Kyrgyzstan takes 69th place in passport index-2017

Passport Index 2017 published a ranking of countries with the most powerful passports.

Germany took the first place, its citizens can visit 157 countries without visa. The second place shared Singapore and Sweden - 156 countries.

In third place - Denmark, Finland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, UK, USA. Citizens of these countries can visit 155 countries with visa-free access.

The fourth position is divided between Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Japan - 154 countries.

The fifth place (153 in the country visa-free access) is taken by Malaysia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand. 

Kyrgyz passport is at 133^rd place out of 199 in the individual passport power rank and the 69^th in global passport power rank. Our citizens can visit 58 countries without visa.

The citizens of Kazakhstan can visit 69 (111^th place in the individual passport power rank and 59^th global), Uzbekistan - 54 countries (143^rd place and 73^rd place), Russia - 103 countries (86^th and 43^rd place) without visa.

China is at 137^th place in the individual rank and 70^th in the global (57 countries).

Rating is based on the number of countries that the holder of the passport of a state can visit without visa.