Despite the corona: it's the strongest passport in the world for 2022
The Omicron virus did not prevent the publication of the passport rankings that most open doors to countries in the world in 2022, with the strongest passport this year being the Japanese.
And where was the Israeli passport rated?
Ziv Reinstein
12/01/2022
Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 10:29 Updated: 11:47
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While the idea of flying abroad during this period, when the corona is soaring around the world, is less of a magician for travelers across the globe, it did not prevent the Henley Passport Index from reviewing the world's strongest passports ranking for 2022 of 193 UN member states and six territories (Taiwan (China), Macau (China), Hong Kong (China), Kosovo, the Palestinian Authority and the Vatican).
In this year's ranking, which relied, as every year, on the number of countries to which each passport allows entry, there is a growing gap between the northern and southern parts of the world, in terms of the degree of free movement between countries, ie entry without a visa. The gap was created due to entry restrictions of different countries following the corona, and this is the largest gap recorded in the 16 years of existence of the Henley Passport Index. "In 2006, the average world number of countries that could be visited without the need for a visa in advance was 57. In 2022, the average rose to 107," the survey authors said.
So which citizens hold the passport that puts the most into countries in the world?
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The Israeli passport.
Introduces to 159 countries (Photo: ShutterStock)
If so, residents of
Japan and Singapore
hold the strongest passport, which opens the most doors to countries in the world, with 192 destinations without the need for a visa.
Germany and South Korea
were then ranked
with 190 targets. In third place are the passports of
Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain,
which travel to 189 countries without a visa.
In the top ten places, the ranking remains almost unchanged from last year, with EU countries topping the list, as usual.
France, the Netherlands and Sweden
climb one place to join
Austria and Denmark
in fourth place (entry to 188 countries).
1. Japan, Singapore (192 countries)
2. Germany and South Korea (190 countries)
3. Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain (189 countries)
4. Austria, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Sweden (188 countries)
5. Ireland, Portugal (187 countries)
6. Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, UK, USA (186 countries)
7. Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Greece and Malta (185 countries)
8. Hungary, Poland (183 countries)
9. Lithuania, Slovakia (182 countries)
10. Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia (181 countries)
Japanese passport re-enters most countries in 2022 (Photo: Walla! NEWS, Shutterstock)
And what about the Israeli passport?
Our passport was placed in 24th place this year and its holders can enter 159 countries in the world - this is a decrease of one place from last year, where the blue-and-white passport was ranked 23rd and it is possible to enter 161 countries.
The weakest passport in the world also belongs this year to
Afghanistan
(111th place) and its holders can enter only 26 countries.
It was preceded by
Iraq
, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Nepal and the Palestinian Authority (entry into 39 countries).
The Palestinian passport.
Introduces to 37 countries in the world (Photo: ShutterStock)
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In addition, Henley's latest index indicates that the Omicron's performance at the end of the year highlighted the growing gap in international mobility between richer and poorer countries, and pointed to the severe restrictions imposed mainly on African countries, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as "apartheid travel" .
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