Which is the strongest passport in the world in 2026?

United Arab Emirates has the strongest passport in 2026, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 163 destinations. The top 5 includes United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France.

How many countries are ranked in the passport power index 2026?

199 countries and territories are ranked based on visa-free access data from the passport-index-dataset. Rankings are based on the number of destinations a passport holder can visit without a pre-arranged visa (visa-free + visa on arrival).

What is the weakest passport in 2026?

Afghanistan has the most restricted passport in 2026, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to only 24 destinations. Other restricted passports include Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan.

What is the median passport strength in 2026?

The median passport has access to 83 destinations without a pre-arranged visa. 46 passports are very strong (140+ destinations), 49 are strong (100-139), 46 are moderate (60-99), and 58 are restricted (under 60).

How is the passport power ranking calculated?

Each passport is scored by the total number of destinations its holders can enter either visa-free or with visa on arrival. E-Visa destinations are tracked separately as they require advance application. Data source: passport-index-dataset (MIT license), last updated 2026-08-26.

Global Mobility Index

Passport Ranking 2026

Ranked by visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 199 global destinations.

Summary & Distribution

Passport tiers and world leaders

Very Strong (140+)

Strong (100-139)

Moderate (60-99)

Restricted (<60)

Top 10 Strongest Passports 2026

#1🇦🇪United Arab Emirates— 163 destinations
#2🇩🇰Denmark— 158 destinations
#2🇪🇸Spain— 158 destinations
#4🇫🇮Finland— 157 destinations
#4🇫🇷France— 157 destinations
#4🇩🇪Germany— 157 destinations
#4🇮🇪Ireland— 157 destinations
#4🇮🇹Italy— 157 destinations
#4🇳🇴Norway— 157 destinations
#4🇸🇬Singapore— 157 destinations

Full Ranking — All 199 Countries

Sort by mobility score or country name

Rank ▲	Country	Visa-Free	VOA	e-Visa	Required	Mobility Score
#1	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	127	36	21	14	163100%
#2	🇩🇰Denmark	127	31	26	14	15897%
#2	🇪🇸Spain	127	31	26	14	15897%
#4	🇫🇮Finland	127	30	26	15	15796%
#4	🇫🇷France	127	30	26	15	15796%
#4	🇩🇪Germany	126	31	26	15	15796%
#4	🇮🇪Ireland	121	36	26	15	15796%
#4	🇮🇹Italy	126	31	26	15	15796%
#4	🇳🇴Norway	123	34	26	15	15796%
#4	🇸🇬Singapore	130	27	24	17	15796%
#4	🇰🇷South Korea	116	41	26	15	15796%
#4	🇸🇪Sweden	127	30	26	15	15796%
#13	🇦🇹Austria	124	32	27	15	15696%
#13	🇧🇪Belgium	126	30	27	15	15696%
#13	🇱🇺Luxembourg	125	31	27	15	15696%
#13	🇳🇱Netherlands	125	31	27	15	15696%
#13	🇵🇹Portugal	125	31	27	15	15696%
#13	🇨🇭Switzerland	122	34	27	15	15696%
#19	🇬🇷Greece	123	32	28	15	15595%
#19	🇯🇵Japan	117	38	27	16	15595%
#19	🇳🇿New Zealand	116	39	27	16	15595%
#22	🇦🇺Australia	112	42	28	16	15494%
#22	🇨🇦Canada	117	37	25	19	15494%
#22	🇨🇿Czechia	120	34	27	17	15494%
#22	🇭🇺Hungary	120	34	28	16	15494%
#22	🇵🇱Poland	121	33	28	16	15494%
#22	🇬🇧United Kingdom	118	36	25	19	15494%
#28	🇭🇷Croatia	119	34	29	16	15394%
#28	🇪🇪Estonia	119	34	28	17	15394%
#28	🇲🇹Malta	123	30	26	19	15394%
#28	🇸🇰Slovakia	119	34	29	16	15394%
#32	🇧🇬Bulgaria	117	35	28	18	15293%
#32	🇨🇾Cyprus	122	30	27	19	15293%
#32	🇱🇻Latvia	118	34	28	18	15293%
#32	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	115	37	28	18	15293%
#32	🇷🇴Romania	118	34	28	18	15293%
#32	🇸🇮Slovenia	119	33	28	18	15293%
#32	🇺🇸United States	116	36	27	19	15293%
#39	🇮🇸Iceland	115	36	29	18	15193%
#39	🇱🇹Lithuania	117	34	29	18	15193%
#39	🇲🇾Malaysia	117	34	29	18	15193%
#42	🇲🇨Monaco	109	38	31	20	14790%
#43	🇧🇷Brazil	110	36	28	24	14690%
#43	🇭🇰Hong Kong	115	31	27	26	14690%
#45	🇦🇷Argentina	106	38	31	23	14488%
#46	🇨🇱Chile	106	35	34	23	14187%
#47	🇸🇲San Marino	102	37	33	26	13985%
#48	🇦🇩Andorra	101	37	35	25	13885%
#48	🇮🇱Israel	105	33	31	18	13885%
#50	🇧🇧Barbados	106	31	37	24	13784%
#51	🇧🇸Bahamas	102	32	35	29	13482%
#52	🇧🇳Brunei	103	30	33	32	13382%
#53	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102	30	34	32	13281%
#53	🇺🇦Ukraine	93	39	33	33	13281%
#55	🇲🇽Mexico	98	33	37	30	13180%
#55	🇺🇾Uruguay	97	34	38	29	13180%
#57	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	101	29	38	30	13080%
#57	🇸🇨Seychelles	100	30	32	36	13080%
#59	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	99	30	35	34	12979%
#59	🇻🇦Vatican City	95	34	34	35	12979%
#61	🇵🇪Peru	90	37	38	33	12778%
#62	🇨🇷Costa Rica	91	34	40	33	12577%
#62	🇵🇾Paraguay	87	38	36	37	12577%
#62	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	99	26	39	34	12577%
#65	🇲🇴Macao	93	30	36	39	12375%
#66	🇬🇩Grenada	94	28	40	36	12275%
#66	🇲🇺Mauritius	95	27	36	40	12275%
#66	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	93	29	39	37	12275%
#69	🇵🇦Panama	88	33	40	37	12174%
#69	🇷🇸Serbia	87	34	36	41	12174%
#71	🇬🇪Georgia	80	39	32	47	11973%
#72	🇩🇲Dominica	91	27	40	40	11872%
#73	🇨🇴Colombia	85	32	39	42	11772%
#74	🇸🇻El Salvador	81	34	40	43	11571%
#74	🇲🇰North Macedonia	80	35	37	46	11571%
#74	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	86	29	42	41	11571%
#77	🇲🇪Montenegro	80	34	40	44	11470%
#78	🇬🇹Guatemala	79	33	45	41	11269%
#78	🇭🇳Honduras	81	31	42	44	11269%
#78	🇹🇻Tuvalu	82	30	41	45	11269%
#81	🇷🇺Russia	78	33	25	62	11168%
#81	🇼🇸Samoa	81	30	43	44	11168%
#83	🇹🇴Tonga	82	28	42	46	11067%
#83	🇹🇷Turkey	69	41	28	60	11067%
#85	🇰🇮Kiribati	79	30	42	47	10967%
#85	🇹🇼Taiwan	75	34	45	43	10967%
#85	🇻🇪Venezuela	71	38	39	50	10967%
#88	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	74	34	40	50	10866%
#88	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	75	33	43	47	10866%
#88	🇲🇩Moldova	75	33	36	54	10866%
#91	🇳🇮Nicaragua	73	33	45	47	10665%
#92	🇦🇱Albania	74	31	41	52	10564%
#92	🇵🇼Palau	69	36	46	47	10564%
#94	🇫🇲Micronesia	69	34	47	48	10363%
#95	🇶🇦Qatar	70	31	29	68	10162%
#96	🇰🇼Kuwait	57	37	28	76	9458%
#97	🇿🇦South Africa	60	33	34	71	9357%
#98	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	56	30	46	66	8653%
#99	🇧🇿Belize	59	26	39	74	8552%
#100	🇧🇭Bahrain	49	34	29	86	8351%
#100	🇪🇨Ecuador	48	35	37	78	8351%
#100	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	52	31	35	80	8351%
#103	🇯🇲Jamaica	56	26	41	75	8250%
#103	🇲🇻Maldives	53	29	38	78	8250%
#105	🇧🇾Belarus	44	37	32	85	8150%
#106	🇻🇺Vanuatu	48	32	40	78	8049%
#107	🇨🇳China	41	38	33	86	7948%
#107	🇫🇯Fiji	49	30	42	77	7948%
#107	🇴🇲Oman	45	34	33	86	7948%
#110	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	42	36	32	88	7848%
#111	🇬🇾Guyana	48	29	42	79	7747%
#111	🇽🇰Kosovo	50	27	41	75	7747%
#111	🇹🇭Thailand	40	37	38	83	7747%
#114	🇮🇩Indonesia	45	31	38	84	7647%
#115	🇳🇷Nauru	43	30	41	84	7345%
#116	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	34	37	36	91	7144%
#116	🇧🇼Botswana	47	24	36	91	7144%
#118	🇧🇴Bolivia	35	35	43	85	7043%
#118	🇸🇷Suriname	37	33	43	85	7043%
#120	🇱🇸Lesotho	44	25	37	92	6942%
#120	🇲🇦Morocco	38	31	40	89	6942%
#120	🇳🇦Namibia	42	27	37	92	6942%
#120	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	37	32	43	86	6942%
#124	🇦🇲Armenia	34	34	36	93	6842%
#124	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	31	37	42	88	6842%
#124	🇸🇿Eswatini	43	25	39	91	6842%
#124	🇰🇪Kenya	39	29	35	95	6842%
#128	🇲🇼Malawi	41	26	37	94	6741%
#128	🇹🇳Tunisia	36	31	38	93	6741%
#130	🇹🇿Tanzania	43	23	33	99	6640%
#131	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	37	27	37	97	6439%
#131	🇬🇲Gambia	43	21	38	96	6439%
#131	🇬🇭Ghana	42	22	40	94	6439%
#131	🇲🇳Mongolia	36	28	44	90	6439%
#135	🇵🇭Philippines	36	27	44	90	6339%
#135	🇺🇬Uganda	35	28	36	99	6339%
#137	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	27	35	43	93	6238%
#137	🇿🇲Zambia	38	24	37	99	6238%
#139	🇷🇼Rwanda	28	33	38	99	6137%
#139	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	29	32	40	97	6137%
#141	🇨🇺Cuba	30	30	45	93	6037%
#142	🇧🇯Benin	32	27	39	100	5936%
#142	🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe	25	34	39	100	5936%
#142	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	39	20	38	101	5936%
#142	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	36	23	38	101	5936%
#146	🇲🇬Madagascar	27	29	40	102	5634%
#147	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	30	25	42	101	5534%
#147	🇬🇦Gabon	26	29	44	99	5534%
#147	🇮🇳India	27	28	50	93	5534%
#147	🇹🇯Tajikistan	23	32	45	97	5534%
#147	🇹🇬Togo	29	26	42	101	5534%
#152	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	22	32	41	103	5433%
#152	🇸🇳Senegal	32	22	46	98	5433%
#154	🇲🇿Mozambique	27	26	40	105	5333%
#155	🇩🇿Algeria	21	31	47	99	5232%
#155	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	28	24	47	99	5232%
#155	🇬🇳Guinea	27	25	45	101	5232%
#155	🇲🇷Mauritania	25	27	44	102	5232%
#155	🇳🇪Niger	30	22	44	102	5232%
#160	🇧🇹Bhutan	17	33	47	101	5031%
#160	🇰🇭Cambodia	21	29	52	96	5031%
#160	🇰🇲Comoros	16	34	43	105	5031%
#160	🇪🇬Egypt	19	31	46	102	5031%
#164	🇹🇩Chad	22	27	43	106	4930%
#164	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	26	23	43	106	4930%
#164	🇲🇱Mali	30	19	45	104	4930%
#167	🇨🇫Central African Republic	20	28	44	106	4829%
#167	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	15	33	49	101	4829%
#167	🇻🇳Vietnam	23	25	50	100	4829%
#170	🇦🇴Angola	22	25	47	104	4729%
#170	🇯🇴Jordan	19	28	47	104	4729%
#172	🇧🇮Burundi	18	28	43	109	4628%
#172	🇨🇲Cameroon	20	26	47	105	4628%
#172	🇭🇹Haiti	15	31	48	103	4628%
#175	🇨🇬Congo	19	26	46	107	4528%
#175	🇩🇯Djibouti	15	30	48	105	4528%
#175	🇱🇦Laos	20	25	49	104	4528%
#175	🇱🇷Liberia	24	21	45	108	4528%
#179	🇱🇧Lebanon	15	28	45	110	4326%
#180	🇨🇩DR Congo	16	26	43	113	4226%
#180	🇪🇹Ethiopia	11	31	47	109	4226%
#180	🇳🇬Nigeria	26	16	45	111	4226%
#180	🇸🇸South Sudan	17	25	42	114	4226%
#184	🇮🇷Iran	13	27	44	113	4025%
#184	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	19	21	50	108	4025%
#186	🇲🇲Myanmar	12	27	52	107	3924%
#187	🇪🇷Eritrea	11	27	51	109	3823%
#187	🇱🇾Libya	13	25	47	113	3823%
#187	🇰🇵North Korea	9	29	49	109	3823%
#187	🇸🇩Sudan	12	26	46	113	3823%
#191	🇳🇵Nepal	12	25	54	107	3723%
#192	🇧🇩Bangladesh	17	17	49	113	3421%
#192	🇵🇸Palestine	11	23	48	114	3421%
#194	🇾🇪Yemen	9	24	47	117	3320%
#195	🇸🇴Somalia	11	21	46	118	3220%
#196	🇵🇰Pakistan	10	20	52	115	3018%
#197	🇮🇶Iraq	8	21	50	119	2918%
#198	🇸🇾Syria	7	19	47	124	2616%
#199	🇦🇫Afghanistan	4	20	52	122	2415%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is the strongest passport in the world in 2026?: United Arab Emirates has the strongest passport in 2026, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 163 destinations. The top 5 includes United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France.
How many countries are ranked in the passport power index 2026?: 199 countries and territories are ranked based on visa-free access data from the passport-index-dataset. Rankings are based on the number of destinations a passport holder can visit without a pre-arranged visa (visa-free + visa on arrival).
What is the weakest passport in 2026?: Afghanistan has the most restricted passport in 2026, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to only 24 destinations. Other restricted passports include Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan.
What is the median passport strength in 2026?: The median passport has access to 83 destinations without a pre-arranged visa. 46 passports are very strong (140+ destinations), 49 are strong (100-139), 46 are moderate (60-99), and 58 are restricted (under 60).
How is the passport power ranking calculated?: Each passport is scored by the total number of destinations its holders can enter either visa-free or with visa on arrival. E-Visa destinations are tracked separately as they require advance application. Data source: passport-index-dataset (MIT license), last updated 2026-08-26.