Germany’s passport opens up travel to world

A European country has the luxury of having the most powerful passport in the world and its citizens are able to visit 177 countries without a visa.

This passport belongs to Germany, which ranked first in the 2018 World Passport Ranking recently released by Henley & Partners, a global citizenship and residence advisory company.

Second on the list is Singapore, whose citizens can travel to 176 countries without travel visas. Several other countries came in third place: Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Citizens of those nations have no-visa entries to 175 countries.

Fourth (with 174 visa-free countries) are Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.

The United States shares the fifth place ranking alongside Portugal, South Korea and Ireland, with access to 173 countries.

In Latin America, the best passport is from Chile (161 countries), followed by Argentina and Brazil (158 countries), Mexico (144 countries) and Uruguay (139 countries).

The following is a sampling of the ranking:

1. Germany: 177 countries.

2. Singapore: 176 countries.

5. United States, Portugal, South Korea and Ireland: 173 countries.

16. Chile: 161 countries.

18. Argentina and Brazil: 158 countries.

25. Mexico: 144 countries.