{"id":161755,"date":"2017-03-03T12:48:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T10:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=161755"},"modified":"2017-05-23T12:42:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:42:49","slug":"free-travel-and-tax-breaks-the-global-passports-you-wish-you-could-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/161755\/free-travel-and-tax-breaks-the-global-passports-you-wish-you-could-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Free travel and tax breaks: the global passports you wish you could own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new passport index claims to educate global citizens about the true value of the world\u2019s\u00a0 citizenships based on five factors.<\/p>\n<p>The Nomad Passport Index ranks 199 citizenships on five factors\u00a0&#8211; more than any other passport index.<\/p>\n<p>It is designed to show the best citizenships in the world to hold, on the basis of visa-free travel, international taxation, perception, dual citizenship, and personal freedom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While most\u00a0 indexes compare only a passport holder\u2019s ability to travel freely, we realized that citizens of different countries deal with far different requirements to pay tax, live\u00a0 freely, and avoid scrutiny when traveling,&#8221; Nomad Capitalist said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodology:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/nomadcapitalist.com\/nomad-passport-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nomad Passport Index<\/a> ranks the value of citizenship in and, by extension the<br \/>\npassport of, 199 countries and territories in the world based on five factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visa-free travel &#8211; 50% of ranking<\/li>\n<li>Taxation &#8211; 30% of ranking<\/li>\n<li>Perception &#8211; 10% of ranking<\/li>\n<li>Dual citizenship &#8211; 10% of ranking<\/li>\n<li>Overall freedom &#8211; 10% of ranking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The top ranked country is Sweden, with a Nomad Passport Score of 109.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Swedish citizens can not only visit 176 countries without a visa, but they enjoy an excellent reputation abroad, the ability to hold dual or multiple citizenships, high levels of personal freedom, and the ability to easily escape Swedish taxes by moving overseas,&#8221; Nomad Capitalist said.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium ranks second on the list with a score of 108.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Belgium is home to the European Union, and its citizens enjoy plenty of freedom of movement not only around Europe, but to 174 countries globally. Belgian expats enjoy relative tax freedom, and all Belgians benefit from an open attitude toward other cultures and dual citizenship,&#8221; Nomad Capitalist said.<\/p>\n<p>Italy, Spain and Ireland round out the top five countries on the index.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 10 Best Passports for 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex-e1488536258668.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161757\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex-e1488536258668.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Africa is\u00a0 ranked 90th on the list.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161769\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex3.png 596w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex3-300x14.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 10 Worst Passports for 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex2-e1488536320595.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161759\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PassportIndex2-e1488536320595.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/150789\/south-africans-can-visit-these-90-countries-without-a-visa-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africans can visit these 90 countries without a visa in 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new passport index claims to educate global citizens about the true value of the world\u2019s citizenships based on five factors, including visa-free travel and tax benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":111239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-161755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161755"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176297,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161755\/revisions\/176297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}