62 Countries Are Visa Free For Indian Citizens; Checkout The List (Photo by Rocker Sta on Unsplash)
The latest Henley Passport Index, based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), was released recently. As per the rankings, Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain claimed the top spot. These nations offer their citizens the most powerful passports with visa-free access to 194 countries out of 227 around the globe.
India”s passport ranked 80th in the 2024 Henley Passport Index. It is worth mentioning that India shares the rank with Uzbekistan. Indian passports have visa-free access to 62 nations. These nations include Angola, Barbados, Bhutan, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde Islands, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Grenada, Guinea, Bissau, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Macao (SAR China), Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Palau Islands, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Thailand. Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Zimbabwe.
In the previous year too, Indian passport was ranked in the 80th spot. Meanwhile, the number of visa-free destinations has surged from 57 to 62 in 2023.
South Korea, Finland, and Sweden share the second spot as citizens from these countries are eligible for visa-free access to 193 destinations. Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and the Netherlands are holding the third position with access to 192 nations. Afghanistan sits at the bottom of the passport ranking, with visa-free access to only 28 countries. Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen are also at the bottom of the 2024 Henley Passport Index.
“The average number of destinations travelers are able to access visa-free has nearly doubled from 58 in 2006 to 111 in 2024,” said Dr Christian H Kaelin, the Chairman of Henley & Partners and the inventor of the passport index concept. Christian H Kaelin also said that the global mobility gap between those at the top and bottom of the index is now wider than ever.
