How many visa-free countries will Russians be able to visit in 2020?
Henley & Partners published the Passport Index, which analyzes the visa rules of 200 countries and regulates them by the number of visa-free countries.
Japan For three years in a row will remain the leader of the global ranking, its citizens can visit 191 countries of the world without a visa (+ 1 country by 2018). TOP-3 is included Singapore (190 countries) and South Korea with Germany 189 visa-free destinations.
Finland and Italy Shared 4th place - 188 countries, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain occupy the fifth place - 187 countries. On the sixth position - France and Sweden (186 countries), the seventh line was shared by Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland (185 countries).
Outsiders TOP-10 - USA and Britain - dropped in the top for the year from 6 to 8th position (184 countries without a visa), and five years ago took the first place.
In eighth place Belgium, Greece, Norway (184 countries). On 9 – Australia, Canada, Malta, Czech Republic and New Zealand (183 countries). Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia close the top ten (181 countries).
The UAE shows the greatest dynamics in the world ranking - over the past 15 years, the Emirates have risen by 47 lines and occupy 18th place (171 visa-free countries).
By the end of 2019, Turkey ranks 55th (111 countries). Egypt is on line 93 out of 107 possible (93 visa-free destinations).
Afghanistan It is in the last place in the world ranking of passports. Its citizens can visit only 26 countries without a visa. The difference between the passports of Japan and Afghanistan was the largest in the 15-year history of the index, reaching 165 points.
In 2019, Russia lost three positions in the ranking and moved from 48 to 51. In the Passport Index by the end of 2019, our country is lower by three positions. In the coming year, Russians can visit 118 countries without a visa – one less than last year.
During the year, Russia received visa-free access to Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone and Suriname, but lost visa-free travel to Albania, Benin, Djibouti, Oman and Syria.
The “neighbors” of the Russian Federation in the study are Palau (50th place, 119 countries) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (52nd place, 117 countries).
Source: atorus