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Visa Openness Report 2018
World population affected, 2018
53%
16%
21%
10%
Traditional VisaVisa on arrivalNo VisaeVisa
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World population affected, 1980-2018 (%)
75 77
75
64 64 62 61
58
53
5 6 8
16 15 16 15 15 16 20
17 17 18 18 19 18 20 21
2 3 3 6 7
10
1980 2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018
Traditional Visa Visa on arrival No visa required eVisa
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Openness score by region, 2018
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
World average (37)
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Most open destinations, 2018
World average (37)
57 59
50
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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Most restrictive destinations, 2018
World average (37)
21 18
13
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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Most open destinations, 2018
Openness: 100
Cook Islands Micronesia
Niue
Openness:
99-80 Dominica
Haiti Ecuador
St. Kitts and Nevis Qatar
Indonesia Mauritius
Openness: 79-70
Vanuatu Fiji
Guyana St. Vincent & Grenadines Montserrat
Bolivia Antigua & Barbuda Samoa
Cambodia Timor-Leste
Tuvalu Rwanda
Cape Verde
Guinea-Bissau Togo
Uganda Palau
Mauritania Jamaica
Mozambique Hong Kong Comoros Islands Kenya
Madagascar Seychelles
Somalia Maldives
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Global trends in openness, 1980-2018 O
penn
ess
Inde
x
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1980 2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018
World average
Advanced economies
Emerging economies
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Reciprocity
Global status and selected economic blocs
Global reciprocal policies, 2018
21% of visa policy pairs between countries are reciprocally open
22% of visa policy pairs between countries reciprocally require traditional visas
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Global reciprocal policies, 2008-2018 Reciprocal traditional visa restrictions decreased from 57% to 22%
71 68
54 54 52 51 50
47
14 16 16 16 17 17
19 21
57
52
35 36 33
31 29
22
3 2 3 3 3 4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018
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Open reciprocity among advanced and emerging economies within selected regional and economic blocs (%), 2008, 2016 and 2018
61
90 91
100
35 32
50
100
28
80 75
100
45
32
70
100
42
80 80
100
48
28
70
100
APEC G20 OECD Schengen area APEC G20 OECD Schengen area
Advanced economies Emerging economies
2008
2016
2018
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Open Reciprocity among members and between members and non-members of regional and economic blocs, 2018 (%)
11
23
24
9
22
26
30
2
16
3
36
33
40
52
56
62
60
78
80
96
100
100
NAFTA
APEC
CAFTA-DR
SADC
OSCE
G20
OECD
GCC
ASEAN
ECOWAS
Schengen Area
Open reciprocity among members Open reciprocity between members and non-membersWorld average (21)
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