The South African passport has placed 52nd in a ranking of the world’s most powerful travel documents, rising one place from the previous ranking earlier this year.
The South African passport has risen one place in the latest Henley Passport Index and is now the world's 52nd most powerful. five years and bumped into thirSingapore's is now officially the most powerful passport in the world, with its citizens able to visit 192 countries out of 227 around the world visa-free.looks at 199 of the world’s passports and ranks them according to how many of 227 destinations their holders can enter visa-free.
assports eligible for visas on arrival and electronic travel authorities are also categorised as visa-free. According to the latest list, South Africa's is the world’s 52nd most powerful passport, giving holders visa-free access tocountries. These include Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Argentina, Israel, Seychelles, Peru, Ireland, Georgia and Qatar. A visa is required forWhen the index started in 2006, South Africa ranked 37th. The highest position the country has held was 35th, for two years in a row, in 2008 and 2009. In 2021, South Africa hit its lowest ranking ever at 58th.
Northern hemisphere countries dominate the top of the list. With Singapore at the top with 192 countries, sSpain, with access to 190 countries. Japan shares third place with world’s worst passport is Afghanistan’s, with just 27 countries open to its passport holders without a visa. Second and third last are Iraq and Syria .
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