Almost Half of the world countries have worst passports, severely restricting mobility and travel freedom for its citizens.

Afghanistan and Iraq passports are the worst passports in the World as of 2019, according to Henley passport rankings, For example chinese passport has only limited travel freedom to only 74 countries, while russia passport has access to 119 nations as of 2019.

Afghan and Iraq passport are the worst passports in first place

Somalia and Syrian passports take second place for worst passports

Pakistan passport is the third worst passport in the world.

The Worst Passports in the World

Rank Passport Visa free countries 1 Afghanistan,

Iraq 30 2 Somalia,

Syria 32 3 Pakistan 33 4 Yemen 37 5 Eritrea 38 6 Palestine,

Sudan 39 7 Nepal 40 8 Bangladesh

Lebanon

Syria

South sudan 41 9 Ethiopia,

Iran,

North Korea 42 10 Sri Lanka

Congo (DR) 43 11 Kosovo 44 12 Dijbouti 45 13. Burundi 46 14 NIgeria

Liberia

Congo Republic 47 15 Cameroon

Myanmar 48 16 Angola

Central African Republic

Egypt 49 17 Algeria

Jordan 50 18 Equatorial Guinea

Haiti

Vietnam 51 19 Laos

Comoros 52 20 Chad

Guinea-Bissau

Madagascar

Turkmenistan 53 21 Cambodia

Niger

Rwanda 54 22 Bhutan

Mali

Gabon

Togo 55 23 Cote d’Ivoire

Guinea

Senegal 56 24 Burkina Faso 57 25 Mauritania

Mozambique

Sao Tome and Principe

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan 58 26 Armenia

India

Benin

Morocco

Morocco 61 27 Sierra Leone 62 28 Ghana 63 29 Kyrgyzstan

Uganda

Zimbabwe 64 30 Cape Verde

Cuba

Dominican Republic 65 31 Azerbaijan Philippines

Tunisia 66 32 Gambia

Tanzania

Zambia 68 33 Indonesia

Kenya

Malawi 71 34 Eswatini 72 35 Saudi Arabia 73 36 China

Lesotho 74 37 Thailand

Namibia 75 38 Oman

Kazakhstan 76 39 Belarus 77 40 Bolivia 79 41 Suriname 80 42 Bahrain 81 43 Botswana 82 44 Jamaica

Papa New Guinea 83 45 Qatar 85 46 Nauru

Maldives 86 47 Guyana 88 48 Fiji 89 49 Kuwait 91 50 Ecuador 93

Source: Henley Passport Index 2019

The rank is shared by multiple countries because these countries all have the same level of visa-free or visa-on-arrival access.

Visa Restrictions

Visa restrictions affect millions of people worldwide, impacts tourism and business and these industries have already lost billions of dollars with slow GDP growth. The process for visas and residence permits are usually time consuming and also stressful to many citizens. Recently many countries have transformed from paper visas to e-visas becoming fully digital

Citizenship and Residence by Investment (CRBI)

These visa restrictions restricting freedom of movement have given rise to a new industry Citizenship and residence by investment schemes (CRBI) which is estimated about $15 billion annually, which had garnered special interest among wealthy and high-net worth individuals and families seeking citizenship or residency