{"id":111237,"date":"2016-02-03T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=111237"},"modified":"2016-02-03T17:53:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:53:06","slug":"south-africas-passport-strength-vs-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/111237\/south-africas-passport-strength-vs-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s passport strength vs the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new\u00a0index<\/a>\u00a0of 199 passports across the world shows how South Africa’s green book ranks in offering visa-free travel.<\/p>\n

The list, compiled by PassportIndex, places passports into 80 ranks, depending on how many countries they give free access to.<\/p>\n

The index was compiled by global financial advisory firm Arton Capital,\u00a0using\u00a0government data from\u00a0193\u00a0countries and six territories.<\/p>\n

The United States and United Kingdom passports are ranked number one in the world, giving access to 147 countries each.<\/p>\n

Myanmar, South Sudan, and Palestine are ranked lowest (80th) giving free access to only 23 countries.<\/p>\n

South Africa is ranked 44th,\u00a0giving free access to 84 countries.<\/p>\n

The South African passports offers visa-free travelling to\u00a0most SADC countries, as well as almost all South American nations (excluding\u00a0Suriname, French Guiana, Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico).<\/p>\n

Here are the most powerful passports in the world:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nVisa-free access<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nUSA
\nUK<\/td>\n		\u00a0147<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSouth Korea
\nGermany
\nFrance<\/td>\n		\u00a0145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nItaly
\nSweden<\/td>\n		\u00a0144<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSingapore
\nJapan
\nFinland
\nDenmark
\nLuxembourg
\nNetherlands<\/td>\n		\u00a0143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSwitzerland
\nCanada<\/td>\n		\u00a0142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nHungary
\nIreland
\nBelgium
\nPortugal
\nNorway
\nSpain<\/td>\n		\u00a0141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nMalaysia
\nGreece
\nAustria<\/td>\n		\u00a0140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nNew Zeland<\/td>\n\u00a0139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCyprus
\nCzech Republic
\nAustralia<\/td>\n		\u00a0138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSlovakia
\nPoland<\/td>\n		\u00a0137<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n\u00a084<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The full index can be found here<\/a><\/h3>\n

More on passports<\/h3>\n

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The world\u2019s best and worst passports to own \u2013 including South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The most powerful passports in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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