According to Gulf Business, the Emirati Passport was the strongest passport in the world in 2020. This ranking is given by the Passport Index, which ranks passports from time to time.
The UAE's passport has been ranked at 47 different places over the past decade, ranking 18th, up four places from 22 last year, and now has visa-free service at 171 places worldwide. Facilitates
This index is based on special data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). It comes at a time when global travel is almost halted due to epidemics of COD-19.
According to Christian H. Kellen, chairman of Henley & Partners, "the relative power of such a passport becomes temporarily meaningless in such an unprecedented global health emergency."
Swiss citizens can travel to 185 countries without a visa, but over the past few weeks it has become clear that freedom of movement depends on factors that are sometimes completely out of our control.
This is something that all citizens of countries with weak passports know about at the bottom of the index. Given that public health and security concerns are now justified. Even within the EU without borders. Now is the time to think about what freedom of citizenship basically means, especially to those who have in the past considered it unnecessary.
Japan is number one again. While its citizens enjoy visa-free access to 191 destinations, Singapore ranks second with access to 190 destinations worldwide.
Among the Gulf Cooperation Council countries of Kuwait and Qatar, it ranks 57th globally with 95 visa-free admissions. It is followed by the UAE, followed by Bahrain at 64, Oman at 65 and Saudi Arabia at 67, up from 70 last year.
However, due to the Corona virus, travel restrictions and lockdowns have led to a strict ban on unnecessary travel around the world.
Weakest Passports: According to the Passport Index of 193 member countries of the United Nations, the passports of eight countries were in the last row in the ranking of the 10 weakest passports in the world for the year 2020.
The 'Passport Index' is classified according to the number of countries that allow passports to enter or obtain visas without a visa.
Holders of Iraqi passports can travel to only four countries without a visa, with Iraqi passports at the bottom of the list. This passport is required to arrive in 27 countries, while 167 countries require a visa in advance.
Emirati Passport remains world's strongest passport in 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)
Afghanistan ranks second as the weakest passport in the world, Syria third, Somalia fourth, Yemen fifth, Iran sixth, Palestine seventh and Pakistani passport eighth. North Korea's passport is ranked ninth, while Myanmar's passport is ranked tenth.
According to the website, the corona virus has affected the rankings of many international passports and some passports have dropped further compared to last year.
