The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world’s most travel-friendly passports since 2006, has released the latest ranking of the world’s most powerful passports in 2023. Pakistan’s passport is standing at 106th position with visa-free access to 32 destinations.

The ranking is based on the number of places passport holders can visit without a prior visa. According to the company, the ranking is based solely on information from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

With access to 193 international locations without a visa or with one upon arrival, Japan is once again at the top of the leaderboard.

With visa-free travel to 192 countries, Singapore and South Korea’s passports were ranked as the second most powerful in the world.

Germany and Spain, who have visa-free travel to 190 countries, are ranked third. Italy, Finland, and Luxembourg are three of the nations occupying the fourth spot with access to 189 locations.

The fifth position is occupied by Austria, Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden, whereas, the sixth position is grabbed by France, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Portugal.

The other passports ranked among the top ten nations including Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United States (US)  Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Greece, Malta and others.