Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Henley Passport Index 2020 was launched , it was based on the data collected from International Air Transport Association (IATA).
(2) The Indian passport ranked 84th in the world’s most powerful passport index 2020.
(3 ) The Indian passport is dropped by 2 places as it ranked 82nd in 2019.
Choose the correct one:
(a) Only(1)
(b) only (2)
(c) Both(1) and (2)
(d) All of the above
Answer :(d)
Related facts:
- On January 7,2020 , Henley Passport Index 2020 was launched .
- The Henley Passport Index (HPI) is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom for their citizens.
- It started in 2006 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index (HVRI) and was modified and renamed in January 2018.[
- The index releases everyear in collaboration with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and based on official data from their global database Henley & Partners has analysed the visa regulations of all the countries and territories in the world since 2006.
Henley Passport Index 2020:
- Japan is now top’s the leaderboard, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to an incredible 191 destinations around the world.
The best passports in 2020 to hold-
- Japan (191 destinations)
- Singapore (190 destinations)
- South Korea, Germany (189 destinations)
The worst passports to hold –
- Several countries around the world have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to fewer than 40 countries. These include:
- 105th Syria (29destinations)
- 106th Iraq (28 destinations)
- 107th Afghanistan (26 destinations)
- The Indian passport ranked 84th in 2020 shown drop by 2 places (ranked 82nd in 2019).
- India provides visa-free access to 58 countries.
- The UAE has been the index’s biggest success story of the past decade, climbing 47 places over the past ten years to sit in 18th place, with a visa-free or visa-on-arrival score of 171.
Links:
https://www.henleypassportindex.com/passport
https://www.henleypassportindex.com/assets/2020/Q1/HENLEY%20PASSPORT%20INDEX%202020%20Q1%20INFOGRAPHIC%20GLOBAL%20RANKING_191219.pdf
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/henley-index-world-best-passport-2020/index.html