Desk Report: Bangladeshi passport remains one of the weakest in the world as the country has ranked 102nd out of 109 positions in the latest edition of UK-based Henley & Partners’ Global Passport Rankings. 

The ranking of Bangladesh was 101st in the previous rankings of the Henley & Partners.

Henley & Partners uses exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to make the ranking.

According to the Henley Passport Index, a Bangladeshi passport entitles visa-free travel to 42 destinations.

Among Bangladesh’s South Asian neighbors, Maldives has the strongest passport.

Maldives ranked 58th with visa-free access to 96 countries, India ranked 85th having visa-free access to 62 countries, Bhutan ranked 92nd with visa-free access in 55 countries, Sri Lanka ranked 101st with visa-free access in 43 countries, Nepal ranked 103rd with visa-free access in 40 countries and Pakistan ranked 106 with visa-free access in 34 countries.

Afghanistan has the weakest passport in the world with visa-free access in 28 countries.

Citizens of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain have the most powerful passports as they enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 194 destinations around the world.

Finland, Netherlands, South Korea and Sweden are ranked 2nd with visa-free access to 193 destinations while the passports of Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg and United Kingdom share 3rd spot with visa-free access to 192 destinations.

Maldives is one of the countries where Bangladeshis can visit without first obtaining a visa. 

According to Henley & Partners, the places Bangladeshis can go to without first obtaining a visa are:

Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Bolivia, British Virgin Island, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde Island, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Nepal, Niue, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

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