{"id":1502919,"date":"2024-11-18T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1502919"},"modified":"2024-11-18T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:15:00","slug":"these-are-the-cheapest-passports-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/these-are-the-cheapest-passports-in-the-world\/1502919\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are The Cheapest Passports In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">These Are The Cheapest Passports In The World<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Depending on where you live,<strong> it can cost a lot more,<\/strong> or a lot less, <strong>to travel the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While passports unlock global mobility, how much countries charge for this essential identification document differs significantly across nations.<\/p>\n<p>This infographic,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/ranked-the-cheapest-passports-in-the-world\/#google_vignette\"> via Visual Capitalist&#8217;s Kayla Zhu,<\/a> shows the 10 least expensive passports in the world in U.S. dollars and their validity periods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Passports_Least-Expensive_02.gif?itok=tWsvaoCd\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The data comes from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparethemarket.com.au\/travel-insurance\/features\/cost-of-a-passport-2024\/\">Compare The Market<\/a>\u00a0and is updated as of April 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The United Arab Emirates Has The World\u2019s Cheapest Passport<\/h2>\n<p>While the world\u2019s cheapest passports are fairly regionally diverse, European nations (Hungary, Spain, Poland, and Sweden) appear the most, followed by African countries (Kenya, South Africa).<\/p>\n<p>Below is the table with the cheapest passports and the amount of years each one is valid for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-11-17_13-21-21.gif?itok=5qbR3S4S\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cheapest passport in the world belongs to the United Arab Emirates, which only charges $17.63 for a 5-year passport.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of cost per year, India\u2019s passport offers the best value, costing only $18.01 for a 10-year validity period.<\/p>\n<p>Both of Spain\u2019s passport options cost the same price ($32.17), but the passport for people 30 years and older has significantly better value with its 10-year validity.<\/p>\n<p>Spain also offers one of the most powerful passports in the world, offering visa-free access to 194 countries. The country shares a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/worlds-most-powerful-passports-in-2024\/\">six-way tie<\/a>\u00a0for the most versatile passport in the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about passports from around the world, check out this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voronoiapp.com\/maps\/The-Worlds-Most-Powerful-Passports-in-2024-685\">graphic<\/a>\u00a0that maps out the most powerful passports in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Mon, 11\/18\/2024 &#8211; 04:15<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/these-are-cheapest-passports-world\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/these-are-cheapest-passports-world<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Are The Cheapest Passports In The World Depending on where you live, it can cost a lot more, or a lot less, to travel&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1502920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1502919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1502920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}