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Most Powerful Passports List 2024: India's passport has been ranked at 82nd position in the fresh list released by the Henley Passport Index. Indian nationals can now travel to as many as 58 foreign nations without a visa, which include famous tourist destinations like Indonesia, Maldives, and Thailand.

The ranking is based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which holds the most comprehensive and accurate database of global travel information.

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Singapore passport has bagged the top spot offering visa-free travel to 195 countries. France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Japan jointly hold the second rank, offering visa-free access to 192 nations.

Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden are tied for third place, each providing visa-free entry to 191 countries. The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, and Switzerland hold the fourth spot, offering visa-free access to 190 countries.

Australia and Portugal are jointly in fifth place, granting visa-free travel to 189 destinations.

As many as 34 countries have been placed on the list of nations having top 10 passports.

List of 58 nations Indians can travel visa-free:

1. Angola
2. Barbados
3. Bhutan
4. Bolivia
5. British Virgin Islands
6. Burundi
7. Cambodia
8. Cape Verde Islands
9. Comoro Islands
10. Cook Islands
11. Djibouti
12. Dominica
13. Ethiopia
14. Fiji
15. Grenada
16. Guinea-Bissau
17. Haiti
18. Indonesia
19. Iran
20. Jamaica
21. Jordan
22. Kazakhstan
23. Kenya
24. Kiribati
25. Laos
26. Macao (SAR China)
27. Madagascar
28. Malaysia
29. Maldives
30. Marshall Islands
31. Mauritania
32. Mauritius
33. Micronesia
34. Montserrat
35. Mozambique
36. Myanmar
37. Nepal
38. Niue
39. Palau Islands
40. Qatar
41. Rwanda
42. Samoa
43. Senegal
44. Seychelles
45. Sierra Leone
46. Somalia
47. Sri Lanka
48. St. Kitts and Nevis
49. St. Lucia
50. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
51. Tanzania
52. Thailand
53. Timor-Leste
54. Trinidad and Tobago
55. Tunisia
56. Tuvalu
57. Vanuatu
58. Zimbabwe

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The most powerful passports of 2024:

1. Singapore (195 destinations)
2. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain (192)
3. Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden (191)
4. Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom (190)
5. Australia, Portugal (189)
6. Greece, Poland (188)
7. Canada, Czechia, Hungary, Malta (187)
8. United States (186)
9. Estonia, Lithuania, United Arab Emirates (185)
10. Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (184)