Morocco ranked 85th out of 116 countries in the Henley Global passport ranking for the last quarter of 2021, after it was placed 76th globally out of 110 countries on the last year’s report.
The Moroccan passport allows access to 63 countries without obtaining a prior entry visa, according to data published by Henley & Partners.
Morocco is ranked ninth in the Middle East and North Africa region, behind the United Arab Emirates (16), Israel (25), Qatar (60), Kuwait (61), Bahrain (69), Oman (71), Saudi Arabia (72), and Tunisia (78).
The Kingdom is ranked 14th on the African continent, behind Seychelles (29), South Africa (58), Namibia (73), Lesotho (74), Eswatini (75), and Malawi (76), Kenya and Tanzania (share 77th), Tunisia (78), Gambia (80), Uganda (81), Cape Verde (82), Zimbabwe (83), and Ghana (84).
According to Henley’s previous reports, Morocco was ranked 78th in 2017, then dropped to 80th place in 2018 and 2019.
For this year’s world ranking, Japan and Singapore are ranked first, as their passport gives access to 192 countries, followed by Germany and South Korea, their passport gives access to 190 countries, and then Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Spain are ranked third, giving access to 189 countries.
The Henley Passport Index is the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The index is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which has the largest database, according to Henley & Partners’ website.
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