Posted by The Malaysian passport is the 11th most powerful in the world.
So, people with Malaysian passport can visit 180 of the 227 countries without a visa!
The Henley Passport Index looked at 199 different passports and 227 different travel spots. From 2021 to 2022, Malaysia moved up two spots, from number 13 to number 11.
In 2014, Malaysia’s passport came in eighth on the similar ranking.
Based on official and exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the score showed that Singapore has the most powerful travelers in the world.
Each country without a visa or where you can receive an electronic travel authority (ETA) or visitor’s permit increases a passport’s mobility score by one.
But places requiring visas or permission from the government to get a visa on arrival are not “visa-free” and do not count toward the score.
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The Henley Passport Index is the only one of its kind.
It is based on data from the IATA and uses data from the past 18 years.
The Henley Passport Index, updated every three months, is the standard tool that global citizens. Sovereign states use to determine where a passport stands on the spectrum of the worldwide movement.
Singaporeans can go to 192 out of 227 places without getting a visa first. However, Thailand and Indonesia, on the other hand, ranked 64th and 69th.
Brunei came in at number 20, the Philippines came in at number 74. Cambodia and Vietnam at number 82, Laos at number 87, and Myanmar at number 89.
However, Japan was knocked off the top spot for the first time in five years. The country is now in third place, along with Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden. These seven countries can travel to 189 locations without a visa.
Moreover, people with Malaysian passports can go to the US, Canada, the UK, Japan, Italy, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates without a visa.
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