Not In Town | @notintownlive | 25 Oct 2017, 07:39 am
The recent decision by Paraguay to remove visa requirements for passport holders of Singapore allowed the nation to take the number one spot, one ahead of germany.
People with the Singaporean passport can visit a record 159 countries either visa-free or by gaining a visa on arrival.
Earlier it shared the numero uno spot with Germany, whose citizens can visit 158 countries the same way.
Here's the top 10 countries:
Singapore: 159
Germany: 158
Sweden, South Korea: 157
Denmark, Finland, Italy, France, Spain, Norway, Japan, United Kingdom: 156
Luxembourg, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Portugal: 155
Malaysia, Ireland, Canada, United States: 154
Australia, Greece, New Zealand: 153
Malta, Czech Republic, Iceland: 152
Hungary: 150
Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia: 149
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