According to Henley Passport Index 2025, India is ranked 85th and visa-free or visa on arrival travel is possible to 57 countries on Indian passport. Know the complete list, top destinations and ranking of the most powerful passports in the world.
Visa Free Countries for Indians 2025: For Indian travelers who dream of traveling abroad, 2025 has brought a great opportunity to visit these 57 countries visa free. According to Henley Passport Index 2025, the ranking of Indian passport has fallen by 5 places to 85th position this year. Now Indian citizens can travel to 57 countries without visa or visa on arrival. Last year in 2024, India was at 80th position and then visa-free entry was available in 62 countries. If we talk about India’s best ranking till date, it has been 71st in 2006.
What is Henley Passport Index?
Henley Passport Index is the world’s leading global passport ranking system, which tells how many countries a country’s passport can enter without obtaining a visa in advance. The index is based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and is updated monthly by Henley & Partners. The 2025 ranking compared 199 passports and 227 countries/destinations.
57 visa-free/visa on arrival countries for Indians in 2025
Completely visa-free country
- bhutan
- Nepal
- maldives
- mauritius
- Seychelles
- Thailand
- malaysia
- philippines
- Indonesia
- iran
- Jamaica
- fiji
- Dominica
- Grenada
- vanuatu
- trinidad and tobago
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- cook islands
- Macau (SAR China)
- kazakhstan
Countries with Visa on Arrival / e-Travel Authorization
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- cambodia
- cape verde
- comoro islands
- Djibouti
- Ethiopia
- guinea-bissau
- Jordan
- Kenya (ETA)
- laos
- madagascar
- mozambique
- myanmar
- Palau Islands
- rwanda
- Samoa
- sierra leone
- Sri Lanka
- tanzania
- timor-leste
- tuvalu
- zimbabwe
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The world’s strongest and weakest passports (2025)
most powerful passport
- ЁЯЗ╕ЁЯЗм Singapore тАУ 193 countries
- ЁЯЗ░ЁЯЗ╖ South Korea тАУ 190 countries
- ЁЯЗпЁЯЗ╡ Japan тАУ 189 countries
weakest passport
- ЁЯЗжЁЯЗл Afghanistan тАУ 24 countries
- ЁЯЗ╕ЁЯЗ╛ Syria тАУ 26 countries
- ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ╢ Iraq тАУ 29 countries
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