{"id":207917,"date":"2024-07-30T07:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T11:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=207917"},"modified":"2024-07-30T07:46:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T11:46:49","slug":"barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Barbados continues to hold onto the top spot as the most powerful passport in the\u00a0e Caribbean region, according to data from the\u00a0latest 2024 Henley Passport Index.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a02024 Henley Passport Index published earlier this month, states that Barbados is positioned globally at number 20 \u2013 up from 22\u00a0in January and with a visa-free score of 165.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Barbados is The Bahamas, ranking globally at 21\u2014 up from 24 \u2014 with visa-free access to 161 destinations.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In third place is St Kitts and Nevis, moving up from 25th place on the list to 23. Holders of a passport from the twin island federation, have visa free access to\u00a0157 destinations.<\/a><\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Jamaican passport is ranked globally at 55 with visa-free access to 89 destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Vincent and the Grenadines ranking globally at 23 with visa-free access to 157, Antigua and Barbuda-ranking globally at 26 with visa-free access to 153 destinations and Trinidad and Tobago with a global at 27 moving from 29 place with visa-free access to 151 destinations all placed higher than Jamaica.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The most powerful passport in the world belongs to Singapore, which has visa-free access to 195 destinations, while the least powerful passport in the world belongs to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barbados continues to hold onto the top spot as the most powerful passport in the\u00a0e Caribbean region, according to data from the\u00a0latest 2024 Henley Passport Index. The\u00a02024 Henley Passport Index published earlier this month, states that Barbados is positioned globally at number 20 \u2013 up from 22\u00a0in January and with a visa-free score of 165. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":207921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nBarbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barbados continues to hold onto the top spot as the most powerful passport in the\u00a0e Caribbean region, according to data from the\u00a0latest 2024 Henley Passport Index. The\u00a02024 Henley Passport Index published earlier this month, states that Barbados is positioned globally at number 20 \u2013 up from 22\u00a0in January and with a visa-free score of 165. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-30T11:46:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-30T11:46:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"699\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"524\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-30T11:46:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-30T11:46:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/\",\"name\":\"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-30T11:46:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-30T11:46:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg\",\"width\":699,\"height\":524},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region","og_description":"Barbados continues to hold onto the top spot as the most powerful passport in the\u00a0e Caribbean region, according to data from the\u00a0latest 2024 Henley Passport Index. The\u00a02024 Henley Passport Index published earlier this month, states that Barbados is positioned globally at number 20 \u2013 up from 22\u00a0in January and with a visa-free score of 165. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2024-07-30T11:46:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-30T11:46:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":699,"height":524,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region","datePublished":"2024-07-30T11:46:48+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-30T11:46:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/"},"wordCount":192,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/","name":"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-30T11:46:48+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-30T11:46:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:699\/h:524\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbados-passport.jpg","width":699,"height":524},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbados-passport-still-most-powerful-in-caribbean-region\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Barbados passport still most powerful in Caribbean region"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207922,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207917\/revisions\/207922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/207921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}