Global and residence advisory company Henley & Partners has ranked Pakistan as a nation with the fourth worst passport in the world. According to the report, Pakistanis had access to 35 countries with an on-arrival visa facility until January this year which has now come down to 33, The News International reported.
The nation of over 220 million stands at the 100th position among the 227 countries rated on the index, the results of which are estimated via the number of destinations that their residents can access without possessing a prior visa.
India ranks 80th on the list with 57 countries that give on-arrival visa facilities to Indians. Meanwhile, Singapore leads the index as possessing the most-coveted passport in the world pushing Japan, leading the list for the last five years, to the third position shared with South Korea, Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg and Sweden granting their citizens access to 189 destinations without a prior visa.
The Henley Passport Index, which ranks 199 passports based on International Air Transport Association (IATA) data, is regularly updated to reflect changes in visa policies. The Average number of visa-free destinations, over the years, for travellers has nearly doubled from 58 in 2006 to 109.