The world's most powerful passports for 2020

What are the most powerful passports in the world this year, and in expected news, the Japanese and Singaporean passports rank among the best and most powerful passports in the world for 2019, according to the Henley & Partners Passport Index list, given that it enables the holder of one of the two passports to travel to 189 countries without visa, while eight Arab countries “ranked” at the bottom of the list.

In second place after the Japanese and Singaporean passports, the Finnish, German and South Korean passports (187 countries), and in third place came the Danish, Italian and Luxembourg (186 countries), then fourth; Australian, Dutch, Portuguese, Swiss (184 countries), Belgian, Canadian, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, British and American (183 countries) and Maltese (182 countries).

Raja ranked first in the Arab world (20th globally) in the mentioned list, the United Arab Emirates, whose passport allows its holder to enter (167 countries), followed by Kuwait (57th globally) and whose passport allows its holder to enter (91 countries), then Qatar (60th place). Its passport allows its holder to travel to (56 countries), then Bahrain (65 globally, 80 countries), then Oman (67 globally, 77 countries), then Saudi Arabia (72 globally, 72 countries), then Tunisia (77 globally, 67 countries), then Morocco ( 83 globally, 61 countries), then Mauritania (86 globally, 58 countries), followed by Algeria (94 globally, 50 countries), then Egypt and Jordan (95 globally, 49 countries).

Just as Asian and European countries, in addition to the United States and Australia, have maintained for many years the top positions for the most powerful passports in the world, certain Arab countries have also maintained their rank at the bottom of the list globally.

According to the aforementioned indicator, which is based on the data of the International Air Transport Association, the Afghan passport came at the bottom of the list (109 globally, 25 countries), and before it came the Iraqi passport (108 globally, 27 countries), and before it the Syrian passport (107 globally, 29 countries). And before it came the Pakistani passport (106 globally, 30 countries), and before it came the Somali passport (105 globally, 31 countries), and before it the Yemeni passport (104 globally, 33 countries), and before it the passports of Sudan, Palestine and Libya (103 globally, 37 countries) and before them Lebanese solution (101 globally, 39 countries).