Recently, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) surpassed Singapore to hold the first position in the Passport Index 2018 ranking of global consulting firm Arton Capital. Accordingly, the passport of the Middle Eastern countries was scored 167 points. Thus, citizens of this country are exempt from visas in 113 countries and only need to apply for visas at the border in 54 countries.
Singapore and Germany are in second place with 166 points. Singapore citizens are visa-free to 127 countries and only need to apply for a visa on arrival in 39 countries. They are followed by Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, South Korea and the US in third place with 165 points.
Also according to the statistics, Belgium, Austria, Japan, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, UK, Ireland and Canada with 164 are in 4th place. 5th place belongs to Czech Republic and Hungary while 6th place belongs to Malta, Iceland and Hungary.
Malaysia, Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia and Australia tied for seventh place. Estonia followed in eighth place. Romania and Bulgaria tied for ninth place. Cyprus and Liechtenstein tied for tenth place.
Currently, Vietnam ranks 74th on the list with 21 visa-free countries and 35 countries requiring visa at the border gate.
Previously, Henley published its Passport Index with different figures from Arton Capital's Passport Index. Both Henley and Arton Capital's passport rankings are based on the number of countries a passport holder can visit without a visa. However, the difference is that Arton Capital's ranking considers 193 UN member states and 6 territories. Territories that have merged with other countries are excluded.
