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Passport power in Asia

The Singaporean passport is the strongest in Asia, reaching 176 destinations without a prior visa. Here is every Asia passport ranked, and a map shaded by the same score.

Map of Asia with each country shaded by its passport's visa-free access

Every Asia passport, ranked

Score = destinations reachable without a prior visa (visa-free, visa on arrival, or ETA), out of 219. Linked passports have a full requirement checker.

  1. Singapore ↗ 176
  2. Japan 168
  3. South Korea 168
  4. Malaysia ↗ 166
  5. Cyprus 156
  6. the United Arab Emirates ↗ 155
  7. Brunei 152
  8. Israel 150
  9. Hong Kong 149
  10. Macao 121
  11. Taiwan 118
  12. Georgia 106
  13. Qatar 93
  14. Turkey 87
  15. Timor-Leste 82
  16. Kuwait 78
  17. the Maldives 77
  18. Bahrain 75
  19. Saudi Arabia 75
  20. Oman 70
  21. Thailand 70
  22. Indonesia 67
  23. China 66
  24. Kazakhstan 65
  25. Azerbaijan 60
  26. the Philippines ↗ 58
  27. Armenia 57
  28. Mongolia 56
  29. Kyrgyzstan 53
  30. Uzbekistan 51
  31. Tajikistan 48
  32. India ↗ 47
  33. Vietnam 47
  34. Bhutan 43
  35. Cambodia 43
  36. Laos 42
  37. Jordan 40
  38. Turkmenistan 39
  39. Myanmar 38
  40. Lebanon 34
  41. Palestine 33
  42. Sri Lanka 31
  43. Bangladesh 29
  44. North Korea 27
  45. Pakistan 27
  46. Iran 26
  47. Nepal 25
  48. Iraq 24
  49. Yemen 23
  50. Syria 21
  51. Afghanistan 19