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India’s passport power has bettered this quarter compared to 2021. It now ranks at 83rd position in the Henley Passport Index, climbing seven places from 90th rank last time. Still, in 2020, its rank stood at 84 while in 2016, India was ranked 85th along with Mali and Uzbekistan. Japan and Singapore eclipse the indicator.
The current rankings are for first quarter of 2022 and India shares the position with Sao Tome and Principe in Central Africa, behind Rwanda and Uganda Since 2005, Henley Passport Index ranks world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can pierce without previous visa and is grounded on data from International Air Transport Association (IATA).
India now has visa-free access to 60 destinations worldwide with Oman and Armenia being the rearmost additions. India has added 35 further destinations since 2006.
A statement by Henley and Partners said that in 2006 an existent could, on average, visit 57 countries visa-free. “ Moment, that number has risen to 107, but this overall increase marks a growing difference between countries in the global north and those in the global south, with citizens from countries similar as Sweden and the US suitable to visit further than 180 destinations visa-free, while passport holders from Angola, Cameroon, and Laos can only enter about 50,” the statement said.
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