World’s Top 50 Most Powerful Passports

Henley & Partners, a citizenship and residence planning firm, has released the 2016 visa restriction index to determine the most powerful passports in the world. The report ranks countries according to the number of countries their citizens can access visa-free.

Here is a look at the countries that made it to the top 50 in descending order.

Most Powerful Passports

The report ranks top 50 most powerful passports according to the number of countries their citizens can access visa-free.

1. Colombia - Access to 103 countries
2. Palau - Access to 104 countries
3. Russian Federation - Access to 105 countries
4. Montenegro - Access to 107 countries
5. Nicaragua, Tonga, Vanuatu - Access to 110 countries
6. Macedonia (FYROM) - Access to 111 countries
7. Samoa - Access to 112 countries
8. El Salvador, Serbia - Access to 115 countries
9. Guatemala - Access to 116 countries
10. Dominica, Honduras - Access to 119 countries
11. Macao (SAR China) - Access to 120 countries
12. Grenada - Access to 121 countries
13. United Arab Emirates - Access to 122 countries
14. Paraguay, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Access to 125 countries
15. Panama - Access to 127 countries
16. Mauritius - Access to 128 countries
17. Trinidad and Tobago - Access to 130 countries
18. Costa Rica - Access to 131 countries
19. St. Kitts and Nevis, Venezuela - Access to 132 countries
20. Seychelles - Access to 133 countries
21. Antigua and Barbuda, Vatican City - Access to 134 countries
22. Uruguay, Taiwan - Access to 137 countries
23. Mexico - Access to 139 countries
24. Bahamas - Access to 140 countries
25. Barbados - Access to 141 countries
26. Israel - Access to 147 countries
27. Croatia - Access to 149 countries
28. Brunei Darussalam - Access to 151 countries
29. Andorra, Argentina - Access to 152 countries
30. Brazil, Bulgaria, Romania - Access to 153 countries
31. Hong Kong (SAR China) - Access to 154 countries
32. Chile - Access to 155 countries
33. San Marino - Access to 156 countries
34. Cyprus - Access to 159 countries
35. Monaco - Access to 160 countries
36. Poland - Access to 161 countries
37. Estonia, Lithuania - Access to 162 countries
38. Latvia - Access to 163 countries
39. Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Slovenia - Access to 164 countries
40. Slovakia - Access to 165 countries
41. Hungary, Czech Republic, Iceland - Access to 167 countries
42. Malta - Access to 168 countries
43. Australia - Access to 169 countries
44. Greece, New Zealand - Access to 171 countries
45. Canada, Ireland, South Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland - Access to 172 countries
46. Austria, Japan, Singapore - Access to 173 countries
47. Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, USA - Access to 174 countries
48. Finland, France, Italy, Spain, UK - Access to 175 countries
49. Sweden - Access to 176 countries
50. Germany - Access to 177 countries