UAE passport remains strongest with access to 159 countries
The Passport Index site revealed that the UAE passport still boosts its rank in the first place globally as the strongest passport, with a new point added thanks to the visa exemption.
The UAE passport enhanced its power to enter 159 countries without a prior visa, including 104 countries that can be entered without a visa and 55 countries where visas are obtained upon arrival or over the Internet. The Emirati passport widened the gap with the second rank passport, the New Zealand passport, to 8 points.
The South Korean passport comes in the third rank, with 150 points. In fourth place, comes the Australian passport, which allows its holder to enter 150 countries, and in the fifth rank comes the passport of Germany, Spain, Italy and Switzerland.
