World's most powerful passports 2024: where does India stand?

By- Srushti sharma

The Henley Passport Index has released the list of the world's strongest passports

France has topped the list, as it provides Visa-free access to 194 countries.

Along with France, the top-ranked countries are Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Spain.

Finland, Netherlands, South Korea and Sweden are at the 2nd place, while Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, and the UK are tied in 3rd place.

Belgium, Norway and Portugal share the 4th spot, while Australia Greece, Malta, New Zealand and Switzerland are in the 5th position.

The United States, Canada, Czechia Poland are tied for the 6th place while Hungary and Lithuania are in the 7th spot.

India's passport ranking has slipped one place from the last year moving it from 84th to 85th position.

However visa-free travel for Indians has gone up from 60 to 62 in the last year.

India's neighboring place like Pakistan is at 106th place, Sri Lanka at 101st and Bangladesh occupies 102nd place

Afghanistan remained the world's weakest passport as it was ranked 109th, with visa-free travel to only 28 countries.