UAE held the 64th position on the rankings with a score of just 106. In 2021, it ranked 16th on the list, sharing the spot with Chile, Monaco and Romania – proof that it is getting stronger as the years pass by.
The top 15 countries on the Henley Passport Index can be found below:
1. Japan
2. Singapore / South Korea
3. Germany / Spain
4. Finland / Italy / Luxembourg
5. Denmark / Austria / Netherlands / Sweden
6. France / Ireland / Portugal / the UK
7. Belgium / New Zealand / Norway / Switzerland / the US
8. Australia / Canada / Czech Republic / Greece / Malta
9. Hungary
10. Lithuania / Poland / Slovakia
11. Estonia / Latvia / Slovenia
12. Iceland
13. Malaysia
14. Lichtenstein
15. The UAE / Cyprus
You can view the whole report here.
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