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The Best Passports In 2022 Were Just Ranked & You Can Go Almost Anywhere With These Ones

It's nice to have options!

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Not all passports are created equal, and yours could mean the difference between jetting off to some very cool places or being stuck with a pile of paperwork at the airport.

Henley & Partners just released their global passport rankings for 2022, and it’s a tie at the top for the most powerful passport in the world.

According to the report, in the past 15 years, the number of countries that you can enter without a visa has nearly doubled from 57 to 107, meaning the world is more wide open than it's ever been (COVID aside, of course).

Japan and Singapore rank in first place, with access to 192 countries without visas or extra permits, while at the very bottom is Afghanistan, which gives passport-holders access to just 26 countries without a visa.

The index tracks all 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations, and it scores each passport based on how widely it’s accepted.

There are plenty of ties in the rankings, and this year there were 33 countries in the top 10, including the U.S. and Canada.

Forbes reports that the U.S. has fallen down the rankings over the past seven years, after previously holding the top spot. However, the U.S. actually moved up a spot this year into No. 6.

Several European countries occupy the top of the rankings, while the bottom of the list includes several conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen.

Here's how the top 10 rankings look in 2022:

  1. Japan and Singapore (192 countries)
  2. Germany and South Korea (190 countries)
  3. Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain (189 countries)
  4. Austria, Denmark, France, Netherlands and Sweden (188 countries)
  5. Ireland (187 countries)
  6. Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States (186 countries)
  7. Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Greece and Malta (185 countries)
  8. Hungary and Poland (183 countries)
  9. Lithuania and Slovakia (182 countries)
  10. Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia (181 countries)
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