Pakistan’s passport has spent years near the very bottom of the global rankings — but how exactly has it moved? This page traces the Pakistani passport’s ranking from 2020 to 2026: the scores, the editions, and the long-run story of the world’s fourth-weakest passport.
Quick answer: In early 2020, Pakistan’s passport ranked around 104th in the Henley Passport Index with access to 32 destinations. By July 2026 it sits 102nd with 29 destinations — a near-flat trajectory that has kept Pakistan the fourth-weakest passport in the world throughout.
In this guide
The 2020 ranking
In the Henley Passport Index editions of early 2020, Pakistan ranked around 104th with a mobility score of 32 destinations — already among the five weakest passports in the world, alongside Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia. The COVID-19 pandemic then froze global mobility for nearly two years, making the 2020–2021 editions unusually static.
Year-by-year timeline
- 2020: ~104th, 32 destinations — bottom five.
- 2021: ~107th, 32 destinations — the index expanded, pushing Pakistan’s rank down without the score changing much.
- 2022: ~109th, 31 destinations — the low point of the series.
- 2023–2024: ~100th, 32–33 destinations — a modest recovery.
- 2025: 103rd, 33 destinations.
- 2026 (July): 102nd, 29 destinations — fourth-weakest in the world.
The pattern
Three things stand out. First, the score has barely moved in six years — hovering around 30 destinations. Second, rank shifts mostly reflect other countries’ visa deals and Henley’s methodology tweaks, not Pakistani progress. Third, the composition of the bottom five has been near-constant: Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and a rotating fifth (Yemen, Somalia). Real improvement will only come from new bilateral visa-waiver agreements — the diplomatic work that regional peers have done and Pakistan largely has not.
What was the Pakistani passport ranking in 2020?
Around 104th in the Henley Passport Index (early-2020 editions), with visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 32 destinations.
Has Pakistan’s passport ranking improved since 2020?
Barely. It moved from ~104th (2020) to 102nd (July 2026), with the score drifting between 29 and 33 — effectively flat, and still fourth-weakest in the world.
Which passport was weakest in 2020?
Afghanistan — as in every recent edition of the index.
