The Ukrainian passport has moved up four positions in the international ranking by Henley & Partners. Ukraine now ranks 30th in terms of the number of countries a Ukrainian citizen can visit without a visa.
Source. This was reported on the Henley & Partners website.
During the year, Ukraine established visa-free travel with such countries as Djibouti, Israel, and Suriname. This brings the total number of countries with free access for citizens to 146.
Together with Ukraine, Grenada and Saint Lucia shared the 30th place.
Interestingly, the latest ranking was the first in which Japan was not ranked first.
In general, the leaders among the most influential passports (with which you can visit the most other countries) are the following countries:
1. Singapore (192 countries).
2. Italy, Germany, Spain (190 countries).
3. Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, and Switzerland (189 countries).
4. Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom (188 countries).
5. Belgium, Czech Republic, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal (187 countries).
6. Australia, Hungary, Poland (186 countries).
7. Canada, Greece (185 countries).
8. Lithuania, USA (184 countries).
9. Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (183 countries).
10. Estonia, Iceland (182 countries).
As a reminder, in 2022, Ukraine was ranked 134th in the Henley & Partners ranking. At that time, citizens of our country could travel to 143 countries without obtaining visas.