According to Arton Capital's Passport Index, the UAE passport held the 1st position globally as of July 2023. A holder of the UAE’s passport could travel to 179 countries; 132 destinations offered visa-free travel and 47 offered eVisa or visa on arrival at the airport.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) recently launched the UAE Passport Force initiative, with the view to place the State's passport on the list of the five most important passports in the world by 2021 upon the directives of Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The ranking was mainly boosted from its Schengen visa waiver obtained in 2015. The UAE is the first Arab nation whose citizens enjoy a visa waiver to the 26 Schengen countries, which make up most of Europe.
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