The Quality of Nationality Index was developed by specialists from the University of Groningen and Henley & Partners. It analyzes seven key indicators, including global mobility, number of visa-free countries, and economic opportunities associated with a country's passport. The assessment considers both external and internal factors, such as economic development and stability within the country. This approach helps to identify strengths and weaknesses of various nationalities and allows for comparisons among them.
Quality of nationality by country in 2024
The Index is valuable for individuals interested in international mobility, investing in other countries, and choosing a place of residence. The results of this ranking provide insights into the advantages and disadvantages of different nationalities based on its indicators.
Rank | Quality of citizenship | GDP per capitaUS dollars | ||
1 | 83.5 | 44 thousand | ||
2 | 82.8 | 53 thousand | ||
3 |
Netherlands
| 82.8 | 63 thousand | |
4 | 81.7 | 68 thousand | ||
5 | 81.5 | 88 thousand | ||
6 | 81.5 | 56 thousand | ||
7 |
Iceland
| 81.4 | 79 thousand | |
8 | 81.2 | 54 thousand | ||
9 | 80.7 | 38 thousand | ||
10 | 80.3 | 49 thousand | ||
11 |
Ireland
| 80.2 | 104 thousand | |
12 | 80 | 33 thousand | ||
13 | 79.8 | 100 thousand | ||
14 | 79.8 | 53 thousand | ||
15 | 79.7 | 57 thousand | ||
16 | 79 | 128 thousand | ||
17 | 79 | 30 thousand | ||
18 | 79 | 27 thousand | ||
19 | 78.9 | 187 thousand | ||
20 | 78.6 | 32 thousand | ||
21 |
Malta
| 77.6 | 38 thousand | |
22 | 77.5 | 22 thousand | ||
23 | 77.5 | 24 thousand | ||
24 | 77.3 | 23 thousand | ||
25 |
Estonia
| 77.1 | 30 thousand | |
26 | 77 | 27 thousand | ||
27 | 77 | 22 thousand | ||
28 | 75.3 | 35 thousand | ||
29 | 75.2 | 18 thousand | ||
30 | 75 | 16 thousand | ||
31 | 73.8 | 21 thousand | ||
32 | 70 | 82 thousand | ||
33 | 58.4 | 34 thousand | ||
34 |
Gibraltar
| 56 | - | |
35 | 55.3 | 53 thousand | ||
36 | 55.2 | 65 thousand | ||
37 | 55.2 | 17 thousand | ||
38 |
Singapore
| 55.1 | 85 thousand | |
39 | 54.8 | 49 thousand | ||
40 | 54.5 | 14 thousand | ||
41 | 54.3 | 10 thousand | ||
42 | 54.2 | 33 thousand | ||
43 |
Jersey
| 53.3 | - | |
44 |
Isle of Man
| 53.2 | - | |
45 |
Guernsey
| 53.2 | - | |
46 | 52.5 | 241 thousand | ||
47 |
Andorra
| 51.6 | 47 thousand | |
48 |
San Marino
| 51.4 | - | |
49 |
Malaysia
| 51 | 12 thousand | |
50 |
Uruguay
| 50.5 | 23 thousand | |
51 | 50.3 | 53 thousand | ||
52 |
Brunei
| 49.2 | 33 thousand | |
53 |
Hong Kong SAR China
| 48.9 | 51 thousand | |
54 | 47.7 | 22 thousand | ||
55 | 47.5 | 23 thousand | ||
56 |
Paraguay
| 46.8 | 6 thousand | |
57 |
St. Vincent & Grenadines
| 46.3 | 10 thousand | |
58 |
Barbados
| 46.3 | 23 thousand | |
59 |
Seychelles
| 46.2 | 18 thousand | |
60 |
Taiwan
| 46.1 | - | |
61 | 45.7 | 14 thousand | ||
62 | 45.7 | 10 thousand | ||
63 |
Peru
| 45.6 | 8 thousand | |
64 |
Bahamas
| 45.5 | 35 thousand | |
65 | 45.5 | 14 thousand | ||
66 |
Costa Rica
| 45.5 | 17 thousand | |
67 |
Mauritius
| 45.2 | 11 thousand | |
68 | 44.3 | 13 thousand | ||
69 |
Venezuela
| 44.3 | - | |
70 | 43.9 | 9 thousand | ||
71 |
Macao SAR China
| 43.8 | 67 thousand | |
72 |
Trinidad & Tobago
| 43.3 | 18 thousand | |
73 | 43.3 | 7 thousand | ||
74 |
Palau
| 42.7 | 15 thousand | |
75 | 42.1 | 11 thousand | ||
76 | 42 | 14 thousand | ||
77 |
Marshall Islands
| 41.8 | 7 thousand | |
78 |
Panama
| 41.7 | 19 thousand | |
79 | 40.9 | 12 thousand | ||
80 |
Micronesia
| 40.2 | 4 thousand | |
81 |
Samoa
| 39.7 | 4 thousand | |
82 |
El Salvador
| 39.7 | 5 thousand | |
83 |
North Macedonia
| 39.3 | 8 thousand | |
84 |
Honduras
| 39.2 | 3 thousand | |
85 |
Guatemala
| 39.1 | 6 thousand | |
86 |
Ecuador
| 39.1 | 7 thousand | |
87 |
Kuwait
| 39 | 38 thousand | |
88 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
| 38.8 | 8 thousand | |
89 |
Tonga
| 38.7 | 5 thousand | |
90 | 38.7 | 8 thousand | ||
91 | 38.6 | 7 thousand | ||
92 |
Tuvalu
| 38.6 | 5 thousand | |
93 |
Nicaragua
| 38.5 | 3 thousand | |
94 |
Ukraine
| 38.2 | 5 thousand | |
95 | 37.7 | 13 thousand | ||
96 | 37.5 | 8 thousand | ||
97 |
Oman
| 37.1 | 23 thousand | |
98 | 37.1 | 3 thousand | ||
99 |
Qatar
| 37.1 | 87 thousand | |
100 |
Kiribati
| 36.6 | 2 thousand | |
101 |
Solomon Islands
| 36.5 | 2 thousand | |
102 |
Saudi Arabia
| 36.2 | 29 thousand | |
103 | 36.1 | 29 thousand | ||
104 |
Bolivia
| 35.8 | 4 thousand | |
105 | 35.7 | 13 thousand | ||
106 |
South Africa
| 35 | 6 thousand | |
107 |
Belarus
| 34.8 | 8 thousand | |
108 |
Cape Verde
| 34.2 | 4 thousand | |
109 |
Belize
| 34.1 | 8 thousand | |
110 |
Ghana
| 33.9 | 2 thousand | |
111 |
Guyana
| 33.6 | 21 thousand | |
112 |
Fiji
| 33.2 | 6 thousand | |
113 |
Suriname
| 33.1 | 6 thousand | |
114 |
Timor-Leste
| 33.1 | 2 thousand | |
115 |
Maldives
| 33 | 13 thousand | |
116 |
Botswana
| 33 | 7 thousand | |
117 | 32.4 | 7 thousand | ||
118 |
Gambia
| 32.2 | 844.00 | |
119 | 32.2 | 2 thousand | ||
120 |
Jamaica
| 32 | 7 thousand | |
121 |
Nauru
| 32 | 12 thousand | |
122 |
Benin
| 31.8 | 1 thousand | |
123 | 31.8 | 5 thousand | ||
124 | 31.7 | 9 thousand | ||
125 |
Sierra Leone
| 31.3 | 433.00 | |
126 |
Senegal
| 31.3 | 2 thousand | |
127 | 31 | 52 thousand | ||
128 | 30.8 | 23 thousand | ||
129 |
Kyrgyzstan
| 30.6 | 2 thousand | |
130 |
Togo
| 30.3 | 1 thousand | |
131 |
Dominican Republic
| 30.2 | 11 thousand | |
132 |
Azerbaijan
| 30.1 | 7 thousand | |
133 |
Côte d’Ivoire
| 30 | 3 thousand | |
134 |
Namibia
| 30 | 5 thousand | |
135 |
Cuba
| 30 | - | |
136 |
Tunisia
| 29.9 | 4 thousand | |
137 |
Guinea
| 29.9 | 2 thousand | |
138 |
Burkina Faso
| 29.8 | 874.00 | |
139 |
Mongolia
| 29.3 | 6 thousand | |
140 |
Uzbekistan
| 29.3 | 2 thousand | |
141 |
Guinea-Bissau
| 28.8 | 914.00 | |
142 |
Papua New Guinea
| 28.7 | 3 thousand | |
143 |
Liberia
| 28.6 | 800.00 | |
144 |
Nigeria
| 28.1 | 2 thousand | |
145 |
Morocco
| 28.1 | 4 thousand | |
146 |
Tajikistan
| 27.9 | 1 thousand | |
147 |
Philippines
| 27.9 | 4 thousand | |
148 |
Eswatini
| 27.8 | 4 thousand | |
149 |
Mali
| 27.8 | 897.00 | |
150 |
Zambia
| 27.6 | 1 thousand | |
151 |
Bhutan
| 27.5 | 4 thousand | |
152 |
Algeria
| 27.4 | 5 thousand | |
153 |
Niger
| 27.4 | 618.00 | |
154 |
Tanzania
| 27 | 1 thousand | |
155 |
Kenya
| 26.9 | 2 thousand | |
156 |
Vietnam
| 26.8 | 4 thousand | |
157 |
Jordan
| 26.8 | 4 thousand | |
158 |
Gabon
| 26.8 | 8 thousand | |
159 |
Turkmenistan
| 26.7 | 9 thousand | |
160 |
Lesotho
| 26.6 | 878.00 | |
161 |
Malawi
| 26.4 | 673.00 | |
162 |
Sri Lanka
| 26.2 | 4 thousand | |
163 |
Iran
| 26.2 | 5 thousand | |
164 |
São Tomé & Príncipe
| 25.8 | 3 thousand | |
165 | 25.7 | 4 thousand | ||
166 |
Kosovo (Disputed Territory)
| 25.3 | 6 thousand | |
167 |
Laos
| 25.3 | 2 thousand | |
168 |
Lebanon
| 25.1 | 3 thousand | |
169 |
Uganda
| 25.1 | 1 thousand | |
170 |
Zimbabwe
| 24.9 | 2 thousand | |
171 |
Equatorial Guinea
| 24.8 | 7 thousand | |
172 |
Cambodia
| 24.6 | 2 thousand | |
173 |
Madagascar
| 24.5 | 529.00 | |
174 |
Angola
| 24.2 | 2 thousand | |
175 |
Comoros
| 24.2 | 2 thousand | |
176 |
Mauritania
| 24.1 | 2 thousand | |
177 |
Haiti
| 23.6 | 2 thousand | |
178 |
Bangladesh
| 23.6 | 3 thousand | |
179 |
Mozambique
| 23.3 | 608.00 | |
180 |
Rwanda
| 23.3 | 1 thousand | |
181 |
Palestinian Territories
| 23.1 | - | |
182 |
Myanmar (Burma}
| 23.1 | 1 thousand | |
183 |
Nepal
| 23 | 1 thousand | |
184 |
North Korea
| 22.9 | - | |
185 |
Cameroon
| 22.4 | 2 thousand | |
186 |
Libya
| 21.7 | 7 thousand | |
187 |
Djibouti
| 21.7 | 4 thousand | |
188 |
Chad
| 20.7 | 719.00 | |
189 |
Burundi
| 20 | 200.00 | |
190 |
Ethiopia
| 19.9 | 1 thousand | |
191 |
Iraq
| 19.4 | 6 thousand | |
192 |
Pakistan
| 19 | 1 thousand | |
193 |
Sudan
| 18.9 | 2 thousand | |
194 |
Eritrea
| 18.8 | - | |
195 |
Congo - Kinshasa
| 18 | 649.00 | |
196 |
Central African Republic
| 17.6 | 445.00 | |
197 |
Yemen
| 17.2 | 533.00 | |
198 |
Syria
| 16.8 | - | |
199 |
South Sudan
| 15.9 | - | |
200 |
Afghanistan
| 15.4 | 353.00 | |
201 |
Somalia
| 13.8 | 644.00 | |
Related Ratings
Top 10 countries with the best citizenship
According to a combination of factors, France ranks first in terms of the quality of citizenship (83.5 points in the rating). The country is famous for its high standard of living, high-quality healthcare and education. Paris, as a cultural capital, offers extensive opportunities for career growth and creative expression. Citizens have access to human rights protection and a developed social system.
Germany ranks second in terms of the quality of citizenship (82.8 points), which demonstrates a strong economy, high social standards and excellent social elevators, as well as excellent and affordable education and healthcare in the country.
The Netherlands is in third place with 82.8 points, as a country with a high degree of freedom, diverse culture, protection of human rights and an active social policy.
Next come the Scandinavian countries, which traditionally care about well-being and equality and provide social support to all their citizens. Among them, Denmark (81.7), Norway (81.5), Sweden (81.5), Iceland (81.4) and Finland (81.2) are in a row.
The last two places in the top ten are occupied by Italy (80.7) and the United Kingdom (80.3), which are also distinguished by a high standard of living, a developed economy and social institutions.
Top 10 countries with the worst citizenship
One of the worst citizenship imaginable today provides Somalia (13.8 points in the rating). Deep conflicts continue in the country, which leads to a shortage of basic resources, an increase in poverty and a decline in health and education systems. The authorities restrict the rights of citizens and opportunities for development.
Afghanistan has been ranked second since the end (15.4) after many years of war and instability, as well as ongoing economic difficulties and human rights violations. It is followed by other warring and poor countries such as: South Sudan (15.9), Syria (16.8), Yemen (17.2), Central African Republic (17.6), Congo-Kinshasa (18.0), Eritrea (18.8), Sudan (18.9) and Pakistan (19.0).
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