Indian passports have ranked a low 78 in international ranking of the world's most powerful passports.
Germany topped the ranking with a visa-free score of 157 while Singapore overtook South Korea to become the top ranked Asian passport with visa free score of 156.
India is at 78
th position with visa-free score of 46. China and Pakistan ranked 58
th and 94
th on the list respectively.
The least powerful passport with a visa-free score of 23 was Afghanistan.
The ranking was by Arton Capital's Passport Index. It is based on cross border access of national passports.
This is an interactive tool which collects, displays and ranks the passports globally. It assigns a "visa-free score" according to the number of countries a passport holder can visit visa-free or with visa on arrival.
The newly added 'World Openness Score' (WOS) tracks the progression of freedom of mobility across the globe.
The WOS in 2016 was 17,925. In the first month of 2017, the score has already increased to 17,948.
Citizenship by investment has become a $2 billion industry, with over 20,000 investors seeking a second residency or citizenship around the globe every year.
