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Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The UAE passport is currently the most powerful worldwide, according to a new study conducted by Latitude Group, a leading provider of global residency and citizenship solutions and business services.

The passport allows its holder to enter 182 countries without a visa including 124 countries that do not require a visa, 37 countries that require a visa on arrival and 21 countries that require an electronic visa, while only 16 countries require a visa.

The passports of Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain ranked second worldwide, allowing their holders to enter 180 countries without a visa.

Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal came in the third place as the passport holders of these countries are allowed to enter 179 countries without a visa.

In the fourth place came Australia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore and Slovakia. The passport holders of these countries are allowed to enter 178 countries.

Croatia, Malaysia and the United Kingdom came in the fifth place with 177 visa-free countries.