A ranking of the world’s most powerful passports released this week shows that the global mobility gap is “wider than ever”, Henley & Partners, the firm behind the list, says.
Passports from the countries topping the list, largely wealthy nations in Europe, have access to more than 190 destinations visa-free, while countries at the bottom, typically low-income countries in the Global South, have access to as few as 28, according to the rankings.
