07/31/2024
Guyana passport jumps to 55th most powerful with 89 visa-free countries
The Guyana passport is now ranked 55th in the 2024 Henley Passport Index, with access to 89 visa-free destinations.
This represents an improvement in ranking from 59th in 2023, and 64th in 2022.
Guyana shares the 55th spot with Jamaica and Nauru, a tiny island country in Micronesia, northeast of Australia.
Barbados is the best performing Caribbean country at 20th with visa-free travel to 165 countries, followed by the Bahamas in the 21st position with visa-free travel to 161 countries.
St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines share the 23rd spot with visa-free access to 157 countries, while Antigua and Barbuda comes in at 26th and Trinidad and Tobago at 27th.
However, Guyana outperforms superpower China, which is ranked 59th with visa-free travel to 85 countries, and India, which is ranked 82nd with visa-free access to 58 countries.
The world’s most powerful passport is Singapore, with access to 195 countries; followed by Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and France – all of which have visa-free access to 192 countries.
The worse performing country is Afghanistan, ranked 103rd with visa-free travel to only 26 countries.
Outside of CARICOM, Guyanese passport holders can enjoy visa-free travel to countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Fiji, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, among others.
The Henley Passport Index is the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The index is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) – the largest, most accurate travel information database – and enhanced by Henley & Partners’ research team.
