Hold a Croatian passport? See where you fall on the newest list.
A new list of the most powerful passports in the world has been released this week. According to the Henley Passport Index (HPI), the most powerful passport is that issued to Japanese citizens. The Japanese can travel to 189 countries around the world visa free.
As Index writes on the 28th of May, 2018, the ranking of passports is based on International Air Traffic Association (IATA) data that maintains the largest and most accurate travel database in the world. The passport list is updated in real time, as are occurrences of various alterations related to the issuance of visas.
Along with this passport list, one can learn about the global mobility of a country and discover to what extent citizens of some countries can travel without additional investment for obtaining visas to enter a country.
Croatia finds itself in the same group as Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and Romania.
Behind Japan, which holds first place in the rankings, Germany and Singapore take second place. Citizens of these two countries can travel without visas to 188 countries across the world.
In third place is Finland, France, Italy, South Korea, Spain and Sweden, whose citizens can travel to 187 countries without visas. Fourth place is held by Austria, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States, and their citizens have access to 186 countries visa free, while Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland and Switzerland come fifth, meaning citizens of these nations may visit 185 countries worldwide with no extra charges for visa issuance.
To be more specific, Croatia finds itself at 16th place, sharing that position with Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and Romania. Citizens of these countries can travel to 169 countries across the world without the need for visas. Since there are several countries in each group, Despite the fact that Croatia is in the best position in comparison to other countries in the closer region, with the exception of neighbouring Slovenia, Croatia is ranked 43rd in that order, making it the worst of all 28 EU member states.
Since the world economy is becoming increasingly globalised year by year, there is an increasing need for easy, streamline travel without a visa. Henley Global writes that more and more people want to avoid constraints created by their origin and nationality.
