Indian passport ranked 82nd, allows visa-free travel to these 58 destinations

With Indian citizens enjoying visa-free entry to 58 foreign destinations, the Henley Passport Index 2024 has ranked the country’s passport at the 82nd position.

An Indian passport holder can travel visa-free to popular tourist destinations like Indonesia, Maldives, and Thailand.

Singapore clinched the top spot as the world’s most powerful passport as citizens of this city-state enjoy visa-free access to an impressive 195 countries. France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Japan have the second most powerful passport, each providing visa-free access to 192 destinations.

Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden share the third position, with visa-free entry to 191 countries.

The United Kingdom, alongside New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, and Switzerland, ranks fourth, offering visa-free access to 190 countries. Australia and Portugal jointly occupy the fifth spot with visa-free travel to 189 destinations.

The United States, meanwhile, has slipped to the eighth position, now allowing its citizens visa-free entry to 186 countries.

A total of 34 countries are ranked in top 10 most powerful passports.

The Henley Passport Index is based on data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA).

The index assumes that passport holders meet all basic entry requirements, are adult citizens traveling alone, and seek entry for tourist or business purposes for short stays. It excludes complex scenarios like diplomatic travel, emergency or temporary passports, and transit stays.

Here’s the list of 58 destinations Indian citizens can travel visa-free:

1. Angola
2. Barbados
3. Bhutan
4. Bolivia
5. British Virgin Islands
6. Burundi
7. Cambodia
8. Cape Verde Islands
9. Comoro Islands
10. Cook Islands
11. Djibouti
12. Dominica
13. Ethiopia
14. Fiji
15. Grenada
16. Guinea-Bissau
17. Haiti
18. Indonesia
19. Iran
20. Jamaica
21. Jordan
22. Kazakhstan
23. Kenya
24. Kiribati
25. Laos
26. Macao (SAR China)
27. Madagascar
28. Malaysia
29. Maldives
30. Marshall Islands
31. Mauritania
32. Mauritius
33. Micronesia
34. Montserrat
35. Mozambique
36. Myanmar
37. Nepal
38. Niue
39. Palau Islands
40. Qatar
41. Rwanda
42. Samoa
43. Senegal
44. Seychelles
45. Sierra Leone
46. Somalia
47. Sri Lanka
48. St. Kitts and Nevis
49. St. Lucia
50. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
51. Tanzania
52. Thailand
53. Timor-Leste
54. Trinidad and Tobago
55. Tunisia
56. Tuvalu
57. Vanuatu
58. Zimbabwe