Planning to travel abroad? The nationality of your passport has a big impact on your travel plans.
A Berlin-based website GoEuro analysed passports from 50 countries to find factors that make a passport powerful.
Passports were studied on the basis of visa free access, ability of a citizen to obtain a passport, pricing, validity period, number of hours a citizen must work to get a passport etc…
Around 75 per cent of people surveyed said visa free entry to countries make a passport powerful, while 25 per cent said the pricing of the passport made it powerful.
The United Arab Emirates has the most affordable passport which costs just $10.91, while Turkey has the most expensive passport which costs $258.46.
Take a look at the world’s 10 powerful passports…
Sweden
Rank: 1
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 1 hour
Price: $43
Finland
Rank: 2
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 5 hours
Price: $ 56
Germany
Rank: 3
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 7 hours
Price: $69
United Kingdom
Rank: 4
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 11 hours
Price: $110
United States
Rank: 5
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 19 hours
Price: $135
Denmark
Rank: 6
Visa free countries: 173
Hours worked to get a passport: 3 hours
Price: $95
Canada
Rank: 7
Visa free countries: 173
Hours worked to get a passport: 15 hours
Price: $133
Spain
Rank: 8
Visa free countries: 172
Hours worked to get a passport: 5 hours
Price: $30
Belgium
Rank: 9
Visa free countries: 172
Hours worked to get a passport: 8 hours
Price: $76
Netherlands
Rank: 10
Visa free countries: 172
Hours worked to get a passport: 8 hours
Price: $78
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