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Murblz Passport Index 2026

Name: Murblz Passport Index, October 2026
Creator: Murblz
Published: 2026-10-29
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Updated 29 October 2026

199 passports scored from 0 to 100: where a passport lets you live for six months or longer without a visa, where it lets you work without a permit, and what it costs you in tax and banking restrictions. Edition 0, 29 Oct 2026.

The ranking

Find your passport or scroll the full ranking. Hover over a number to see the countries behind it. Liechtenstein leads edition 0 with 100.0 points.

Find a country

Rank	Passport	Score	Live 180+ days without a visa	Work without a permit	Deductions
1	Liechtenstein	100.0	36	30	none
2	Ireland	98.4	35	30	none
3	Austria	97.0	35	29	none
3	Belgium	97.0	35	29	none
3	Croatia	97.0	35	29	none
3	Cyprus	97.0	35	29	none
3	Czech Republic	97.0	35	29	none
3	Denmark	97.0	35	29	none
3	Estonia	97.0	35	29	none
3	Finland	97.0	35	29	none
3	France	97.0	35	29	none
3	Germany	97.0	35	29	none
3	Greece	97.0	35	29	none
3	Hungary	97.0	35	29	none
3	Iceland	97.0	35	29	none
3	Italy	97.0	35	29	none
3	Latvia	97.0	35	29	none
3	Lithuania	97.0	35	29	none
3	Luxembourg	97.0	35	29	none
3	Malta	97.0	35	29	none
3	Netherlands	97.0	35	29	none
3	Norway	97.0	35	29	none
3	Poland	97.0	35	29	none
3	Portugal	97.0	35	29	none
3	Romania	97.0	35	29	none
3	Slovakia	97.0	35	29	none
3	Slovenia	97.0	35	29	none
3	Spain	97.0	35	29	none
3	Sweden	97.0	35	29	none
3	Switzerland	97.0	35	29	none
31	Bulgaria	92.1	35	29	FATF grey list
32	Argentina	30.6	12	8	none
32	Chile	30.6	12	8	none
34	Barbados	30.1	16	3	none
35	Brazil	28.9	11	8	none
35	Paraguay	28.9	11	8	none
35	Uruguay	28.9	11	8	none
38	Colombia	27.3	10	8	none
38	Peru	27.3	10	8	none
40	Belize	26.9	14	3	none
41	Ecuador	25.7	9	8	none
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25.2	13	3	none
43	Qatar	24.8	11	5	none
43	United Arab Emirates	24.8	11	5	none
45	Bolivia	23.1	9	8	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
46	Guyana	22.5	13	1	none
47	Dominica	22.0	11	3	none
48	Antigua and Barbuda	21.1	13	0	none
49	Suriname	20.8	12	1	none
50	Trinidad and Tobago	20.0	13	0	EU high-risk list
51	Grenada	19.4	12	0	none
51	Jamaica	19.4	12	0	none
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19.4	12	0	none
54	Bahrain	18.3	7	5	none
54	Oman	18.3	7	5	none
54	Saudi Arabia	18.3	7	5	none
57	Saint Lucia	17.8	11	0	none
58	Kuwait	17.4	7	5	FATF grey list
59	United States	15.9	9	3	tax by citizenship
60	United Kingdom	14.4	8	1	none
61	Australia	12.7	7	1	none
61	New Zealand	12.7	7	1	none
63	Burundi	11.3	7	0	none
63	Rwanda	11.3	7	0	none
63	Somalia	11.3	7	0	none
63	Tanzania	11.3	7	0	none
63	Uganda	11.3	7	0	none
68	DR Congo	10.2	7	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
68	Kenya	10.2	7	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
68	South Sudan	10.2	7	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
71	Andorra	9.7	6	0	none
71	Canada	9.7	6	0	none
71	Japan	9.7	6	0	none
71	San Marino	9.7	6	0	none
71	Singapore	9.7	6	0	none
71	South Korea	9.7	6	0	none
77	Monaco	8.8	6	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
78	Bahamas	8.1	5	0	none
78	Israel	8.1	5	0	none
78	Vatican	8.1	5	0	none
81	Belarus	7.9	2	4	sanctions on citizens
82	Russia	7.5	2	4	EU high-risk list; sanctions on citizens
83	Armenia	7.2	1	4	none
83	Kazakhstan	7.2	1	4	none
83	Kyrgyzstan	7.2	1	4	none
86	Mexico	6.5	4	0	none
86	Panama	6.5	4	0	none
88	Marshall Islands	6.2	3	1	none
88	Micronesia	6.2	3	1	none
88	Palau	6.2	3	1	none
91	Brunei	4.9	3	0	none
91	Costa Rica	4.9	3	0	none
91	Hong Kong	4.9	3	0	none
91	Malaysia	4.9	3	0	none
91	Montenegro	4.9	3	0	none
96	El Salvador	3.2	2	0	none
96	Macao	3.2	2	0	none
96	Mauritius	3.2	2	0	none
96	Samoa	3.2	2	0	none
96	Serbia	3.2	2	0	none
96	Seychelles	3.2	2	0	none
96	Solomon Islands	3.2	2	0	none
96	South Africa	3.2	2	0	none
96	Taiwan	3.2	2	0	none
96	Ukraine	3.2	2	0	none
106	Papua New Guinea	3.1	2	0	FATF grey list
107	Bhutan	3.0	1	1	none
107	India	3.0	1	1	none
109	Nepal	2.7	1	1	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
109	Venezuela	2.7	1	1	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
111	Albania	1.6	1	0	none
111	Azerbaijan	1.6	1	0	none
111	Botswana	1.6	1	0	none
111	Dominican Republic	1.6	1	0	none
111	Guatemala	1.6	1	0	none
111	Honduras	1.6	1	0	none
111	Jordan	1.6	1	0	none
111	Kiribati	1.6	1	0	none
111	Maldives	1.6	1	0	none
111	Moldova	1.6	1	0	none
111	Tajikistan	1.6	1	0	none
111	Thailand	1.6	1	0	none
111	Tonga	1.6	1	0	none
111	Turkey	1.6	1	0	none
111	Turkmenistan	1.6	1	0	none
111	Tuvalu	1.6	1	0	none
111	Uzbekistan	1.6	1	0	none
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5	1	0	FATF grey list
128	Lebanon	1.5	1	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Afghanistan	0.0	0	0	EU high-risk list
130	Algeria	0.0	0	0	EU high-risk list
130	Angola	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Bangladesh	0.0	0	0	none
130	Benin	0.0	0	0	none
130	Burkina Faso	0.0	0	0	none
130	Cabo Verde	0.0	0	0	none
130	Cambodia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Cameroon	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Central African Republic	0.0	0	0	none
130	Chad	0.0	0	0	none
130	China	0.0	0	0	none
130	Comoros	0.0	0	0	none
130	Cuba	0.0	0	0	sanctions on citizens
130	Côte d'Ivoire	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Djibouti	0.0	0	0	none
130	Egypt	0.0	0	0	none
130	Equatorial Guinea	0.0	0	0	none
130	Eritrea	0.0	0	0	tax by citizenship
130	Eswatini	0.0	0	0	none
130	Ethiopia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Fiji	0.0	0	0	none
130	Gabon	0.0	0	0	none
130	Gambia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Georgia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Ghana	0.0	0	0	none
130	Guinea	0.0	0	0	none
130	Guinea-Bissau	0.0	0	0	none
130	Haiti	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Indonesia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Iran	0.0	0	0	FATF black list; EU high-risk list
130	Iraq	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list
130	Kosovo	0.0	0	0	none
130	Laos	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Lesotho	0.0	0	0	none
130	Liberia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Libya	0.0	0	0	none
130	Madagascar	0.0	0	0	none
130	Malawi	0.0	0	0	none
130	Mali	0.0	0	0	none
130	Mauritania	0.0	0	0	none
130	Mongolia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Morocco	0.0	0	0	none
130	Mozambique	0.0	0	0	none
130	Myanmar	0.0	0	0	FATF black list; EU high-risk list
130	Namibia	0.0	0	0	EU high-risk list
130	Nauru	0.0	0	0	none
130	Nicaragua	0.0	0	0	none
130	Niger	0.0	0	0	none
130	Nigeria	0.0	0	0	none
130	North Korea	0.0	0	0	FATF black list; EU high-risk list
130	North Macedonia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Pakistan	0.0	0	0	none
130	Palestine	0.0	0	0	none
130	Philippines	0.0	0	0	none
130	Republic of the Congo	0.0	0	0	none
130	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0	0	0	none
130	Senegal	0.0	0	0	none
130	Sierra Leone	0.0	0	0	none
130	Sri Lanka	0.0	0	0	none
130	Sudan	0.0	0	0	none
130	Syria	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Timor-Leste	0.0	0	0	none
130	Togo	0.0	0	0	none
130	Tunisia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Vanuatu	0.0	0	0	EU high-risk list
130	Vietnam	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Yemen	0.0	0	0	FATF grey list; EU high-risk list
130	Zambia	0.0	0	0	none
130	Zimbabwe	0.0	0	0	none

What the score measures

A passport is worth most when you move, so the index measures two rights and two burdens.

Live. The number of countries where the passport lets you stay 180 days or longer without a visa, by free movement or by a long visa-free stay. The best passport in this edition reaches 36 countries.
Work. The number of countries where the passport lets you take a job or run a business without a work permit. The best passport reaches 30 countries.
Tax by citizenship. A country that taxes its citizens wherever they live takes 15 points off every 100.
Banking restrictions. International lists that make banks treat a passport as high risk take up to 20 points off every 100.

The formula: score = 100 × freedom × (1 − deductions), where freedom = (0.35 × live ÷ best live + 0.25 × work ÷ best work) ÷ 0.60. Equal scores share a rank.

How living and working rights are counted

Destinations are the same 199 countries and territories that the index scores as passports. A long visa-free stay counts when the official entry rules give 180 days or more per entry, or per year, without a visa. Electronic travel authorisations count, because they are not visas. Electronic visas, visas on arrival and the usual 90 days in any 180 do not count.

Free movement counts both ways wherever a treaty gives it. The main regimes are the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, the Common Travel Area of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Trans-Tasman arrangement of Australia and New Zealand, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Caribbean single market, the East African Community, the Mercosur residence agreement, the Compacts of Free Association of the United States, and the open borders of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Liechtenstein limits residence for citizens of other EEA countries by quota, so it does not count as a destination under free movement. A country never counts for its own passport.

Work counts only where a treaty removes the work permit. A residence permit that you must apply for counts when the treaty grants it on nationality alone, as under the Mercosur agreement.

Deductions

Tax by citizenship, 15 points: the United States taxes the worldwide income of its citizens abroad, and Eritrea levies a 2% diaspora tax.
FATF black list, 10 points: jurisdictions under a call for action of the Financial Action Task Force.
FATF grey list, 5 points: jurisdictions under increased monitoring after the June 2026 plenary.
EU list of high-risk third countries, 5 points: Delegated Regulation 2016/1675 with all amendments in force.
Sanctions on citizens, 10 points: US and EU rules that restrict bank accounts or deposits of citizens of a specific country.

Banking deductions add up to 20 points at most.

What comes in edition 1

Edition 0 scores the right to live and work. Edition 1 on 1 Dec 2026 adds short visa-free travel to 238 destinations, military service that follows citizens abroad, bans on dual citizenship and exit permits. The FATF lists of October 2026 enter the index in the same edition. The index then updates every month.

Data and citation

The full data set is open under the CC BY 4.0 licence: the score, the rank and the list of countries for every passport. Checked on 29 Oct 2026 against official sources: entry rules of each country, treaty texts, the FATF lists, the EU list and the tax authorities.

Murblz (2026). Murblz Passport Index, October 2026, edition 0. Data: CSV, JSON. License CC BY 4.0.

FAQ

Which passport ranks first in the Murblz Passport Index?

Liechtenstein leads edition 0 with 100.0 points out of 100. Passports of the European Union and the European Economic Area take the top places: they give the right to live and work in about 30 countries without a visa or a permit.

Why does the index count only stays of 180 days or longer?

Short trips show where you can visit, a stay of six months shows where you can live. The index scores the passport as a tool for moving, so a country counts only when you can settle there without a visa.

How often is the index updated?

Every month. Edition 1 comes out on 1 Dec 2026 and adds short visa-free travel, military service, dual citizenship and exit permits.

Can I use the data?

The data is open under CC BY 4.0: use it with a reference to the Murblz Passport Index. CSV and JSON files are on this page.