The consulting company “Henley & Partners”, which from time to time updates a world ranking of the best and worst passports in the world, published its recognized list on July 18th and of course the Cuban travel document did not remain one of the best, although it differed from its previous one position has risen.
According to a report collected by the channel CNN, the novelty in July of the Henley Passport Index, which includes the possibility of traveling around the world with these documents without a visa, is that Japan has been at the top of the list for five years, knocked out of first place , as “the best passport in the world”.
For this summer stage 2023, the Japanese passport has been replaced by the Singapore passport in the first place. That’s right, the Singapore passport is currently the most powerful in the world as its citizens can visit 193 out of 227 destinations worldwide without a visa.
What is the position of the Cuban passport?
And Europe is recovering, with many of its nations already fully occupying the “Top 10”. In second place for the “strongest” countries are the passports of Germany, Spain and Italy, with visa-free access to 190 countries. In third place are Japan and South Korea, which they share with Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg and Sweden, allowing entry to 189 visa-free destinations.
The UK ranks fourth in the passport ranking, a place it has not achieved since 2017. Meanwhile, the United States is ranked eighth in the “Top 10” and has visa-free access to 183 countries for its citizens.
And the Cuban passport? Out of a total of 199 classified passports, Cuba is ranked 76th in the world, improving on its previous position compared to January this year when it was 80th in the world. According to this source, the Cuban passport allows entry to just over 60 countries without the need for a visa.
Some of these countries are: Russia, Montenegro, Belarus, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Mongolia, Singapore, Nicaragua, Guyana, etc.