Traveling Visa-Free, but Not Reciprocating
A number of countries citizens’ benefit from traveling visa-free–yet they do not reciprocate this priviledge. Countries with the biggest difference between their Visa-Free Travel and Visa-Free Welcome Indices in 2015 are (with Visa-Free Travel and Visa-Free Welcome Indices, respectively, in parentheses):
- Japan, 59% (81%, 21%)
- Canada, 44% (59%, 16%)
- United States, 43% (59%, 16%)
- Puerto Rico, 42% (59%, 16%)
- Sweden, 42% (65%, 23%)
- Norway, 41% (64%, 23%)
- Finland, 41% (65%, 23%)
- France, 41% (64%, 23%)
- United Kingdom, 41% (63%, 22%)
- Belgium, 41% (64%, 23%)
On the other hand, countries with the greatest difference in their Visa-Free Welcome and Visa-Free Travel Indices in 2015 are:
- Cook Islands, -89% (11%, 100%)
- Comoros, -88% (12%, 100%)
- Madagascar, -99% (12%, 100%)
- Mauritania, -86% (14%, 100%)
- Uganda, -86% (14%, 100%)
- Guinea-Bissau, -85% (15%, 100%)
- Togo, -84% (16%, 100%)
- Mozambique, -71% (29%, 100%)
- Djibouti, -70% (29%, 99%)
- Turkey, -69% (31%, 100%).
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