The UK is in the top ten of best passports in 2022?!

The Henley Passport Index (HPI) is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom enjoyed by the holders of that country’s ordinary passport for its citizens. Initially it started in 2006 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index (HVRI) but it was modified and renamed in January 2018.

HPI ranks passports according to how many destinations can be reached using a particular country’s ordinary passport without a visa. The ranking includes a total of 199 passports in its survey, against 227 travel destinations in the world, which are countries, territories, and micro-states.

Here are the current standings of the top 10 best passports in the world and how many countries they can enter visa-free:

1. Japan – 193
2. Singapore / South Korea -192
3. Germany / Spain – 190
4. Finland / Italy / Luxembourg – 189
5. Austria / Denmark / Netherlands / Sweden / United Stated of America – 188
6. Ireland / France / Portugal / United Kingdom – 187
7. Belgium / New Zealand / Norway / Swizerland – 186
8. Australia / Canada / Czech Republic / Greece / Malta – 185
9. Hungary – 183
10. Poland / Lithuania / Slovakia – 181

I note that my native country; Dominica, is number 32. Which makes me think to myself why the heck is the UK so far up? Number 6 you know!

I actually still can’t believe that the UK is so high up! FYI (in case you want to know) Afghanistan is the lowest ranked passport to hold with only 26 visa-free entries for the passport holders. (Personally I think predjudice and discrimination is at play here but let me keep my fingers shut)

Love and Hugs,

Tillyah x