The South African passport has moved up on the index to take 53rd spot after Egypt was added to the visa-free destination.For more financial news,The South African passport has moved up on a global index ranking to take the 53rd spot with its visa-free access offered to 47% of the world's destinations.
The SA passport offers visa-free access to 106 of 227 destinations measured by the index. It beats passports including those of Qatar, Botswana, Saudi Arabia, China, Namibia, Thailand, Malawi, and Kenya. The Henley Passport Index is based on research by the International Air Transport Association and the Henley & Partners research team.
By comparison, Japan's passport provides visa-free access to 193 destinations. Japan is at the top of the Henley Passport Index, with visa-free access to 85% of the world's economy. Receive News24 Business writer-at-large Carol Paton's articles about the political economy, state-owned enterprises and energy sector.Next on the list is Singapore and South Korea, in joint second place with a visa-free destination score of 192.
_Business In the land of the blind... Having 47% visa freedom sounds like Heaven! ....just sad it equates to the same South African maths literacy rate ....oh, you don't make it, we will just move the 'bar' lower....
_Business Have you even seen the list of countries you’re allowed to go to visa-free?🙄🤣
_Business sorry to say, freedom of speech, we South Africa is heading the same way as Rhodishia, now Zimbabwe!!!!
_Business That is scary, i think
_Business Except none of the countries you would actually want to visit
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