How useful is a South African passport?

SOUTH Africa currently
ranks 44th out of 199
countries in terms of visafree
travelling, followed by
Guinea, Belize and China.
This is according to the
Passport Index created by
Arton Capital.
Passport Index is an
online interactive tool that
collects, displays and ranks
the utility of passports
around the world.
“South African businesses
have to contend on an
international level but are
unfortunately hampered by
visa requirements, leading
to a potential loss of
market share and profit,”
says president and ceo
of Arton Capital, Armand
Arton.
The ‘power ranking’ of
each global passport is
calculated by tallying a
country's ‘visa-free score’,
or the number of countries
that can be visited by
holders without either an
advance visa or purchasing
one on arrival.
The list is currently based
on the 193 UN member
countries and six territories
for a total of 199 (territories
annexed to other countries
are excluded). By this
measure, the following
countries are the top 10:
1. UK, US;
2. South Korea, Germany,
France;
3. Sweden, Italy;
4. Denmark, Singapore,
Finland, Japan,
Luxembourg, The
Netherlands;
5. Switzerland;
6. Norway, Spain, Ireland,
Belgium, Portugal;
7. Canada, Greece,
Austria, Malaysia;
8. New Zealand;
9. Czech Republic,
Australia, Hungary;
10. Poland, Slovakia.
An expanded version of
the Passport Index will be
available in October.