Kenya has been ranked at position 73 in the 2023 list that rates how powerful each country’s passport is.
A report from U.K.-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners reveals that Kenya passport holders can access 73 destinations without visa.
The report, based on data from the International Air Transport Association (ITATA), ranks all the world’s 199 passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.
Based on the Henley index, Japanese citizens have the most access as their passport was ranked the most powerful in the world.
The least powerful passport was Afghanistan’s with their citizens only able to access 27 visa-free destinations.
Below is the full list of most powerful and least powerful in the world.
These are 10 top best passport in 2023, according to the Henley index
1. Japan — 193 visa-free destinations
2. Singapore and South Korea — 192 visa-free destinations
3. Germany and Spain — 190 visa-free destinations
4. Finland, Italy and Luxembourg — 189 visa-free destinations
5. Austria, Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden — 188 visa-free destinations
6. France, Ireland, Portugal and United Kingdom — 187 visa-free destinations
7. Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States and Czech Republic — 186 visa-free destinations
8. Australia, Canada, Greece and Malta — 185 visa-free destinations
9. Hungary and Poland — 184 visa-free destinations
10. Lithuania and Slovakia — 183 visa-free destinations
These are 10 worst passport in 2023, according to the Henley index
1. Afghanistan — 27 visa-free destinations
2. Iraq — 29 visa-free destinations
3. Syria — 30 visa-free destinations
4. Pakistan — 32 visa-free destinations
5. Yemen — 34 visa-free destinations
6. Somalia — 35 visa-free destinations
7. Nepal and the Palestinian Territories — 38 visa-free destinations
8. North Korea — 40 visa-free destinations
9. Bangladesh, Kosovo and Libya — 41 visa-free destinations
10. Congo (Dem. Rep.), Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Sudan — 42 visa-free destinations
