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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

I have a Japanese passport which is usually in the top 10. It's a cool flex and all, but it rarely matters to most of us normies because it's too expensive for us to leave the damn country and nobody can get many days off.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago

This reminds me that borders are so fucking stupid.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 109 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“gonna get tired of winning”

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago

Winning is tiring. It's nice of Trump to give the USA an extended break from it.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 93 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Here's the "top 10" list (there are a lot of countries tied), if anyone was interested, like I was:

  • Singapore 1st 193
  • South Korea 2nd 190
  • Japan 3rd 189
  • Germany 4th 188
  • Italy 4th 188
  • Luxembourg 4th 188
  • Spain 4th 188
  • Switzerland 4th 188
  • Austria 5th 187
  • Belgium 5th 187
  • Denmark 5th 187
  • Finland 5th 187
  • France 5th 187
  • Ireland 5th 187
  • Netherlands 5th 187
  • Greece 6th 186
  • Hungary 6th 186
  • New Zealand 6th 186
  • Norway 6th 186
  • Portugal 6th 186
  • Sweden 6th 186
  • Australia 7th 185
  • Czechia 7th 185
  • Malta 7th 185
  • Poland 7th 185
  • Croatia 8th 184
  • Estonia 8th 184
  • Slovakia 8th 184
  • Slovenia 8th 184
  • United Arab Emirates 8th 184
  • United Kingdom 8th 184
  • Canada 9th 183
  • Latvia 10th 182
  • Liechtenstein 10th 182

The US ranks joint 12th with Malaysia.

Source.

[–] iloveDigit@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, so we're not even in the top 30 when you count tied countries

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Which is really how you're supposed to present it in any ladder ranking. The top two being level on points doesn't mean you weren't third-best.

Or 35th best, apparently.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Important note: the number at the end is how many countries the passport lets you go without a visa.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Funny that US ranks with Malaysia, don’t people keep mixing up the flag emojis?

[–] Bonifratz@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago

More commonly with Liberia.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 day ago

US and the crescent of Islam lol

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well now I want to know who’s 11th

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's tied between Iceland and Lithuania

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Someday the USA might be as good as Iceland or Lithuania. Of course, if it slips a bit more it'll fall behind the international diplomatic powerhouses of Romania and Bulgaria.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Wow… it used to be that you couldn’t go wrong with a Canadian passport, to the point where they were being heavily traded on the black market.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 day ago

The UK passport used to give you the ability to live and work anywhere in Europe. Not any more, thanks to idiots.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was watching a video where a guy stated that the Brazilian passports is one of the most valuable in the black market. And one of the reasons is that anyone can ‘look’ Brazilian, the country is a mix of all races. We have from Nazi Germans to Lebaneses, Nigerians and Japaneses. If I hold a passport from Singapore, people will find strange. But Brazilian, no problem.

[–] argarath@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I wonder what is the reason why the Brazilian passport isn't as accepted around the world as others, is it based on fears from drug trafficking? Is it from not wanting too many immigrants? Racism or something entirely different I'm not imagining as a possibility? There's logic behind these decisions and I'm really curious what it is

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 day ago

It is also pretty strong as a passport, allowing you to travel to the EU and China.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You probably don't want to go to the countries that won't let you in with a Canadian passport.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago

India had restrictions on Canadian passports when this report was generated; lifted now. And the EU is about to impose restrictions.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I dunno. I recently travelled to Vietnam and thought it was great. I needed to apply for a visa to go there.

I did only stay in da nang. And it was boring. But in the best possible way. My the beach is beautiful and all the Vietnamese people I met were very warm and friendly. And curious.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

Canada has the best passport to travel to the US, besides an American one. European countries, Japan, Australia and similar countires need ESTA, which Canada does not need. Everybody else needs visas to enter the US. ESTA is sort of like a visa, but easier to get.

Other passports have easier travel to China and in the Middle East though.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago
[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago

The way of measuring this is pretty stupid.