World Most Powerful Passports (2023) - 199 Countries Compared

World Most Powerful Passports 2023 - 199 Countries Compared
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[Sean far]

In our family we have an Irish, an Australian and a British passport so our daughter has access to all 3 depending on which she chooses. Even though this video ranks the British passport the highest as it's based on short term or holiday visa 's we feel that a EU passport is much stronger as it can give you permanent working rights across the EU. It would be interesting to see the list of passports which offer permanent entry to other country's to see which passport is actually the strongest.

[Gamerich]

3 Passports is crazy

[Floytia]

What would that make your family? A trio citizen family

[Charles Walters]

U. S. Law doesn't recognise dual citizenship, does it? And Ireland is the only one in the e.u.

[ep1929]

The Irish passport is slightly more powerful than other EU passports as it offers you to be able to live and work in the UK. Other EU countries passports don't have this "add on".

[PS2Gaming]

Same but the Irish was 500 years ago

[CarboNerd]

As Japanese living in overseas for many years and traveling all the time, sometimes I really feel some advantages of having Japan passport especially at the airports and when I apply for residential visa. When I traveled with my friends(from various countries), my friends were being asked so many questions mainly about the purpose of visit at the immigration but they asked me nothing and let me enter quickly so I had to wait for my friends for so long. I’ve experienced this kind of situation many times before in many countries. Of course I never know the truth but I assume those immigration staff are judging by the nationality of passport. Not bragging or anything it’s just a small matter of life but just telling some stories..

[Nems Mac]

It's not just the passport. I'm an Australian citizen entering Australia and we all know how strict the quarantine is. The quarantine lady started asking me questions and before I even answered, she spotted my boarding pass and said oh you traveled from Japan, you can go now lol

[Roshan N]

Dont worry things will soon change for people from Japan.

[Momogi]

​@Roshan N wait what?

[Momogi]

@stephen 9789 indian as in india people?

[Regina Emma]

The delay in arranging the passport does not necessarily mean that the passport is weak or that it is difficult for its holder to travel with it. I hold two nationalities, Saudi and Australian, and it was not difficult for me to enter Europe, Canada and even Australia - before obtaining its nationality - with a Saudi passport. On the contrary, sometimes it took only 48 hours for the visa to arrive by e-mail, and sometimes the visa was obtained at the airport after reaching the destination. I think there are other considerations that make movement easier or more difficult, depending on the general situation of the country globally, and not just the classification of the passport.

[Regina Emma]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ I do not know what is the relationship between your comment and mine! But I don't care about the nonsense of religions. I've had enough of the nonsense of Islam, and I'm not ready to move on to the nonsense of Christianity. Learn to let humanity live as it wants in peace, without intimidation and terror 😶

[FAHAD IMRAN]

@Regina Emma respect ISLAM

[Gustavo Silva]

🇧🇷 I am Brazilian. Even with all the social problems that Brazil has, we have a powerful passport, very well accepted in the world. Well, we are a peaceful and hardworking people! Go Brazil!

[Nerd Cassette]

💙

[Savvas Avraam]

Just don't kill the Amazon lol

[Gustavo Silva]

@Savvas Avraam 😂😂 How did Europeans and North Americans do with their forests??? Don't worry. We Brazilians are much more evolved 😃. We know how to truly respect and preserve our forests. European and North American countries should learn to be less hypocritical. 😉

[When Grapes Pop]

Been blessed with dual Norwegian-American citizenship since birth. Norway is independent from EU, yet has all the benefits, and with the Schengen-agreement I can move to a substantial amount of countries any day and start working with no questions asked. US citizenship is great, because it adds the US to that list, and has been wonderful being able to travel back and forth throughout my life.

[Diane •]

I’m glad to know you realise how lucky you are. I had to go through hell to be able to study in Germany with all the bureaucracy

[Physis]

" Norway is independent from EU, yet has all the benefits" No, not fully true. As a member of the European Economic Area, Norway has to follow certain EU requirements without being able to decide on them at EU level. Norway also pays a lot to get access to the EU internal market.

[When Grapes Pop]

@Physis By “independent” I meant that Norway is not a part of EU, not that Norway can do whatever they want.

[jean claude]

with US citizenship you also add IRS worldwide reach

[炸 王]

so how old are you

[Thompson Ho]

If you have two items that are ranked second, the next item cannot be ranked third. In a ranking system, each rank represents a unique position, and the ranks are typically assigned in ascending order.

[badKara]

​@Anthony Cthis is how it does work

[Ray D. Valentine]

This is more tiers I guess

[wutwutheeellloo]

I think you're wrong. There are ranks in the military and there can be many privates, lieutenants, generals etc. Those are not unique positions. Although there's a difference between a rank and a ranking. Even a ranking can be "equal to" other rankings instead of just "greater" or "lesser".

[The Ordinary Joe]

what you described is the standard competition ranking system, and there are other systems. The system used in this video is called dense ranking system.

[Jonathan Gorham]

having money is the world's #1 most powerful passport

[Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne]

Sometimes when u have money, you visa would not still approve

[Lightner]

​@Marie Antoinette Josèphe JeanneMoney = power = anything you want.

[Charles Walters]

​@Lightner not anything you want, but it will get you legal residence on most countries, including mine (U. S.)

[LEO]

​@Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne there are many ways to get the approval for your visa if your willing to pay the required amount

[Jun Bin Seo]

@Lightner I wish that was true, I really do. I would've forced a lot of things to happen if it was legit money = power = anything you want.

[GenericAssUsername]

Cool list. A couple of points to note. Firstly, it is going to be largely dependent on which countries are honoring a specific passport at a given time. The listed destinations and the ones actually honoring them is going to change based on global events and politics. Secondly, it depends on the department sponsoring the passport amd for what purpose. As an example, in the US, a standard passport sponsored by the Department of State and a military passport sponsored by the Department of Defense are going to be different in where they are authorized for and which countries will honor them at a given time. The same goes for diplomatic passports. They will also sometimes allow for different amounts of leeway when it comes to how long you can stay in a country before filing for a visa. Some countries even have biometrics set up for entry so you don't have to show your passport the next time you visit. They just take your thumb prints electronically at a kiosk and it electronically checks that your passport is still valid, then spits out a ticket for entry. I know it might be harder to do, but a list about entry requirements/ease might be fun. The easiest customs/entry process I have experienced was in Singapore. They took my prints for future entry and just let me walk through. There was a line for declarations or if you had nothing to declare, you just grabbed your bag and went out the door. I even tried to declare medication on one visit (it was a controlled substance in both the US and Singapore), and the officer at the counter just asked "Personal use?", and waved me along without looking or asking questions about what it was. I guess having the death penalty for trafficking makes normal interactions fairly casual.

[Princess Solace]

Why do u think Malaysia and Singapore passports accepted in over 180 destination? Those 2 South East Asia countries been using biometrics system since day 1 the tech hits the market. I like my passport to be stamp too, I hate seeing my pages empty.

[Marvel kid]

Ok from Singapore they do it cos they want convenience that’s all

[L Austin Speiss]

It’s interesting to see the majority of the low-ranking flags are countries that have internal discipline problems. Lack of adherence to laws, indifference to community values and slowly improving as the numbers rise. This points out two things… oppression by more dominant countries - and lack of commitment by their own governments. There are exceptions in the higher ranked nations, which have a different view of internal political leadership, putting wealth and individualism above society in general.

[Sasai Kudasai]

доминирует ? да 🫥

[Fal22]

Lack of adherence to laws? Then why the US passport was so high on the list? It's more like those are places the americans gave "freedom"

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

@Fal22 spot on 💯

[Steven Glikin]

This whole list is literally about who has best relations with 1st world countries (which refers to America and their allies, not wealth).

[Stoned]

orgulho em ser portugues e europeu, somos uma familia

[Greg Schinn]

I would like to see a complementary ranking that indicates, for each country, how many different foreign passports it will accept for visa-free entry.

[Dave C]

These rankings are made to sell immigration services (so they're trying to tell you why a certain passport is desirable and you should move there), and the ranking you propose wouldn't really help sell anything, so no one's going to do it.

[AppleMorning]

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre un pasaporte coreano y un pasaporte japonés? Muchos pasaportes coreanos tienen exenciones de visa a largo plazo por más de un mes, y los pasaportes de nivel estatal japonés tienen exenciones de visa a corto plazo para muchos países.

[Honey Badger]

@Dave C The unfortunate truth of self-interest, you will go far in life if you understand people around you behave with their own interest first.

[True Aussie]

​@Dave C Publishing such a 'ranking' wouldn't hurt tourism for the countries. I prefer to travel to where I don't have the hassle and expense of applying for a visa.

[Welcome To Islam]

💐Peace Be With You💐 We invite you to the Religion of Islam, as you may find peace. 💎ISLAAM💎 is the latest revelation from The Almighty Allah (God) for all the Humankinds worldwide. If you die as a non-Muslim, according to Holy Qur'an there'd be an eternal punishment in the hell fire for other religions will be invalid and it'll have consequences, since 1400 years, The Rules Apply. Suggestion: Do Some research about All the Religions, and then Choose the Religion That makes most sense. Welcome To ISLAAM 💚💐

[Charles Martel]

I fondly remember traveling in Europe as a student, back in the late 1970s, and having only to show custom officers my Canadian passport's COVER when crossing most borders. I thought that was pretty cool!

[Steven Serna]

Wow, bet that made you feel real, "special". Traveling all over like that, just flashing a passport, knowing that most folks never gonna get that opportunity. But you probably didn't think about that. You didn't have to. Your Momma, and Daddy must'a felt you were real special too. Being born in a special country that's so friendly, and special. Must be nice to feel so "special"? Hope you've also had a "special" life too. Have yourself a special day!

[Jackson M.]

@Steven Serna Are you okay?

[wat hecc]

@Steven Serna that's embarrassing bro

[The Guy Who Asked]

@Steven Serna Ok grandpa

[Fast]

​@Steven Sernathe feeling of just flashing your EU passport and just going where ever you want in EU while also having permanent residency is just such an unmatched special feeling most people won't experience, better then anything you've ever felt before especially knowing most people will never know that special feeling... It's really unmatched

[Miss Homes]

日本人として、短期間の観光旅行に行く時にビザを取得せずに済むのは、過去の外交や、国としての信頼のお陰だと思って感謝しています。

[K K]

海外での日本人の問題行動の少なさ等、国民性や日本人への信頼もあると思う。それを築き上げてきた先人に感謝

[エメリアウンコピョーデル]

@K Kすげぇよ、タイ行った時電車乗ったけど切符無くして50バーツ払えって言われてホテルにデポジット預けてて金なかったけど、パスポート見せていって言われて日本のパスポート出したら笑顔で行っていいよって言われたら、感謝しかない

[V easta]

しかし、ビザ普及率21%の残念な国

[めどー]

​@V easta 言語と価値観と治安の壁があつすぎんねんな

[JP Rio]

In a way, the passport's strength represents heavily on the view of their population's strict compliance to law and order and their per capita, among the many considerations.

[GabTheKing]

Nice video, keep it up! I feel like the possibility of visa free travel is not everything about a passport tho. I have both the Italian and Swiss citizenship and even though the Italian passport is stronger in terms of visa I always prefer taking the Swiss passport with me since I think that there is more trust towards it. The only times where I have the Italian one with me is in Italy or if I would go to Vietnam or Mongolia which are the two countries that are visa free on top of the visa free ones of the Swiss passport

[Welcome To Islam]

💐Peace Be With You💐 We invite you to the Religion of Islam, as you may find peace. 💎ISLAAM💎 is the latest revelation from The Almighty Allah (God) for all the Humankinds worldwide. If you die as a non-Muslim, according to Holy Qur'an there'd be an eternal punishment in the hell fire for other religions will be invalid and it'll have consequences, since 1400 years, The Rules Apply. Suggestion: Do Some research about All the Religions, and then Choose the Religion That makes most sense. Welcome To ISLAAM 💚💐

[Adolf]

@Welcome To Islam Troll.

[블뉴진스]

The tragedy is that even though 192 countries can be visited visa-free with South Korean passports, North Korea cannot go by any means.

[John Smith]

North Korea is a prison camp even if they had a good passport.

[남궁성]

therefore south korea is an island.

[John Smith]

@남궁성 Good point.

[Welcome To Islam]

💐Peace Be With You💐 We invite you to the Religion of Islam, as you may find peace. 💎ISLAAM💎 is the latest revelation from The Almighty Allah (God) for all the Humankinds worldwide. If you die as a non-Muslim, according to Holy Qur'an there'd be an eternal punishment in the hell fire for other religions will be invalid and it'll have consequences, since 1400 years, The Rules Apply. Suggestion: Do Some research about All the Religions, and then Choose the Religion That makes most sense. Welcome To ISLAAM 💚💐

[배그유튜브]

second in 192 countries because I can't go to North Korea with my Korean passport.

[Royal.135]

At that time I wanted to join the German army and I first had to apply for citizenship and also got a German passport at the same time, but I didn't know that the German passport is so powerful. Thank you germany ❤️

[Big Smoke]

Thx for your service ❤

[Royal.135]

@Big Smoke Es war mir ein Vergnügen und es war eine schöne Zeit aber jetzt bin ich wieder ein Zivilist (was auch schön ist) :)

[Big Smoke]

@Royal.135 glaub ich :)

[Heinz Doofensmirtz]

Deutscheeee Pass klärt bruder

[Al]

The real power of a passport is not about how many countries you can visit but whether it can bring you back to your home country in the event of disaster

[石砳磊]

bro，are you Chinese,.That's really familiar

[Agnes Gonzales]

Kuwait Destination 96% Kuwait 216 ✈️

[Bui Er]

@石砳磊哈哈哈😄他就是中国人

[e sky]

Yeah sure wow can’t believe it you are so smart 🙄

[Roberto Queiroz]

Proud to be Brazilian ❤🇧🇷 20th place with 167 destinations. I love my country!!!

[Nerd Cassette]

💙

[joazzin boszzin]

"20th"kkkkkkkkkk

[Pietrozn]

​@joazzin boszzinta certo mano

[Pretty Fly]

@joazzin boszzin ser o nº20 entre 199 países é bom, pô

[gromit]

At the Bangkok airport on my first visit I saw a huge line for visa forms. People were pushing and shouting for the forms. When I finally reached the passport attendant, she said 'you no queue, go through next gate, you from US'. That long queue had about 100 South Asians.

[Princess Solace]

U have no clue do u why/what u are actually seeing.

[Wes Lee]

that queue is for chinese

[Princess Solace]

@Wes Lee Dude, be specific will ya

[Ben]

I'm from Singapore and the same thing happened to me at Narita airport Tokyo.. the sad truth is that out of the 100 they let in, probably about 23 would leave when their passport expires.

[YelpBullhorn]

That happened to me too at Suvarnabhumi Airport. I'm British. The queue was for the Chinese. That also explains why they were all so loud, rude and angry. Our chaperone (yes we had a chaperone - a Thai one no less) and she told us they were indeed Chinese. You could tell from their jumble sale clothes to be honest though! We filled in a short form, it took two minutes, and we were through.

[Annu Sia]

As a Bhutanese who loves traveling, it’s often a challenge to gather the documents and apply for visas.

[K]

How hard would you say the process is? I am very interested in Bhutan.

[GBN]

Marry a European man. 😃

[의주s 우주]

@GBN or a Singaporean, Japanese or korean

[Sumitra Mallick]

​@GBN she already engaged a Indian guy

[A]

Don’t worry, it’s much harder for foreigners to enter Bhutan than it is for Bhutanese to enter other countries.

[wolfauu]

It's not only access..It's also about respect! I had an Eritrean passport before I became a US Citizen. The difference is astronomical. When I travel to Africa the Police or Customs and Immigration or any authority immediately change their behavior and start groveling when they see my American Passport.

[True Aussie]

Of course. They know Americans' reputation for unprovoked mass murders.

[FXVolc]

im an ethiopian but i got us visa i cut lines show them my visa they just let me through fr

[Boeden Cronkite]

@True Aussie *provoked

[True Aussie]

@Boeden Cronkite What could kingergarten children possibly do to provoke mass murder?!

[Gianluca Pistoia]

We in Germany no longer have anything like open national pride, because we went a bit overboard last time. Still, it feels good to see Germany up there with our European family😊

[Gianluca Pistoia]

@Dark Mechanic the democratic version of europe is still better 😄

[Will]

We went a bit overboard 😂 glad to see Germans do actually have a sense of humour

[Helloweener]

And we did not need a passport last time. ;)

[Joey Jamison]

@Will Thanks for saying what everyone else here was thinking.

[Adrian Kucharski]

@Helloweener this comment made me laugh 😂

[Ī-tsin Iâu]

Glad to see that although only 13 countries have diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but our passport still ranked as 31st most powerful passport with 144 visa-free destinations!

[Blue Shark]

Nihao from Palau:)

[Black Dynamo]

I am very proud of my country Malaysia, ranked number 11 with 181 destinations. Not bad ❤️🇲🇾

[Nerd Cassette]

💙

[Siti Mrs]

​@Hasan Yusuv y call malaydesh wen most of ur ppl (legal n illegal) here..supposed to b malaydon but....Yaaak..yak yea..sesungguhnya hatred will make us lost!

[RRQ Esmeralda]

My country better its your neighbour 😂😂😂 Singapore always beat malaysia in everythings even gdp

[Jamaal Mahmoud]

As a Danish-born Somali, I am very proud to be a Danish citizen and feel extremely privileged to be able to travel freely around the world. thank you Denmark for your humanitarian greatness I am eternally grateful and humbled to you❤️❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰

[Alex Lionheart]

Danish like the butter cookies?

[Doomer Girl]

@Alex Lionheart it this a JOke???? Denmark

[Alex Lionheart]

@Doomer Girl Unfortunately I'm very serious🤣🤣🤣 so you love the butter biscuit too?

[Alex Lionheart]

@Doomer Girl Probably you got plenty in the Netherlands too?

[R. E. Tudor 🌸]

Wow I honestly never considered how lucky I am to have an Australian passport until now 😅 and it’s also crazy that a North Korean passport has so many places they can go visa free, especially when I think of how hard it must be to get one in the first place… like it’s probably only very high ranking officials who would have one, right?

[Fredric]

Goodie mite? Right N Korean are not permitted to go to other country except special case and even hard to move from their inland . Many people escape to China but they are discriminated for not having passport. So if they come s Korea and get passport they really happy. I am sKorean and went to Austrailia 3times . I want to immigrate to your country cause it was peaceful and weather is nice.

[R. E. Tudor 🌸]

@Fredric I’ve been to South Korea as well, a few times but the last time was 2016. It’s a great country, I love the history! If you want to live here in Australia though, then good luck, I hope you’re able to achieve it 😊

[The Guy Who Asked]

Lol air koryo cant go nowhere

[Captain Cassius Calhoun]

Proud to hold Austria's passport! 🇦🇹 It offers unparalleled access and endless possibilities. Austria's passport power is truly remarkable! 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹

[Marvel kid]

Austrian painter 👩‍🎨

[Captain Cassius Calhoun]

@Marvel kid PhD in stating the obvious

[Hamza sher asmat]

i have a spanish one - 1 country more powerful :)

[Asker]

Country for gay

[noice]

thats why epstein had one

[Production - Spaceworks]

Amazing research. What a perfect video presentation. Thank you for such GOOD work !!!

[Mati Listes]

Proud to be Dutch, 188 destinations. We might be small but we still achieve big things 🇳🇱

[Francis ᜉᜇ̴ᜈ᜔ᜐ̃ᜐ᜔ ᜎ̃ᜆᜈ᜔ Litan]

Dutch Caribbean passports are better than European. If they reside in Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curacao, etc.., they can visit Suriname without visa for 90 days but for Euro Dutch passport, required Surinamese tourist card to enter.

[Adriano F]

@Francis ᜉᜇ̴ᜈ᜔ᜐ̃ᜐ᜔ ᜎ̃ᜆᜈ᜔ Litan Who cares about Suriname from Europe anyway!!

[Basil Fawlty]

Wtf, suriname 😂

[문썰트]

🇰🇷 🇰🇷 🇰🇷 🇰🇷 🇰🇷 여권이 최고다

[MS3300]

Despite our turbulent history our Passport is in the same place as Iceland and Liechtenstein, 9th most powerful! Glad to be Polish 🇵🇱

[Shia eastern idiot الشيوعي الغبي انا عربي]

Not glad to be iraqi

[MS3300]

@Skaitan why, are you from Iraq?

[Kron]

Yeah, that is thanks to your EU membership i think :) More powerful together!

[ste43]

Love poland (from ireland 🇮🇪 )

[Morgana]

well, I'm surpassin you. greetings from a proud american(Poland is somewhere on the east of Europe right? like, next to Russia? just askin)

[Minnie-2021]

Congratulations on the 3 top Asian countries: Japan 🇯🇵 - Singapore 🇸🇬 - South Korea 🇰🇷

[멍멍이]

yayyy

[신종헌]

ㄴㅇㅅ

[N]

嬉しい

[JD K]

Guess only difference btw s.kor and japan, sg is north kor lol

[iyadart]

I was born in Syria and got my Japanese passport 7 years ago. The most dramatic jump in travel privilage ever!

[Mujtaba Mohammad]

Was it hard to take a passport 🧐

[iyadart]

@Mujtaba MohammadContrary to common belief, obtaining Japanese citizenship is easier than in the US and many European countries. However, to be qualified, you must live and work in Japan continuously for more than five years. Additionally, you will be required to write an appeal letter stating your reasons for wanting Japanese citizenship, so it is important to think of a compelling justification. Other factors that will be considered favorably include having conversational level proficiency in Japanese, being married to a Japanese person and starting a family, and being able to provide proof of a stable income. Working as a part-time or freelance employee would generally be viewed negatively by the authorities. Once you have completed all the requirements and submitted the necessary documents, you can expect to wait for about a year while they conduct a background check before granting you citizenship.

[Liesel Meminger]

@iyadart Congratulations. Very happy for you. But... How do Japanese people react and behave when they see a foreigner? Have you ever faced with discrimination or prejudices? (I hope, this question will not bother you. I just heard, Asians are a bit racist 🙈.) Is it difficult to find a good job and to get employed there?

[iyadart]

​@Liesel Meminger Generally speaking, Japanese people are very subtle in expressing their emotions or opinions. While discrimination and prejudice do exist, they often go unnoticed, flying under your radar 99% of the time. This is why tourists or short-term visitors to Japan often fall in love with the country. However, once you live there long enough, you start to connect the dots and read between the lines. The main issue is not with Japanese people themselves, but rather with Japanese corporate culture, which places a heavy emphasis on hierarchy. Moreover, Japan is a homogenous society, so no matter what you do, you will always stand out as a foreigner. Additionally, it's worth mentioning that most Japanese people don't speak English at all. As a result, potential employers may be hesitant to hire foreigners, fearing that they might disrupt the corporate harmony by introducing a different culture and perspective. Consequently, your job options may be limited to what we call "White Monkey Jobs" which include fields like English teaching, modeling, marketing, or other positions that symbolize corporate prestige and international status. Based on my experience, I would advise against pursuing a career in Japan. It took me years to realize this, as I had initially assumed my own incompetence was the reason for being rejected from job positions in Japan. However, I now earn my income by working remotely with reputable clients overseas, holding high-level positions. Thus, I am certain that my career being stifled in Japan had nothing to do with my skills or qualifications. One interesting way to understand Japanese society is by exploring the "politeness theory," particularly the concept of "negative politeness." I highly recommend reading the article on Wikipedia, and there is also a paper titled "THE APPLICATION OF POLITENESS THEORY INTO ENGLISH EDUCATION IN JAPAN," which is available to read for free online.

[Liki Pong]

@iyadart 興味深い記事でした。通常日本語では命令形をまず使わないと思っていましたが、こうしてまとめられると納得です。

[Mushroom]

As a Singaporean I definitely felt spoiled having the best Passport in the world, like when i am traveling with my other nation friends, they always have to check the country we are visiting if it require visa entry, whereas me i just chill :P

[Novell Price]

That's special good privilege. Hope you are very grateful to having a Singapore passport. Peace and God bless.

[lutfi dandy]

i have indonesian passport, i visited cambodia which supposed to be visa free and free of any cost because we are ASEAN countries. But i still got asked a lot of questions by the imigration and had to pay "tip money" they say even tho it was my second time visiting the country😢

[Julie Choi]

192 destinations, South Korea! I already knew my country had quite a powerful passport, but anyway, it's nice to see nearly all countries' passport lined up this way, since it's neat to the eyes and interesting heheh!

[Bella_Testastretta]

South Korea, Japan and Singapore -> people have good manners and they spend a lot of money when they go to other countries lol

[Yurack Jung]

I think the only place we cannot visit as South Korean is the North Korea so maybe that’s why it’s 192 and not 193

[옵저버]

​@Yurack Jung exactly

[김기찬]

@Bella_Testastretta Singapore and korea have good manner? LMAO

[Bella_Testastretta]

@김기찬 yeah except for u lol

[Clare]

New Zealand at #5 - not bad for a small country like ours. Thankful everyday to be a New Zealander. ❤️🇳🇿🥝

[Colectivo NMC]

Racist past.

[Clare]

@Colectivo NMC No country is perfect.

[Ben M]

@Colectivo NMC We've come a long way since then. It's 2023 and we're more united than we've ever been.

[Daulet Bukayev]

​@Clare Неверте Соловёву

[하츄]

대한민국 국민으로써 자랑스럽습니다. 192개국을 여행할 수 있는 자유를 누리게 해주신 우리의 선조들에게 존경과 감사를 표합니다. I would appreciate it if many overseas citizens who are active on KZbin warmly treat South Korean citizens when they meet them.

[Nerd Cassette]

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[[大星] Делунеп]

South Korea is cool

[Pedro R]

Brazil is currently in position 168, following a bilateral agreement reached in August this year with Japan.

[Magno Neves]

Interesting.. even small and new country we ranked 56 with 96 Visa free destinations. Proud to be Timorese 🇹🇱

[Jocelyn Cao]

It depends on whether you have enemies aboard or not. Usually it's the small countries, no one sees them as a theat.

[gilang saputra]

But your land belongs to Indonesia

[Hazeman]

In Southeast Asia, top 3 that have more than 100 destinations are Brunei, Malaysia & Singapore (both Singapore & Malaysia > 180 destinations). All of this 3 countries are from British colonial

[Geogre Paul]

In future India will be the best English speaking country obviously.Singapore has more Chinese background as it belongs to china before

[Baybars Kencana Pawana]

@Geogre Paul China never owns Singapore. Singapore was part of Johor Malay Sultanate before it was ceded to the British in early 19th century. After British had taken Singapore, the influx of chinese immigrants started to pour in so much so they even outnumber the original Malays.

[Bon]

As a Romanian, i am proud that our passport has 173 visa-free destinations

[Nerd Cassette]

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[Nerd Cassette]

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[Radu Lung]

Mândri că suntem români!😉😉🇷🇴🇷🇴

[Юрий Антипин]

А в Россию виза тебе нужна. У нас и своих цыган хватает.

[東京 Taisu]

Wow not bad, seeing where you guys are coming from. Good job diplomatic team of Romania!

[Nabila]

proud to be Malaysians. small country big achievement. 🎉🎉

[TON 618 BLACK HOLE]

even tho I'm Malaysian too i don't even know what u mean🗿taip jelah bahasa Melayu kan senang benda KZbin sekarang dah boleh 1 click translate

[Nabila]

@TON 618 BLACK HOLE typo lah. nak tulis big. igt org tak sekolah ke

[TON 618 BLACK HOLE]

@Nabila benda boleh edit🗿

[Dewa Kannan]

@TON 618 BLACK HOLE 🤣🤣

[Dewa Kannan]

@Nabila 🤣🤣🤣

[Gestumblindi]

As a Swiss person, I appreciate the flag of Switzerland in this video shown in the correct square aspect ratio.

[LaserDotTV]

Switzerland is not a country

[duccman]

you are a paid actor

[Soraya Lüthy]

​@duccman where is my Money then?

[Lucie Noon]

I'm not Swiss but noticed that too i wonder if the flag is made up or actually belongs to another country...

[Kira Vi]

I have a Russian passport and have been living abroad for 11 years; Europe and Japan. I always wonder why some of my Japanese friends only dream about traveling and never do that. So I encouraged many of them to live abroad😆 Passport is nothing compared to your personality

[Arthur Wellesley]

日本は旅行よりも楽しい娯楽が多いからそっちに金を使うんよね ロシアは娯楽が非常に少ない

[Kira Vi]

​@Arthur Wellesley それってあなたの感想ですよね🧠🤳

[Charbyzic]

Muy orgulloso de ser Español 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 Spain has the 3rd most powerful passport! 💪🏻

[Paddy Krueger]

All countries of the European Union have a powerful passport. It's worth standing up for freedom.

[Dariusz Pinkiewicz]

Spain is on 3rd place, just behind S.Korea, Japan, and Singapoure so in fact it is on the 4th place together with other 6 countries...

[Antonio Ramos]

@Dariusz Pinkiewicz So you could say that only 3 passports in the world are stronger than spanish passport! Cool

[Luxury Mallu]

for what ?? need money for traveling 😂

[heynaaa✨]

proud to have a Singaporean passport !! :D

[madeyez]

You can tell a lot about the international relationships via their passports.

[Crunchy Sodasmr]

Yep!

[Илия Макаров]

Proud to have my Bulgarian passport. 15th place with 173 destination I could go to. 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[93 Dora]

As a European with Irish and Hungarian passport also with the free travel in EU states We are all really lucky ❤️

[Sean Kendall]

Im british but I have a Irish passport too, because my mother was born there. My Irish passport gives me freedom of travel in europe since Britain left the EU

[白啊白]

Yes , it is very lucky as a European. Cherish everything and don't forget protect freedom and democracy.

[Freya]

One can tell that on the top of the list there are many EU countries passports. A good amount of that usability “power” of the passport comes from the travel ability in EU. What surprised me was how high on the list the UK passport still is after Brexit I wander if that will change over time.

[arctic]

@Sean Kendall same

[East West]

Lucky to pay 40% income tax just over 40K euros?

[みり]

どこの国へ行ってもこのパスポートの信頼に負けないよう礼儀正しく振る舞いたい

[자경단]

일본인들의 의식수준은 높네요. 한국인들은 민도 수준이 중학생에서 멈췄습니다.

[井上]

as Japanese, I found it interesting that Japanese government is not begging to protect Japanese but literally almost forcing other country for safe trip according to script. It’s really special for us to ask someone with that strong words.

[jdbdbhfd]

They remember the last time Japan was rejected something.

[MasongGun]

3:30 THAILAND 🇹🇭

[Robloxiano chileno :D]

Orgulloso de ser chileno 🇨🇱💙🤍❤️

[Nerd Cassette]

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[Morenito19]

no

[galomendo]

@Morenito19 yes

[Caio Vinicius Cesar Rodrigues de Araujo]

Viva Chile

[Swduc]

SK and Japan thank you for accepting us without a visa. Traveling to SK was a pleasure and I don't regret that expensive plane ticket. (From s.o from a poor country who just wants to see the world)

[사카닭]

한국여행이 즐거웠다니 다행입니다 나중에 또 놀러오세요

[Darlene]

Like to travel?😁

[bhen Chung]

SK means South Korea.

[Ma B]

Argentina's passport not bad at all! Top 19. Also Italy, one of the best passports, top 3. I'm proud to be an Italian-Argentine citizen. Bravissimo!

[Lía Sá]

I have #3 best passport according to this video and I only went outside Europe once in my whole life, because I don't have money to travel a lot 😂 I definitely miss my opportunities 😅

[mark smithro]

In all honesty not really surprised that I actually knew Japan would be number one of World's Strongest passport in the world. But I never knew that Singapore slightly takes the number one spot now. Very interesting.

[Terence O]

why? its been among the top for decades

[goldglass]

It's b.c you don't know anything about Singapore. Singapore is one of the richest and well developed countries in the world. Not surprised at all.

[kageyamareijikun]

Japan and Singapore often tie for many years. It's nothing new.

[Adolf]

@Daniel-ie8si You're very funny. 🤣

[Adolf]

@Daniel-ie8si Really? Have you ever been to Singapore?

[wILsONtAnG]

North and South Korea passport are obviously two different dimensions 😂

[Penaltykilling_Nemesis]

SK is not NO.1 because of NK

[Kam Ying Wong]

Regardless of the type of passport that person is holding, as long as he is rich, almost all the countries welcome him. 😁

[wew ed]

我看你的评论就猜到你是中国人，一点进去看，还真是，支味太重了

[I don't reply]

But most Chinese are poor

[youwuyou]

打简体字的润人没啥钱，香港新加坡的把房子卖了就有钱了。。。

[Joey Jamison]

Money doesn't TALK, it SCREAMS!!!

[Memento Mori]

Rich people have golden passports.

[ThekillingGoku]

Nice to see one of the smallest countries, Belgium, being as high on the list as it is, at #5. Too bad I pretty much never leave the country. 😅

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

Why not? You only have to walk a bit to reach the border...

[V. R.]

Nice also that Belgium commit genocide in Kongo over 10 million innocent people, women and children. You can be proud

[The Guy Who Asked]

Imagine being proud of the Benelux countries, those countries committed war crimes in 19th century

[Herman Jacobs]

As the video plays, I thought that passports issued by west European countries granted their holders accesses to most countries on earth. I have never thought South Korea and Japan ones allow their citizens to travel more countries visa-free than those European counterparts.

[Daniel]

It's the oposite, other countries don't require visa for South Korean and Jamanese citizens to visit.

[Herman Jacobs]

What you said is the definition of visa-free travel. By holding a passport of which its issuing state has entered into visa-free agreements with other states, you could travel to these states without applying for an entry visa beforehand.

[Sergey Shadok]

The thing is, if you are an EU citizen, you can travel in EU without ANY restrictions, so basically if you are for example German, you can travel to France and stay there for 2-3 years without needing to do anything. That's why EU passport, for me at least, is still stronger.

[Teresa Cha]

I’m an American citizen but considering getting my second passport for South Korea since I will be 65 in a year or so…, SK allows duel citizenship after one turns 65…, for whatever reason ( most likely for monetary reason to attract retires with money) 😳🙄

[AppleMorning]

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre un pasaporte coreano y un pasaporte japonés? Muchos pasaportes coreanos tienen exenciones de visa a largo plazo por más de un mes, y los pasaportes de nivel estatal japonés tienen exenciones de visa a corto plazo para muchos países.

[Sophia]

範日…

[Amber Lee]

나도 궁금해

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음...

[Le Baladeur]

I have two passports, one Canadian and one French. When I go to Europe, Asia I use the French passport, for the USA and the Caribbean, Mexico, I use the Canadian passport.

[fazzurri]

As a Malaysian, I can go to 188 countries without any visa, if only I got the money.

[Michael Tsang]

Me too

[Joey Jamison]

Bring LOTS of money! It will get you out of ANY predicament!

[Fly飞]

True

[Hearyharun]

You have money..or you can call Jo low he keeps your money

[Igor O]

Can't you guys just cross a street into Singapore?

[John Vender]

I find it interesting that you included Slovakia but not Czech Republic aka Czechia. I was born in Prague but have lived in Australia since 1970 and have both Australian and Czech passports. Czech Republic ranks 8th with 184 visa free countries. Handy to have these two if I ever want to travel around Europe.

[kif820]

Watch again

[John Vender]

@kif820 sorry, I missed that on my first viewing.

[Sebastián Felipe Aburto López]

Chile 🇨🇱 A really small country, little known and with the most powerful passport in South America. Little is said about this great country.

[Rol_Rob]

I think you are not required to get a B1/B2 U. S visa. Am I right?

[Captain Cassius Calhoun]

Despite its narrow shape Chile is quite big country and ranked 38th biggest in the world..

[Captain Cassius Calhoun]

⁠@Rol_Robcorrect, as long as they hold a valid ESTA

[Rol_Rob]

@Captain Cassius Calhoun good for them!

[YouTubex]

It's not really the NUMBER of visas-free destinations that matters but rather the quality of living in those destinations. In addition, some countries that are parts of some sort of unions (ex. E.U., ECOWAS) accept visitors from member-states without even a passport.

[Etienne Terblanche]

As a South African I can only say we're on a downward trend, we used to be able to go visa-free to more countries but corruption in the Department of Home Affairs, which issues South African passports has become so severe that countries have become scared of a South African passport. Republic of Ireland is now the only European country we can still visit visa free. The rest are mostly African countries, Latin America and south east Asia.

[AlexCrisCat]

Blm... 😶

[LuckyCat🐱Tarot]

Sucks right😕...during the looting i was visiting the middle east and couldn't extend my 30 day visit visa to 90 days..south Africa is gone to the dogs 😢

[トーマス]

As a proud passport holder and citizen of both Japan and the United States, I am happy that I have a combined 300+ passport strength

[leyuen]

I thought Japan doesn't allow dual citizenships?

[Осман Хакимов]

ずんだスライム Sorry for my bad english. On the other hand, is it possible to obtain Japanese citizenship if you were born in the southern Kuriles in Iturup (Xiang City)?

[빵상]

It is not 300+ combined. there are many duplicated accessible countries. Also Japan does not allow you to obtain dual nationality.

[Golgo13.5]

@Осман Хакимов The answer is NO. Japan adopts the paternity principle rather than the birthplace principle, so even if you are born in Japan, you cannot acquire Japanese nationality.

[(tem)²]

​@Осман Хакимов As a Japanese, I would like to admit that, but it is impossible.

[Lan Mantop]

Malaysia is 11th place with 181 destinations.Proud to be Malaysian 🇲🇾🥳

[Shiroi]

Same tbh didn't expect our country passport on top 11

[D K]

👍🏻

[A J]

But Singapore is better than you.

[C B]

But ETA will reject you

[me four k]

as a german it made me very pround to have such a powerful passport. to be ranked 3rd really feels amazing!

[Jeremy Pintsize]

It's due to the EU , my german neighbor... And many of us are ranked 3...

[The Guy Who Asked]

South Korea is 3rd silly

[Jeremy Pintsize]

@The Guy Who Asked No sout kore is ranked 2 even if they are at the thrid place rank is not the place.

[The Guy Who Asked]

@Jeremy Pintsize its rank 3.

[kqzumii]

im from singapore and im proud to hold a Singapore passport , i can travel to so many places without a visa

[Five Foot Fit]

Ya but your eng and mandarin sound so low 😂

[Julaiha Ahmad]

I'm proud to be holding Singapore passport too🖐

[cute milkaa 🍒]

Is Singapore Chinese city? What language do you speak here?

[Julaiha Ahmad]

@cute milkaa 🍒 No Singapore is not a Chinese city. We are a multiracial society with major ethnic race of Malay, Chinese, Indian and Eurasian. Majority of Singaporean are bilingual. National language is Malay and language of instruction in schools and work places is mainly English.

[cute milkaa 🍒]

@Julaiha Ahmad Oh, thank you

[울산호랭이]

자랑스러운 한국❤

[Justin Song]

yay No.2 🇰🇷 I really make good use of my passport when traveling abroad No worries to be rejected or no need for visas entering most countries in the world

[ISU Y]

In 1949, the Republic of Korea tried to join the United Nations, but failed due to Soviet opposition. During the Cold War, the diplomatic power of the newly independent weak countries was that much. In 2023, South Korea became a country welcomed by 192 countries. Russia allows Koreans to enter the country without a visa. For Koreans, passports are a joy to be recognized.

[Joshua Jeongwhan Byun]

Prode being a South Korean.

[그라피카멘테]

The passport issuance rate for Japanese citizens is only 19 percent. 🇯🇵

[DEV]

@랄랄라 야옹 일본 사람들 해외 여행을 기본적으로 잘 안간다고 함. 생각보다 소득이 적어서 해외 여행에 부담을 느끼고 거기에다가 여권 발급하려면 더럽게 불편하다고...

[竹谷しん]

@DEV 韓国みたいに何もないわけじゃないから日本国内で娯楽も旅行先も完結してるだけやな

[リヒト]

日本に何でもあるからわざわざ不便な海外にお金出してまで行かないよね

[Countess]

@リヒト L Japan

[APERTURE science]

@リヒト日本に何でもあるって言ってる時点から視野が狭い気がするんだけど

[Huseyn Musayev]

I recommend visiting Azerbaijan, especially the city of Ganja 👍🏼❤🇦🇿

[Teshima Ken]

The issue of whether the strongest passport thanks to the Japanese government is controversial. However, I personally believe that I am proud of myself Japanese.

[Will]

Hey-First time on the channel-VERY NICE JOB-Flags a nice touch.. What would be helpful for this sort of video would be some links to get further info on the topic fairly easily. Perhaps a UN or other org links which would make further research a little easier. Cheers..

[電気羊の珈琲屋さん]

どの国のパスポートデザインもとても美しい。 迎え入れてくれる国々が寛容だからの数なのだし、迷惑を掛けないよう渡航出来れば嬉しいな。 地震の時はたくさん助けてくれてありがとう、本当に感謝している。

[KCMO]

I am from Mexico 🇲🇽 I’m proud at least we can travel to mostly 157 countries

[Immune]

props to this guy to get every single countries' passports to show us this video!! legend!!

[Mohamed Hussein]

Not interested

[Glory_young]

As I'm a S.Korean, I've been about 40 countries but i didn't know that countires require Visa for entering their countries. 😅

[Sam KIM, 동훈]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅇㅈ

[Geogre Paul]

You never been great country like India and china.haha Fun fact,India is the seventh largest and china is third largest ,what about Korea?

[이다인]

@Geogre Paul about half of the U.K, we’re tinyyy

[Angharad Denby]

I am very proud of my country (Wales) even though it is not on that list - except as part of UK. I am Welsh first, British second.

[brandenburg2388]

Does Wales have self-government within the UK?

[Blood Claat]

@brandenburg2388 Yes all kingdoms in UK self-govern themselves but England is obviously most powerful in the UK.

[Benjamin]

Well done Australia and not too bad Taiwan❤ hopefully one day everyone can travel without too much worry❤

[WaldekStar32]

I'm from 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇱 and it's great that my passport is already in 9th place (183 destinations) ☺

[Makozer]

"Heut gestohlen, morgen in Polen."

[Ruka Wata]

日本人だけど、知らなかった😊

[Lokomotiv Skanol X]

Terbaiklah Polska 🇵🇱

[E P]

Proud to be Polish 🇵🇱

[Dodge Boy]

A Woman up our street had a wooden baby ... she married a Pole...🤪

[Marisa Barón]

El diseño de algunas portadas de los pasaportes es muy bonito.

[Miro Parviainen]

yeah look at cyprus

[HATECELL]

I'm surprised about Liechtenstein. I figured the combination of their ties with Switzerland and them being an EU member would result in them having more destinations than Switzerland

[Chris Revill]

Liechtenstein isn't in the EU, it's part of the EEA alongside Norway and Iceland that gives it access to the single market and the open-border Schengen area. Switzerland is outside the EEA but has bilateral agreements with the EU so it can access the single market and Schengen.

[annoyed707]

It is about more than just the number of destinations. Which countries accept it matters greatly.

[Abby]

So lucky to be in Europe right now. Can't wait to get my citizenship and travel around Europe.

[dayana]

sg always topping the charts ❤🇸🇬!

[Valentina Ivanova1819@Ylav]

Египет,Турция я,счастлива,что там важно придерживаться Закона той страны,и быть прежде всего законопослушным.❤просто спасибо😊

[Songsong Y]

I feel always very lucky to have korean passport, especially when I just study in Europe. It is super easy for me to go abraod, because I have Korean passport.

[Nerd Cassette]

💙

[Jackson林嘉尔]

PROUD TO BE SINGAPOREAN❤

[Elise McUk]

Why?

[HarbourS']

Proud to be Japanese❤

[Mahmoud Nouh]

Proud to be Brazilian ❤🇧🇷✌️

[Claudio Oliveira]

Same here :) ❤🇧🇷✌

[Italia PlayZ Official]

same ❤️🇧🇷✌️

[Nerd Cassette]

Thanks for watching 💙

[Mahat]

In early and mid 90s, South Korean passport needed visas for most of countries in Africa and Latin America.. What a change and so proud!

[SEPTIK THE SCRUB]

Proud to be of German/Serbian decent. Peace to both nations.

[PAVLOVICH]

🤮🤮

[Marc D]

@ PAVLOVICH 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️