In a improvement from the ranking of last year, the Indian passport has become strong as the country improve its passport ranking in the Henley Passport Index 2022. Taking from its earlier ranking of 90th, the country’s passport has now reached the 83rd rank.
With the jump in Indian passport ranking, the Indian nationals will be able to visit as many as 60 countries from around the world without the need of a prior visa.
A total of 60 countries will now felicitate the direct entry of tourists holding Indian passports by providing visa-on-arrival facility or some other mechanism.
Last year, the number of countries which provide prior visa-free entry to Indians was 88, Oman and Armenia are the latest additions to grant this facility.
Other tourist destinations where Indians can visit without a prior visa sanction include Botswana, Cambodia, El Salvador, Fiji, Indonesia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka among many others.
While India improve its ranking slightly, Japan retain the top rank in the Henley Passport Index.
With Japan, Singapore also top the list as the nationals of these two countries can visit as many as 192 destinations without the need of a prior visa.
Germany and South Korea follow on the second rank with their nationals allow to visit 190 visa-free destinations around the world.
What is Henley Passport Index?
The Henley Passport Index is release on the basis of the data provide by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which keeps a repository of the world’s most accurate database of travel information.
A total of 199 countries were rank on the index along with a total of 227 travel destinations from around the world.
The index signifies the ease with which nationals of different countries can access world’s top destinations.
