The Pakistani passport has been ranked as the third worst performing passports in the world, placed at 104th spot among 106 places in the Henley Passport Index 2018.
Pakistan was the third worst performing passport with visa-free access to only 33 destinations. Only four passports - Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq - fared worse than Pakistan’s. In last year's ranking, Pakistan was placed at 102nd spot.
Meanwhile, the Japanese passport now stands as the best performing in the world with access to 190 countries and destinations, according to the 2018 Index released today. The ranking means that the Japanese citizens are able to travel without a visa or to acquire the visa on arrival in 190 countries across the globe.
Whereas, Singapore’s passport, which shared the rank with Japan last year with both scoring 180, is now placed at 2nd rank with access to 189 countries.
The passports of China and United Arab Emirates (UAE) were among the best performers climbing 14 and 17 places, respectively, to be placed at 71st and 21st spot, respectively.