The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens.^[3] It was launched in 2005 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index^[4] and was updated to Henley Passport Index in January 2018.^[5]

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Henley Passport Index
Type of site	Passport guidance
Available in	English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian
Headquarters	London^[1]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Owner	Henley & Partners
URL	www.henleypassportindex.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	None
Launched	2005; 20 years ago (2005)^[2]
Current status	Online

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The index annually ranks 199 passports of the world by the number of countries that their holders can travel to without requiring a visa.^[6] The number of countries that a specific passport can access becomes its visa-free "score". The data is obtained from the International Air Transport Association (IATA)'s^[7] Timatic documentation requirements database.^[4]^[8]