Nigeria has been ranked 90th on the list of countries with most visa-free access to other nations, according to report.
It was gathered that the report, which was released on Tuesday, by Henley and Partners was based on exclusive and official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), saying Nigeria alongside South Sudan was ranked 90th with visa-free access to only 46 platforms.
The report also confirmed that Nigeria was ranked fifth lowest on the list of African countries with visa-free travel access, only above the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Sudan, and Libya — all countries experiencing extreme violence.
The report also stated that Seychelles was ranked 24th position with access to 155 countries and the highest-ranked African country, while Mauritius ranked 29th with access to 148 countries and South African nationals can visit 106 countries without a prior visa, holding down the 51st spot. Both countries were ranked second and third, respectively in the African continent.
However, Singapore topped the list, knocking off Japan for the first time in five years into third place, whereby citizens of Singapore, have access to 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free.
Germany, Italy, and Spain all moved up into the 2nd place with visa-free access to 190 destinations, while Japanese passport holders alongside those from, Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden — all in third place – have access to189 destinations without a prior visa.
Both the United Kingdom and the United States jointly held first place on the index nearly 10 years ago in 2014 but have been on a downward trajectory ever since, now holding fourth and eighth places, respectively.
Afghanistan remains at the bottom of the index, with a visa-free access score of just 27 countries, followed by Iraq with 29, and Syria with 30 — the three weakest passports in the world.
