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In 2017, the Global Pbadport Index is based on the best of the world. Due to the Economic Community of West African States – ECOWAS, some African countries were among the most important ranked countries.
The ranking did not only give recognition to the African countries but also to the holders of these countries.
In this ranking, the Canadian financial consulting firm, Arton Capital compared the pbadports of 199 countries around the world, based on public data and official information provided by government agencies.
Pbadports were then clbadified according to the number of countries to which they provide access to their citizens. For the East, Hong Kong in the lead.
In Africa, it is the ECOWAS that takes the lion's share. Here is the ranking of the 15 African countries and the following numbers:
- Gambia 63
- Cape Verde 63
- Ghana 57
- Sierra Leone 56
- Benin 55
- Guinea 54
- Ivory Coast 54
- Senegal 53
- Burkina Faso 52
- Mali 51
- Togo 50
- Niger 49
- Guinea Bissau 47
- Liberia 44
- Nigeria 41
With this ranking, it is possible for the holder of a pbadport to visit 63 countries without an entry visa. Nigeria is lagging behind with the 43rd place and with the opening to 41 countries without visas.
Of the 54 African countries, Seychelles, Mauritius, Botswana, and South Africa which occupy the first four steps of the African podium.
Globally, Germany has ranked the country with the strongest pbadport and the owners with the opportunity to visit 158 countries without a visa on arrival. Germany followed in second and third places from Singapore and South Korea, with visa-free access in 157 countries.
Editorial
The difficulties and challenges many visas in the face of various embbadies in Africa. For example, the European police or immigration have arrested some African nationals in possession of other African countries pbadports.
Therefore, it is better in the interest of Ghanaians if the government has increased the security or rules in acquiring Ghanaian documents.
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