The Henley & Partners
Visa Restrictions Index 2014
Global Travel Freedom at a Glance
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom that their citizens enjoy.
Henley & Partners analyze the visa regulations of all countries and territories in the world and present an index which ranks each by the number of other countries that their citizens can travel to without having to obtain a visa.
The index is produced in cooperation with the International
Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world’s largest database of travel information, and is published annually.
How to read the index:
Countries are listed according to the numbers of other countries to which visa-free access is possible. Hence,
Finland, Germany, Sweden, the UK and the US, who can all access 174 countries visa-free, the highest score achieved, are ranked in first position.
Rank Citizenship/Passport
1
Finland
Score
174
Germany
19 Andorra
148
Romania
51 Kiribati
Vanuatu
Sweden
20 Israel
147
USA
21 Brazil
146
Guyana
United Kingdom
2
22 Bahamas
138
Nauru
Canada
173
Denmark
3
Belgium
172
23 Mexico
24 Antigua and Barbuda
Japan
133
132
St. Kitts and Nevis
Luxembourg
25 Vatican City
Netherlands
Austria
131
125
Mauritius
28 Panama
124
Norway
29 Paraguay
123
30 Macao (SAR China)
122
Singapore
31 Honduras
116
Switzerland
32 Guatemala
114
New Zealand
170
56 Micronesia
75
(Federated States)
57 Bolivia
74
Palau
58 Botswana
Ireland
5
77
Qatar
129
27 Costa Rica
171
Kuwait
55 United Arab Emirates
26 Seychelles
Spain
78
Papua New Guinea
Venezuela
Portugal
79
Ukraine
54 Ecuador
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Korea (Republic of, South)
81
Marshall Islands
Uruguay
Italy
52 Fiji
53 Jamaica
Barbados
Croatia
France
4
82
73
59 Lesotho
72
Suriname
60 Kenya
71
Namibia
61 Gambia
70
6
Greece
169
33 El Salvador
112
7
Australia
168
34 Nicaragua
110
62 Bahrain
8
Malaysia
166
35 Serbia
107
Malawi
36 Macedonia (FYROM)
106
Thailand
165
37 Trinidad and Tobago
103
63 Zambia
67
162
38 Russian Federation
100
64 Colombia
66
Malta
9
Iceland
10 Czech Republic
Hungary
11 Liechtenstein
Turkey
161
Swaziland
Kazakhstan
39 Montenegro
99
Oman
40 St. Lucia
Slovakia
69
98
Tanzania
12 Slovenia
160
41 South Africa
97
65 Saudi Arabia
13 Latvia
158
42 Bosnia and Herzegovina
95
Sierra Leone
14 Cyprus
157
43 St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
44 Belize
94
66 Tunisia
93
Uganda
45 Albania
91
67 Belarus
Estonia
Lithuania
Poland
15 Hong Kong (SAR China)
156
16 San Marino
151
17 Argentina
150
Monaco
18 Bulgaria
149
Chile
68 Georgia
Grenada
46 Moldova
89
47 Solomon Islands
87
85
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62
Philippines
69 Cuba
61
Zimbabwe
70 Azerbaijan
Tuvalu
49 Maldives
84
Benin
50 Peru
83
Kyrgyzstan
Tonga
64
Ghana
Dominica
48 Samoa
Brunei Darussalam
65
58
Rank Citizenship/Passport
71 Cape Verde
Score
57
55
Madagascar
Burundi
Djibouti
Turkmenistan
Mauritania
Myanmar
Morocco
48
Laos
87 Congo (Democratic
Republic of, Kinshasa)
Liberia
Niger
47
Gabon
Sao Tome & Principe
Vietnam
75 Dominican Republic
53
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Rwanda
89 Eritrea
83 China
Tajikistan
39
Lebanon
46
Cameroon
Uzbekistan
Kosovo
88 Ethiopia
82 Algeria
Togo
40
Iran
81 Chad
Mali
Korea (Democratic
People's Republic of, North)
Egypt
54
42
Bangladesh
80 Central African Republic
Burkina Faso
74 Guinea
86 Angola
Nigeria
56
Indonesia
73 Armenia
49
Haiti
Senegal
72 Cote d'Ivoire
79 Guinea-Bissau
45
38
Libya
76 India
52
Comoros
Sudan
77 Bhutan
51
Jordan
Syria
Mongolia
84 Congo (Republic of,
85 Equatorial Guinea
Timor Leste
78 Cambodia
44
43
Brazzaville)
Mozambique
50
Yemen
90 Nepal
37
91 Palestinian Territory
35
92 Pakistan
32
Somalia
93 Iraq
31
94 Afghanistan
28
Methodology
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index contains the following assumptions:
Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Palestinian Territory, San
Marino, Vatican City
There are 219 destination countries (territories) in total. The maximum attainable score is 218 (one point is subtracted to account for a national traveling to their own country, with the exception of nationals who must hold a visa to reenter their home country, and for nationals of countries not considered as a destination. The latter group can therefore reach a max. score of 219). The amount of nationalities
(passports) evaluated is 199. These are the 193 UN Member
States, Chinese Taipei (“Republic of China Taiwan” passport), Kosovo, Palestinian Territory, Vatican City, Hong
Kong (SAR China) passport, and the Macao (SAR China) passport. Those from the territories dependent on the United Kingdom hold British passports, therefore they are not considered as a nationality. However, these territories are considered as destinations as they enforce their own entry regulations:
Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands,
Gibraltar, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin
Islands (British)
The list was created with visa regulations effective on 20
May 2014, including temporary visa exemptions applicable for the 2014 summer tourist season.
The following countries are considered as a nationality, but not as a destination, as they do not enforce their own visa regulations. Those traveling to one of these countries must only comply with entry requirements set forth by their neighboring countries:
The following are considered as a destination, but not as a nationality. These territories enforce their own travel regulations, yet those originating from them hold passports issued by the authority of the governing country:
Territories dependent on Australia: Norfolk Island
Territories associated with New Zealand: Cook Islands, Niue
Territories under administration of the USA: Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Samoa (American),
Virgin Islands (USA)
Territories under administration of the Netherlands: Aruba,
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, Curacao, St. Maarten
Territories dependent on France: French Guiana, French
Polynesia, French West Indies, Mayotte, New Caledonia,
Reunion
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