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PH at 78th place in 2023 Henley Passport Index with visa-free access to 67 countries, territories

The Philippines moved up three notches to 78th place out of 109 countries in this year's Henley Passport Index.

Based on the website of Henley & Partners, a residence and investment firm, the Henley Passport Index is the original and authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.

The Philippines is tied this year with Uganda with visa-free access to 67 countries. These countries are:

  1. Armenia
  2. Barbados
  3. Bolivia
  4. Brazil
  5. Brunei
  6. Burundi
  7. Cambodia
  8. Cape Verde Islands
  9. Colombia
  10. Comoro Islands
  11. Cook Islands
  12. Costa Rica
  13. Cote d'Ivoire
  14. Dominica
  15. Fiji
  16. Guinea-Bissau
  17. Haiti
  18. Hong Kong (SAR China)
  19. Indonesia
  20. Iran
  21. Israel
  22. Kazakhstan
  23. Kyrgyzstan
  24. Laos
  25. Macao (SAR China)
  26. Madagascar
  27. Malawi
  28. Malaysia
  29. Maldives
  30. Marshall Islands
  31. Mauritania
  32. Mauritius
  33. Micronesia
  34. Mongolia
  35. Morocco

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  36. Mozambique
  37. Myanmar
  38. Nepal
  39. Nicaragua
  40. Niue
  41. Pakistan
  42. Palau Islands
  43. Palestinian Territory
  44. Papua New Guinea
  45. Peru
  46. Rwanda
  47. Samoa
  48. Senegal
  49. Seychelles
  50. Singapore
  51. Somalia
  52. Sri Lanka
  53. St. Lucia
  54. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  55. Suriname
  56. Taiwan
  57. Tajikistan
  58. Tanzania
  59. Thailand
  60. The Gambia
  61. Timor-Leste
  62. Togo
  63. Trinidad and Tobago
  64. Tuvalu
  65. Uganda
  66. Vanuatu
  67. Vietnam
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In 2022, the Philippines shared 80th place out of 112 countries with Cape Verde Islands and Uganda, while having access to 67 countries without a need for a visa.

The website states that the index is based on the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which assess 199 countries "according to the percentage share of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to which their passport holders have visa-free access, by taking into account their visa-free/visa-on-arrival scores out of a possible 227 destinations."

It also states that the final Henley Passport Power score for each country is the sum of the national GDP shares of global GDP for each of the destinations to which its passport holders have visa-free access including their own GDP. The maximum possible score is 100, representing 100% of global GDP.

Meanwhile, Japan garnered the first spot, having visa-free access to 193 destinations that collectively account for 98% of the global economy.

It was followed by Singapore and South Korea with visa-free access to 192 countries, Germany and Spain with 190; Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg with 189; and Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, and Sweden with 188.

Afghanistan placed at the bottom ranking which has visa-free access to only 27 countries or 12% of the world and less than 1% of global economic output. —Richa Noriega/KBK, GMA Integrated News

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