mfb- t1_j58v69k wrote on January 21, 2023 at 5:38 AM

Reply to comment by dumpsternow in TIL Japan is considered the world's most powerful passport, with visa-free access to 193 countries. Singapore and South Korea are close behind with 192 countries. Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan are the least powerful, all with visa-free access to 30 or less countries. by grandlewis

> EU countries are excluded in the counting of the 190

They are included in the count. Germany counts towards Spain's "passport" power and vice versa. You can get the list and count yourself.

horsemagicians t1_j59a1yo wrote on January 21, 2023 at 8:41 AM

What causes it to change? Canada was the second most powerful in 2014 and is now 8th with 186 countries.

polskiftw t1_j59bujd wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:06 AM

Covid.

mfb- t1_j59enns wrote on January 21, 2023 at 9:45 AM

Probably Covid, but you also had some random changes before. Comparing Canada to Germany: Iran, Myanmar, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam are visa-free with a German passport but not a Canadian one.

Japan is more Asia-focused (no surprise), in particular it has visa-free access to China and India while the other two do not.