The Global Passport Index results have been released and we looked at the change from our last analysis of the index in 2013 and here are the new numbers.
The Global Passport Index ranks countries based on the number of countries the passport lets you into visa-free. This year’s list had the German passport in the highest rank with access to 158 countries, visa-free. A drop from 172 in 2013.
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Countries like Sweden, UK and Finland that topped the 2013 list with 173, this year dropped slightly with Sweden dropping to second (157) and Finland and UK dropping to third place (156) respectively.
Our dear Kenya passport didn’t change much in the three years, having only dropped 3 spots from position 60 to 63. In 2013, the Kenyan passport could get you into 68 countries visa-free, while now that number has dropped to 64.
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Top 10 Passport Power Ranking 2017:
- 157 – Germany
- 156 – Singapore, Sweden
- 155 – Denmark, Finland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, UK, USA
- 154 – Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Japan
- 153 – Malaysia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand
- 152 – Greece, South Korea, Australia
- 151 – Czech Republic, Iceland
- 150 – Hungary
- 149 – Malta, Poland
- 148 – Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia
Bottom 10 Passport Power Ranking 2017
- 98 – Afghanistan
- 97 – Pakistan
- 96 – Iraq
- 95 – Syria
- 94 – Somalia
- 93 – Ethiopia, South Sudan
- 92 – Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- 91 – Eritrea, Iran, Sudan
- 90 – Libya, Nepal, Palestinian Territories
- 89 – Lebanon
Below is a comparison of the Kenyan to the German passport
| Country | Kenyan Passport | German Passport | Country | Kenyan Passport | German Passport | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | visa required | visa required | Luxembourg | visa required | visa-free | |
| Albania | visa required | visa-free | Macao | visa required | visa-free | |
| Algeria | visa required | visa required | Macedonia (FYROM) | visa required | visa-free | |
| Andorra | visa required | visa-free | Madagascar | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | |
| Angola | visa required | visa required | Malawi | visa-free | visa on arrival | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | visa-free | visa-free | Malaysia | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Argentina | visa required | visa-free | Maldives | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | |
| Armenia | visa required | visa-free | Mali | visa required | visa required | |
| Australia | visa required | eTA / eVisitor | Malta | visa required | visa-free | |
| Austria | visa required | visa-free | Marshall Islands | visa required | visa-free | |
| Azerbaijan | visa required | visa required | Mauritania | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | |
| Bahamas | visa-free | visa-free | Mauritius | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Bahrain | visa required | visa on arrival | Mexico | visa required | visa-free | |
| Bangladesh | visa required | visa on arrival | Micronesia | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Barbados | visa-free | visa-free | Moldova | visa required | visa-free | |
| Belarus | visa required | visa required | Monaco | visa required | visa-free | |
| Belgium | visa required | visa-free | Mongolia | visa required | visa-free | |
| Belize | visa required | visa-free | Montenegro | visa required | visa-free | |
| Benin | visa required | visa required | Morocco | visa required | visa-free | |
| Bhutan | visa required | visa required | Mozambique | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | |
| Bolivia | visa required | visa-free | Myanmar [Burma] | visa required | visa required | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | visa required | visa-free | Namibia | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Botswana | visa-free | visa-free | Nauru | visa required | visa required | |
| Brazil | visa required | visa-free | Nepal | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | |
| Brunei | visa required | visa-free | Netherlands | visa required | visa-free | |
| Bulgaria | visa required | visa-free | New Zealand | visa required | visa-free | |
| Burkina Faso | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Nicaragua | visa on arrival | visa-free | |
| Burundi | visa-free | visa required | Niger | visa required | visa required | |
| Cambodia | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Nigeria | visa on arrival | visa required | |
| Cameroon | visa required | visa required | North Korea | visa required | visa required | |
| Canada | visa required | eTA | Norway | visa required | visa-free | |
| Cape Verde | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Oman | visa required | visa on arrival | |
| Central African Republic | visa required | visa required | Pakistan | visa required | visa required | |
| Chad | visa required | visa required | Palau | visa on arrival | visa-free | |
| Chile | visa required | visa-free | Palestinian Territories | visa required | visa-free | |
| China | visa required | visa required | Panama | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Colombia | visa required | visa-free | Papua New Guinea | visa required | visa on arrival | |
| Comoros | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Paraguay | visa required | visa-free | |
| Congo | visa required | visa required | Peru | visa required | visa-free | |
| Congo (Dem. Rep.) | visa on arrival | visa required | Philippines | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Costa Rica | visa required | visa-free | Poland | visa required | visa-free | |
| Cote Divoire (Ivory Coast) | visa required | visa required | Portugal | visa required | visa-free | |
| Croatia | visa required | visa-free | Qatar | visa required | visa on arrival | |
| Cuba | visa required | visa required | Romania | visa required | visa-free | |
| Cyprus | visa required | visa-free | Russian Federation | visa required | visa required | |
| Czech Republic | visa required | visa-free | Rwanda | visa-free | visa on arrival | |
| Denmark | visa required | visa-free | Saint Kitts and Nevis | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Djibouti | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Saint Lucia | visa on arrival | visa-free | |
| Dominica | visa-free | visa-free | Samoa | visa on arrival | visa-free | |
| Dominican Republic | visa required | visa-free | San Marino | visa required | visa-free | |
| Ecuador | visa required | visa-free | Sao Tome and Principe | visa required | visa-free | |
| Egypt | visa required | visa on arrival | Saudi Arabia | visa required | visa required | |
| El Salvador | visa required | visa-free | Senegal | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Equatorial Guinea | visa required | visa required | Serbia | visa required | visa-free | |
| Eritrea | visa-free | visa required | Seychelles | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | |
| Estonia | visa required | visa-free | Sierra Leone | visa on arrival | visa required | |
| Ethiopia | visa-free | visa on arrival | Singapore | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Fiji | visa-free | visa-free | Slovakia | visa required | visa-free | |
| Finland | visa required | visa-free | Slovenia | visa required | visa-free | |
| France | visa required | visa-free | Solomon Islands | visa required | visa-free | |
| Gabon | visa required | visa required | Somalia | visa required | visa required | |
| Gambia | visa-free | visa-free | South Africa | visa required | visa-free | |
| Georgia | visa required | visa-free | South Korea | visa required | visa-free | |
| Germany | visa required | South Sudan | visa on arrival | visa required | ||
| Ghana | visa-free | visa required | Spain | visa required | visa-free | |
| Greece | visa required | visa-free | Sri Lanka | visa required | eTA | |
| Grenada | visa-free | visa-free | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Guatemala | visa required | visa-free | Sudan | visa on arrival | visa required | |
| Guinea | visa required | visa required | Suriname | visa required | visa on arrival | |
| Guinea-Bissau | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Swaziland | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Guyana | visa required | visa-free | Sweden | visa required | visa-free | |
| Haiti | visa-free | visa-free | Switzerland | visa required | visa-free | |
| Honduras | visa required | visa-free | Syria | visa required | visa required | |
| Hong Kong | visa-free | visa-free | Taiwan | visa required | visa-free | |
| Hungary | visa required | visa-free | Tajikistan | visa required | visa on arrival | |
| Iceland | visa required | visa-free | Tanzania | visa-free | visa on arrival | |
| India | eTA | eTA | Thailand | visa required | visa-free | |
| Indonesia | visa-free | visa-free | Timor-Leste | visa on arrival | visa-free | |
| Iran | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Togo | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | |
| Iraq | visa required | visa required | Tonga | visa required | visa-free | |
| Ireland | visa required | visa-free | Trinidad and Tobago | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Israel | visa required | visa-free | Tunisia | visa required | visa-free | |
| Italy | visa required | visa-free | Turkey | visa required | visa-free | |
| Jamaica | visa-free | visa-free | Turkmenistan | visa required | visa required | |
| Japan | visa required | visa-free | Tuvalu | visa on arrival | visa-free | |
| Jordan | visa required | visa on arrival | Uganda | visa-free | visa on arrival | |
| Kazakhstan | visa required | visa-free | Ukraine | visa required | visa-free | |
| Kenya | visa on arrival | United Arab Emirates | visa required | visa-free | ||
| Kiribati | visa-free | visa-free | United Kingdom | visa required | visa-free | |
| Kosovo | visa required | visa-free | United States of America | visa required | eTA | |
| Kuwait | visa required | visa on arrival | Uruguay | visa required | visa-free | |
| Kyrgyzstan | visa required | visa-free | Uzbekistan | visa required | visa required | |
| Laos | visa on arrival | visa on arrival | Vanuatu | visa-free | visa-free | |
| Latvia | visa required | visa-free | Vatican City | visa required | visa-free | |
| Lebanon | visa required | visa on arrival | Venezuela | visa required | visa-free | |
| Lesotho | visa-free | visa-free | Viet Nam | visa required | visa-free | |
| Liberia | visa required | visa required | Yemen | visa required | visa required | |
| Libya | visa required | visa required | Zambia | visa-free | visa on arrival | |
| Liechtenstein | visa required | visa-free | Zimbabwe | visa-free | visa on arrival | |
| Lithuania | visa required | visa-free |
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