Question: India has been ranked 74th with 51 visa free score in the Global Passport Power Rank -2017 released in October, 2017. Who is the first place in this list?
(a) Germany
(b) Singapore
(c) Sweden
(d) South Korea
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- Global Passport Power Rank -2017 was released by global Financial Advisory firm Aarton Capital on October 24, 2017.
- Singapore has the world’s “most powerful” passport followed by Germany second, Sweden and South Korea in third place respectively.
- India, which was listed 78th, last year, has improved its ranking, figuring at 74th position with a visa-free score of 51.
- Coming in at last place on the list is Afghanistan, ranked 93 with a score of 22, followed by Pakistan and Iraq at 92 with a score of 26, Syria at 91, having a score of 29 and Somalia at 90 with a score 34.
- The status of other countries in this list is: China (66th place), Nepal and Sri Lanka (88th place), Myanmar (83th place), United State of America (6th position) and Russia (40th position)
- The index ranks national passports by the cross-border access they bring, assigning a “visa-free score” according to the number of countries a passport holder can visit visa-free or with visa on arrival.
Reference:
https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php
https://www.passportindex.org/byHistoric.php
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/global-passport-index-singapore/index.html