How 'powerful' is the Australian passport and where does it rank in the world?

A report this week ranked Australia's standard passport as the equal seventh most powerful in the world, but just how does it compare to other countries?

Top 10 most powerful passports

Source: SBS News

 - a project by citizenship planning firm Henley & Partners Citizens, which covers 199 different passports and 227 destinations - is based on data from the International Air Transport Authority.

The Australian passport currently gives holders access to 183 nations without having to pay a fee or pre-apply for a visa before arriving.

It comes as demand for Australian citizenship reaches never-before-seen levels, with the federal government revealing in August close to 189,000 people were waiting for their citizenship applications to be processed.

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Published 15 October 2018 3:09pm
By Evan Young


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