How Powerful is Your International Passport?

      A very important requirement to travel from one country to another in every country is a passport. It is in the passport Visas get stamped and travelling is possible. Without a visa a traveller cannot buy a flight ticket to the country he or she is travelling to. And without a passport one cannot travel by flight on a long distance in and out of his or her country or even within the country by flight. If a country does not grant you a visa but you find a way to get to that country; you're an illegal immigrant and can be jailed or sent back home and banned from ever travelling to that country. Yes guys,  its that serious. However there are some countries with more powerful passports than others.
One may ask, what makes a passport powerful? Isn't it just a book where visas get stamped in?
Apparently, a passport is more than just a book. The strength or power of a passport is calculated or measured by the number of countries one can visit without a visa. This means if you have a passport and you have to get a visa before making every trip then your passport isn't that powerful and unfortunately there is nothing you can do about it. The least powerful passports are as follows in ascending order;

1. Burundi, North Korea, Myanmar (42 countries can be visited without a request for a visa).
2. Bangladesh, Congo, Lebanon, Sri Lanka (39 countries).
3. Kosovo, South Sudan, Yemen (38 countries).
4. Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Nepal, Palestinian Territory, Sudan (37 countries).
5. Libya (37 countries).
6. Syria (32 countries).
7. Somalia (31 countries).
8. Iraq (30 countries).
9. Pakistan (29 countries).
10. Afghanistan (25 countries).

The Ghanaian passport is not part of the least powerful passports in the world. Are you wondering that it could be probably part of the ten most powerful passports in the world? Well, lets list them to find out if the Ghanaian passport is that powerful.
Below are the top ten powerful passports in the whole world in descending order;

1. Germany (177 countries can be visited without a visa requirement ).
2. Sweden (176 countries).
3. Finland, France, Italy, Spain, United States of America (175 countries).
4. Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, (174 countries).
5. Austria, Japan, Singapore (173 countries).
6. Canada, Ireland, South Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland (172 countries).
7. Greece, New Zealand (171 countries).
8. Australia (169 countries).
9. Malta (168 countries).
10. Hungary, Czech Republic, Iceland (167 countries).

Wow! So neither Ghana nor its neighbouring countries was seen in this category. Well, that means Ghana is neither powerful nor less powerful. With a Ghanaian passport, one can travel to a maximum of 66 countries without a VISA. These countries are listed below;

1. ARMENIA
2. AZERBAIJAN
3. BANGLADESH
4. BARBADOS
5. BELARUS
6. BENIN
7. BELIZE
8. BURKINA FASO
9. CAPE VERDE
10. COOK ISLANDS
11. CÔTE D'IVOIRE
12. CAMBODIA
13. COMOROS
14. DOMINICA
15. DJIBOUTI
16. EGYPT
17. ECUADOR
18. FIJI
19. GEORGIA
20. MICRONESIA 
21. GRENADA
22. GAMBIA
23. GINEA-BISSAU
24. HAITI
25. KENYA
26. LIBERIA
27. MALI
28. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
29. MAURITANIA
30. MONTSERRAT
31. MAURITIUS
32. MAURITANIA
33. MALAWI
34. NIGER
35. NIGERIA
36. NIUE
37. PHILIPINES
38. KOSOVO
39. SINGAPORE
40. SIERRA-LEONE
41. SENEGAL
42. SWAZILAND
43. TOGO
44. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
45. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
46. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
47. VANUATU
48. IRAQ
49. JORDAN
50. LAOS
51. SAINT LUCIA
52. MADAGASCAR
53. MACAU
54. MALDIVES
55. MOZAMBIQUE
56. NAURU
57. PALAU
58. SEYCHELLES
59. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
60. EAST TIMOR
61. TUVALU
62. TANZANIA
63. UGANDA
64. SAMOA
65. ZIMBABWE
66. JAMAICA                                  

These are the countries one can visit without a visa but with a Ghanaian passport. Do you also wanna know where your passport can take you to? Just leave a comment below and we will get back to you on it.
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