The Philippines has dropped from 72nd to 75th spot in a global passport index, although the number of countries and territories it has visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to remains at 66.
According to the latest Henley Passport Index by residence and citizenship planning firm Henley & Partners, Japan has the most powerful passport, allowing it visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a whopping 190 destinations.
Japan is followed by Singapore (189 destination); Germany, France, South Korea (188); Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Spain (187); and Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, United States (186).
Meanwhile, the 66 destinations that offer visa-free or visa-on-arrival to Filipinos are the following:
1. Armenia
2. Benin
3. Bolivia
4. Brazil
5. Brunei
6. Cambodia
7. Cape Verde Islands
8. Colombia
9. Comores Islands
10. Cook Islands
11. Costa Rica
12. Cote d’lvoire (Ivory Coast)
13. Djibouti
14. Dominica
15. Ecuador
16. Fiji
17. Gambia
18. Guinea-Bissau
19. Haiti
20. Hong Kong (SAR China)
21. Indonesia
22. Iran
23. Israel
24. Kenya
25. Kyrgyztan
26. Laos
27. Macao (SAR China)
28. Madagascar
29. Malawi
30. Malaysia
31. Maldives
32. Marshall Islands
33. Mauritania
34. Mauritius
35. Micronesia
36. Mongolia
37. Morocco
38. Mozambique
39. Myanmar
40. Nepal
41. Nicaragua
42. Niue
43. Palau Islands
44. Palestinian Territory
45. Papua New Guinea
46. Peru
47. Rwanda
48. Samoa
49. Seychelles
50. Singapore
51. Somalia
52. Sri Lanka
53. St. Lucia
54. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
55. Suriname
56. Taiwan
57. Tajikistan
58. Tanzania
59. Thailand
60. Timor-Leste
61. Togo
62. Trinidad and Tobago
63. Tuvalu
64. Uganda
65. Vanuatu
66. Vietnam
The Henley Passport Index is a ranking of all the passports of the world according to the number of countries their holders can travel to visa-free.
The ranking is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association, which maintains the world’s largest and most comprehensive database of travel information, and is enhanced by extensive in-house research.
This article originally appeared on: GMA News
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