Top 10 African countries with the most powerful passports in the world 2023

• GhNewsBanQ presents the top 10 most powerful African passports in the world in 2023.
• This list reflects the countries having the easiest access to international travel.
• The list was compiled by Henley & Partners, a global citizenship and residence advisory firm.
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As unfair as it may appear, a person’s ability to travel internationally is primarily dependent on the passport they possess.

As a result of the power of their international passports, citizens in some regions find it easier than others to travel anyplace they want.

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The global value of passports varies so greatly that practically every passport in the world has a different statistical value.

What makes the strongest passport?

Henley & Partners, a worldwide citizenship and residence advisory firm, is well aware of this reality and has delivered the Henley Passport Index for the past 18 years, a one-of-a-kind passport ranking based on unique data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA).

As the company notes, the index covers 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations. It is updated quarterly, and is considered the standard reference tool for global citizens and sovereign states when assessing where a passport ranks on the global mobility spectrum.

This year, the company has released the first of its passport index with the inclusion of 109 regions. Japan has the most powerful passport, as it allows its wielders visa-free access to 193 countries. The countries that followed include Singapore, South Korea, Germany and Spain.

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42 of the 109 regions are African with Seychelles having the most powerful passport on the continent.

According to Henley & Partners the index is derived using a carefully laid out methodology. This methodology according to the company is as follows; for each travel destination, if no visa is required for passport holders from a country or territory, then a score with value = 1 is created for that passport.

A score with value = 1 is also applied if passport holders can obtain a visa on arrival, a visitor’s permit, or an electronic travel authority (ETA) when entering the destination. These visa-types require no pre-departure government approval, because of the specific visa-waiver programs in place. Where a visa is required, or where a passport holder has to obtain a government-approved electronic visa (e-Visa) before departure, a score with value = 0 is assigned.

A score with value = 0 is also assigned if passport holders need pre-departure government approval for a visa on arrival, a scenario we do not consider ‘visa-free’. The total score for each passport is equal to the number of destinations for which no visa is required (value = 1), under the conditions defined above.

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Below are ten of the top African passports based on the metric system above.