World's most and least powerful passports

The power of the passport was determined by how many countries you can visit without applying for a visa. As an Australian passport holder, you can visit...

An Australian passport pictured in Brisbane, Thursday, July 25, 2013. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP

If you are an Australian passport holder, you can enter 152 countries without a visa. And this makes it, the seventh most powerful passport in the world, according to the ranking given by Passport Index, a website which ranks passports in order of their accessibility to other countries without a visa.

It takes into account a country's latest visa rules and changes in government policies.

An Australian passport Source: AAP

An Australian passport allows you to enter the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland or Hongkong without a visa and avail eTA (Electronic Travel Authority) to enter United States, Canada or India but you will need a visa to enter Russian Federation, Pakistan, Nigeria or Saudi Arabia.

As an Australian passport holder, you still require a visa to enter 104 countries.

An Indian Passport Source: SBS Radio

If you are an Indian passport holder, you can enter 49 countries without a visa. An Indian passport allows you to enter Hongkong, Fiji, Mauritius, Indonesia and Bhutan without a visa and allows you visa-on-arrival at Thailand, Maldives, Seychelles and Kenya.

But ever wondered which is the most powerful passport in the world?

The most powerful passport holders in the world are the Germans and the Swedes, with Visa-Free scores of 158 and 157 respectively.

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Passport Index reveals interesting data like if you need to buy the visa on arrival, in advance, or if you can purchase electronically.

Germany claims the top spot with access to 158 countries without a visa.

Sweden comes in second at 157.

Finland, France, Switzerland, Spain, South Korea and United Kingdom share the third spot with 156 countries they can enter without a visa.

Singapore, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Malaysia, Norway, Japan and United States are on fourth spot with access to 155 countries with their passports.

Austria, Luxemborg and Portugal rank fifth on this chart with a visa-free score of 154.

And Ireland, Canada, New Zealand are on the sixth spot with a visa-free score of 153.

Australia comes in at the seventh spot which it shares with Greece for a visa-free access to 152 countries.

Afghanistan is the lowest ranked country, with a visa-free score of 24.