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Lucky Nomads Passport Index

Most passport rankings count how many countries you can visit. We think that misses the point. A passport is worth what it lets you do with your life, so the Lucky Nomads Passport Index weights every destination by how livable it is and rewards the right to settle, not just the right to pass through. The Irish passport leads with 90.9 out of 100, ahead of Czech (88.98) and Estonian (88.5). This view ranks 200 passports.

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RankFlagPassportLN scorePure mobility
1Irish90.990.91
2Czech88.9889.77
3Estonian88.585.8
4Liechtensteiner87.4285.23
5Swiss86.3690.34
6Finnish86.3291.48
7Lithuanian86.1884.09
8Swedish85.8990.34
9Dutch85.490.91
9Icelandic85.485.23
11Norwegian85.3192.05
12Latvian85.2785.8
13Luxembourger85.2690.34
14French84.4596.02
15Hungarian83.3796.02
16Danish (Denmark)83.3389.77
17Spanish82.9791.48
18Belgian82.9591.48
19Polish82.9288.64
20Portuguese82.887.5
21German82.1391.48
22Greek82.0987.5
23Austrian81.7389.77
24Croatian81.498.86
25Romanian80.986.36
26Slovak80.7997.16
27Slovenian79.5297.73
28Bulgarian79.4385.8
29Italian79.0594.32
30Danish (Greenland)78.5389.2
31Cypriot76.5696.59
32Monégasque61.6782.39
33Uruguayan59.1779.55
34Singaporean57.9399.43
35Emirati57.3990.34
36British Citizen57.2793.75
37Andorran57.1680.11
38Danish (Faroe Islands)56.6489.77
39Kittitian and Nevisian55.6179.55
40Chinese (HKSAR)55.3193.18
41Antiguan and Barbudan54.7777.27
42Brazilian54.5384.09
43Bahamian53.8180.68
44New Zealander53.7996.59
45Paraguayan53.5468.75
46Argentine53.4682.95
47Malaysian52.87100
48Barbadian52.8484.09
49Grenadian52.4778.98
50Trinidadian and Tobagonian52.4571.59
51Costa Rican52.1875
52Maltese51.8388.07
53Bruneian51.6182.95
54Seychellois51.582.39
55Vincentian51.4177.84
56San Marinese51.0678.98
57Vatican citizen50.2273.3
58Chilean49.3984.66
59Australian49.2286.93
60Canadian49.0689.77
61Mauritian48.5672.73
62Panamanian48.4369.32
63Peruvian48.3771.02
64Dominican (Dominica)48.269.32
65Taiwanese47.8964.77
66Japanese47.5689.2
67American47.4991.48
68Guatemalan47.4470.45
68Marshallese47.4457.39
70Saint Lucian47.0669.32
71Chinese (Macao SAR)46.871.59
71South Korean46.887.5
73Micronesian46.0155.11
74Salvadoran44.4862.5
75Honduran44.4162.5
76Colombian44.0961.36
77Palauan44.0254.55
78Qatari43.8151.14
79Montenegrin43.4556.25
80Mexican43.3174.43
81Ukrainian43.1864.77
82Israeli42.9982.95
83North Macedonian42.8755.11
84Albanian41.7153.98
85Tongan41.4961.93
86Serbian41.3661.36
87Bosnian and Herzegovinian41.0351.7
88Samoan40.9461.93
89Moldovan40.8853.41
90Georgian40.8153.98
91Jamaican40.235.23
92Belizean40.147.16
93Tuvaluan4060.23
94Kuwaiti39.9343.18
95Solomon Islander38.4264.2
96Guyanese38.2536.93
97Saudi Arabian38.0845.45
98Timorese37.9242.61
99I-Kiribati37.7858.52
100Bolivian37.7625.57
101Vanuatuan37.3136.93
102Nicaraguan3751.14
103Omani36.8634.09
104Bahraini36.5931.82
105Kosovar35.8234.66
106Surinamese35.1828.98
107Maldivian35.1546.02
108Cape Verdean34.8821.59
109Ghanaian34.3826.14
110Botswanan34.3732.39
111Gambian33.9628.98
112Nauruan33.7433.52
113Russian33.3251.14
114Fijian32.8636.36
115Kazakh32.6329.55
116Ecuadorian32.439.77
117Burkinabè32.3718.18
118Namibian32.0329.55
119Beninese31.8723.3
120Dominican (Dominican Republic)30.8425
121Turkish30.5247.16
122Venezuelan30.5149.43
123South African29.9440.34
124Kyrgyz28.2617.61
125Malawian28.1326.14
126Armenian28.0822.73
127Thai28.0625.57
128Senegalese27.4920.45
129Eswatini (Swazi)27.4525.57
130Guinean27.118.18
131Mongolian27.0122.16
132Belarusian26.931.82
133Zambian26.8626.7
134Kenyan26.8326.14
135Mosotho26.7827.27
135Nigerian26.7815.34
137Jordanian26.0715.91
138Papua New Guinean25.8535.8
139Gabonese25.5521.02
140São Toméan25.1918.18
141Uzbek25.1222.16
142Angolan2517.05
143Zimbabwean24.9822.73
144Indian24.3119.89
145Indonesian24.2627.84
146Filipino24.0424.43
147Tajik24.0114.2
148Nigerien23.9419.32
149Chinese (PRC)23.8132.95
150Malagasy23.6718.75
151Sierra Leonean23.4522.73
152Moroccan23.1626.14
153Cambodian23.1315.34
154Bhutanese23.111.93
155Tanzanian23.0826.14
156Djiboutian22.9910.8
157Lebanese22.4410.8
158Guinea-Bissauan22.2516.48
159Azerbaijani22.0118.75
160Mozambican21.8922.16
161Liberian21.714.77
162Ivorian21.2617.05
163Rwandan21.2418.18
164Tunisian21.1923.3
165Turkmen21.128.52
166Ugandan20.7523.86
167Equatorial Guinean20.5415.34
167Vietnamese20.5415.91
169Congolese (Democratic Republic of the Congo)20.2310.23
170Sri Lankan20.19.66
171Togolese19.7618.18
172Egyptian19.6515.91
172Libyan19.657.95
174Comorian19.6413.64
175Palestinian19.635.68
176Laotian19.19.09
177Algerian19.0215.34
178Nepalese18.893.98
179Mauritanian18.2316.48
180Congolese (Republic of the Congo)18.0912.5
181Iraqi17.733.41
182Burundian17.2711.93
183Bangladeshi17.27.39
183Pakistani17.26.82
185Cameroonian17.1215.34
186Cuban17.0617.05
187Burmese16.879.66
188Malian16.8117.05
189Sudanese16.799.09
190South Sudanese16.3411.93
191Haitian16.267.39
192Ethiopian16.1711.36
193Iranian16.029.66
194Central African15.8314.2
195Yemeni15.822.27
196Somali15.426.82
197Afghan13.820
198Chadian13.7217.05
199Syrian13.580.57
200Eritrean7.717.95

How we rank passports

The Lucky Nomads Passport Index blends four pillars into a single score out of 100. Access weighted by livability rewards getting into places that score well on the Lucky Nomads World Index, and counts a long stay for more than a short one. Residence rights reward the freedom to live and work somewhere permanently, not merely visit. Tax friendliness reflects how your citizenship treats you, including the rare countries that tax citizens on worldwide income wherever they live. Optionality captures the governance and freedom of your home country. Alongside the official score we show a pure mobility score in the Henley tradition, a simple count of where you can go without a prior visa, so you can see the gap our method reveals.

Frequently asked questions

How is the Lucky Nomads Passport Index different from the Henley index?

Henley counts destinations you can enter without a prior visa and stops there. We go further. We weight each destination by how good it is to live in, we reward the right to reside rather than just visit, and we factor in how your citizenship taxes you. Two passports with the same visa-free count can land far apart in our ranking.

Why do some travel-strong passports rank lower here?

A passport can open many borders for short tourist stays yet grant the right to settle in almost none. Our score rewards the freedom to actually live and work somewhere, so passports rich in free-movement rights rise and pure tourist mobility counts for less.

What is the pure mobility score shown next to the main score?

It is a Henley-style breadth count of where you can go without applying for a visa first, scaled to 100. We show it on purpose, so you can compare the familiar measure against our livability-weighted view and see where they diverge.

How often is the index updated?

The index is recomputed from our bilateral visa-access matrix and our livability data on a regular cycle, so changes in visa rules and country scores flow through automatically.

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Lucky Maillard

Founder, Lucky Nomads · Wealth manager

Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.