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World's powerful, costliest and cheapest passports!

May 12, 2015 14:15 IST

Planning to travel abroad? The nationality of your passport has a big impact on your travel plans.

Image: 75 per cent of people surveyed said visa free entry to countries make a passport powerful. Photograph: Reuters

A Berlin-based website GoEuro analysed passports from 50 countries to find factors that make a passport powerful.

Passports were studied on the basis of visa free access, ability of a citizen to obtain a passport, pricing, validity period, number of hours a citizen must work to get a passport etc…

Around 75 per cent of people surveyed said visa free entry to countries make a passport powerful, while 25 per cent said the pricing of the passport made it powerful.

The United Arab Emirates has the most affordable passport which costs just $10.91, while Turkey has the most expensive passport which costs $258.46.

Take a look at the world’s 10 powerful passports…

Image: People stroll under pink cherry blossoms in a Stockholm park.
Photograph: Reuters

Sweden
Rank: 1
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 1 hour
Price: $43

Finland

Rank: 2
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 5 hours
Price: $ 56

Image: Dusseldorf is a financial hotspot. Photograph: Reuters

Germany

Rank: 3
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 7 hours
Price: $69

Image: Pandu and Dian, tourists from Indonesia, jump for a souvenir photograph. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters

United Kingdom

Rank: 4
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 11 hours
Price: $110

Image: A tourist catches snowflakes on her tongue during snow fall in Times Square. Photograph: Darren Ornitz/Reuters

United States

Rank: 5
Visa free countries: 174
Hours worked to get a passport: 19 hours
Price: $135

Image: Boats are seen anchored at the 17th century Nyhavn district, home to many shops and restaurants in Copenhagen. Photograph: Bob Strong/Reuters

Denmark
Rank: 6
Visa free countries: 173
Hours worked to get a passport: 3 hours
Price: $95

Image: Reporters lean over the edge of the catwalk during the media preview for the 'EdgeWalk' on the CN Tower in Toronto. Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters

Canada

Rank: 7
Visa free countries: 173
Hours worked to get a passport: 15 hours
Price: $133

Image: A Spanish flag flutters in the wind in front of the dome of Bank of Spain headquarters in central Madrid. Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters

Spain

Rank: 8
Visa free countries: 172
Hours worked to get a passport: 5 hours
Price: $30

Image: Two women walk past a chocolate Easter bunny at Belgian chocolate maker Neuhaus in Brussels. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters

Belgium

Rank: 9
Visa free countries: 172
Hours worked to get a passport: 8 hours
Price: $76

Image: A tourist boat passes under a bridge next to the Westerkerk church in Amsterdam. Photograph: Michael Kooren/Reuters

Netherlands

Rank: 10
Visa free countries: 172
Hours worked to get a passport: 8 hours
Price: $78

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