The Henley Passport Index has ranked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 80th among 199 countries in terms of travel freedom for their citizens.
Tajikistan’s citizens can now travel to 58 countries without a visa – or by obtaining a visa on arrival.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan is in sixty-seventh place with citizens able to visit 76 countries without visa or by obtaining a visa on arrival.
Kyrgyzstan is in seventy-sixth place as its citizens are able to visit 64 countries without visa or by obtaining a visa on arrival.
Turkmenistan passport remains the least powerful on the Central Asian region. Turkmenistan’s citizens are able to visit 53 countries without visa or by obtaining a visa n arrival.
Citizens of Japan have the most powerful passports in the world. Holders of Japanese passports can now travel to 190 countries without a visa – or by obtaining a visa on arrival.
Inhabitants of the tiny city state of Singapore and citizens of South Korea are tied in second place. Holders of Singaporean and Korean passports can now travel to 189 countries without a visa – or by obtaining a visa on arrival.
Citizens of Germany and France are ties in third place. They can travel to 188 countries without a visa – or by obtaining a visa on arrival.
Afghan and Iraqi passports remain the least powerful ones, with just only 30 countries allowing visa-free access to citizens of these countries.
The Henley Passport Index (HPI) is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom for their citizens. It started in 2006 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index (HVRI) and was modified and renamed in January 2018. The site provides a ranking of the 199 passports of the world according to the number of countries their holders can travel to visa-free. The number of countries that a specific passport can access becomes its visa-free 'score'. In collaboration with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and based on official data from their global database Henley & Partners has analyzed the visa regulations of all the countries and territories in the world since 2006.
