India ranked 83rd in the Henley Passport Index

• India’s passport rank improves to 83 from 90
• The current rankings are for first quarter of 2022 and India shares the position with Sao Tome and Principe in Central Africa, behind Rwanda and Uganda

About Passport Index

• It ranks world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without prior visa since 2005
• It is based on data from International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Findings of index

• Japan and Singapore top the index
• India’s passport power has improved this quarter compared to 2021
• It now ranks at 83rd position in the index, climbing seven places from 90th rank last year.
• The current rankings are for the first quarter of 2022 and India shares the position with Sao Tome and Principe in Central Africa, behind Rwanda and Uganda
• India now has visa-free access to 60 destinations worldwide with Oman and Armenia being the latest additions.
• India has added 35 more destinations since 2006
• An individual could visit 57 countries on an average visa-free in 2006
• The number has risen to 107 today but this overall increase marks a growing disparity between countries in the global north and those in the global south
• The nationals from countries such as Sweden and the US are able to visit more than 180 destinations visa-free
• While passport holders from Angola, Cameroon, and Laos can only enter about 50