The UAE Passport Climbs to 11th on 2024 Henley & Partner’s Passport Index. UAE passport has moved up a significant spot on Henley & Partner’s 2024 Passport Index.
The passport’s increased standing grants it considerably improved entry without a need for a visa to 183 nations worldwide.
More astonishingly, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has moved up the Index the most in the last ten years, moving up 44 spots from 55th to 11th place and adding more nations with visa-free travel.
With this ranking, the UAE continues to top the area among nations such as Qatar (53), Kuwait (55), Bahrain (59), Oman (60), and Saudi Arabia (61). Additionally, the degree of visa-free travel to several other countries varies among these countries.
Conversely, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq are at the bottom of the Index.
UAE’s Passport Ranking by Year for the Last Decade
YEAR RANKING
2024 11
2023 13
2022 15
2021 16
2020 18
2019 15
2018 21
2017 38
2016 38
2015 42
2014 55
Today, nations like Japan and Singapore, as well as France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, have some of the strongest passports in the world. Citizens of these countries are free to travel to 194 locations worldwide without a visa.
This illustrates how travel abroad is evolving, with the average number of countries offering visa-free travel almost tripling from 58 in 2006 to 111 in 2024.
