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Status: Visa‑free travel

Number of countries that citizens can travel to visa-free (2020)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for status: visa-free travel. Embed

Status: Visa-free travel

Number of countries that citizens can travel to visa-free (2020)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 0.5 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — Japan
    191 2020
  • 2 99.4 — Singapore
    190 2020
  • 3 98.7 — South Korea
    189 2020
  • 4 95.6 United States
    184 2020
  • 5 95.0 Australia
    183 2020
  • 5 +1 95.0 — New Zealand
    183 2020
  • 7 91.8 Malaysia
    178 2020
  • 8 84.3 — Brunei
    166 2020
  • 9 71.7 Taiwan
    146 2020
  • 10 54.1 Russia
    118 2020
  • 11 32.7 — Papua New Guinea
    84 2020
  • 12 −1 28.9 Thailand
    78 2020
  • 13 −1 24.5 China
    71 2020
  • 13 24.5 Indonesia
    71 2020
  • 15 −1 22.0 Philippines
    67 2020
  • 16 −1 18.9 Mongolia
    62 2020
  • 17 −1 16.4 India
    58 2020
  • 18 −1 13.8 — Cambodia
    54 2020
  • 18 +1 13.8 Vietnam
    54 2020
  • 20 −2 11.3 Laos
    50 2020
  • 21 −1 9.4 — Myanmar
    47 2020
  • 22 −1 6.3 Sri Lanka
    42 2020
  • 23 5.7 Bangladesh
    41 2020
  • 24 −3 4.4 North Korea
    39 2020
  • 25 −1 3.8 Nepal
    38 2020
  • 26 0.0 — Pakistan
    32 2020
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