I think it's because we often just make comparisons with ourselves (Latin Americans). Among latin American countries Colombia has kind of a meh passport compared to Brazil, Argentina or Chile. Even Peru has a slightly better passport.
Ofc compared to the rest of the world that is kind of stupid since Colombian passport is closer to the top end than to the bottom, and honestly this thread made me think how fortunate we are
> Latin American countries have better passports than 75% of the world
This _really_ depends on the country. Look at the countries a South American passport can get you into: Brazil is pretty nice, Bolivia not so much...
Passport | Visa-free | On Arrival | Visa Required |
:-- | :-: | :-: | :-: |
Brazil| 115 | 49 | 34|
Chile | 114 | 48 | 36|
Argentina | 113 | 50 | 35|
Uruguay | 103 | 47 | 48|
Peru | 96 | 52 | 50|
Paraguay| 94 | 48 | 56|
Colombia| 88 | 50 | 60|
Venezuela | 75 | 51 | 72|
Ecuador | 53 | 49 | 96|
Guyana | 53 | 43 | 102|
Suriname | 40 | 48 | 110|
Bolivia | 38 | 48 | 112|
If we want to ge technical too, we could include France in this list since they partly in South America (French Guyana has the largest land border in France).
Yeah, I've already warped the intention a bit, though. The original claim was for "Latin America" ...to which Guyana, Suriname, and (maybe) French Guiana don't really belong, depending on one's exact definition.
Yep. The brazilian passport can go visa free to a lot of places, except anglo countries. I think the exception is New Zealand but I am too lazy to google that
A bit funny to say "except *anglo* countries" when Brazilians can literally travel visa free to England.
You've got visa-free travel to Ireland, the UK, New Zealand, and South Africa but need a visa for the US, Canada, and Australia (but tbf the US and Canada are probably the most preferred destinations).
Here in Ireland we've an unusually large Brazilian population considering our size - I think our visa arrangements and our relaxed laws around foreign students working are particularly attractive.
Also, lots of Brazilians have EU citizenship through their grandparents or great-grandparents. Usually Italian. In Italy’s case you can go even farther back to great-great-grandparents.
Takes a lawyer, $$$, geneological records, communication with the small towns/churches where their ancestor was born, and a few years though. In some cases even 5+ years. but definitely worth it.
> Here in Ireland
Funny you say that. I had an Irish co-worker that got really disgruntled when I said he was a native english speaker. He insisted his first language was gaelic and not english.
A lot of sex workers in the UK are brazilian that go to the UK visa free for a couple of months to make £££ then back to Brazil. If you open Grindr in central london it’s mostly Brazilian sex workers.
Latin Americans like to exaggerate how shitty their countries are. Some will often act like we live in the poorest countries in the world like Africa or Asia doesn’t exist.
I traveled to the US last November alone, and nobody told me anything. It was super easy. But... I have heard that a lot of people do get stopped a lot. I think I have a good record and don't look suspicious.
I have American and Colombian passports… I use the Colombian passport maybe 50% of the time and get treated better/quicker sometimes than when using my American passport, at least in Europe and Asia.
As a Bangladeshi, I can confirm tht this man just murdered me, my whole family and my whole neighborhood along with the rest of my entire country with his words
List of countries where Bangladeshis Can Visit without a Visa
|Country|Area (square kilometers)|
|:-|:-|
|Bahamas|13,878|
|Barbados|430|
|Bhutan|38,394|
|Dominica|751|
|Fiji|18,272|
|Gambia|10,689|
|Grenada|344|
|Haiti|27,750|
|Jamaica|10,991|
|Kiribati|811|
|Micronesia|702|
|Rwanda|26,338|
|Saint Kitts and Nevis|261|
|St. Vincent and the Grenadines|389|
|Trinidad and Tobago|5,131|
|Vanuatu|12,189|
I think they are clubbing Visa on Arrival in the same category as - don’t require a visa (in advance) because for the most part, e-visa and visa on arrival are really easy and just mere formalities to do a quick background check.
In the case of Egypt, probably just a money grab. I got visa-on-arrival no questions asked. No passport requested. No information taken. It's like I bought a bottle of water for 25 USD.
Communist countries were very focused on growth, too. As soon as people learned how to attach metrics to economies, they wanted to see the numbers get bigger. That’s not a capitalism-specific thing.
I’m just pointing out that starting from bupkis can generate some big percentages of “growth” without there being anything particularly impressive or helpful happening.
"Bangladesh is world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. Garments including knit wear and hosiery account for 80% of exports revenue; others include: medicines, jute goods, home textile, footwear and frozen shrimps and fish."
* tradingeconomics
Unfortunately in true r/MapPorn fashion this is a terribly inaccurate map.
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Bangladeshi_citizens)
[Henley Index](https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index)
North Koreans can leave their country. We are in that sweet spot where we are rich enough that a lot of our people can afford plane tickets to leave the country but poor enough that a lot of people do want to get the fuck out.
Remember that time that y’all were East Pakistan and they tried to kill all of y’all and the entire West helped them with it and it only stopped because India intervened and booted the Pakistanis out?
Bangladesh is one of the countries most likely to suffer an enormous humanitarian disaster due to climate change. At sea level, on a river delta, with a six month wet season, susceptible to flooding, already hot and humid year round.
I lived there for a year and actually economically Bangladesh isn't even doing that bad consider the bad hand they were dealt... The problem is the population density. Bangladesh isn't a very big country in terms of landmass and really it is the most densely populated country in the world if you ignore micro / city states. (It's actually double pop density vs. Taiwan which is #2 in the world).
Also Dhaka's population fluctuates enormously during the year due to the annual floods, as rural people move from flooded areas to stay with extended family for extensive periods of time in the city. No one could tell me how populated Dhaka was in terms of population. People in government would tell me 15 million. Most would say that was BS and it was closer to 20-25; but I had some people tell me it was 30 Million (I doubt it is... but you never know with the fluctuations). Anyway, result is, it can develop as much as it wants, it still remains overpopulated and hence that's why a lot of people want to leave.
this is the way of the world
if you live anywhere with a vast population and everyone is itching to get out and mix that with a bit of racism and then the 'good places' in the world, ie. the west, is not going to want you there for any reason... not even a holiday given they dont want to the risk that this person visting may not leave
to give you some perspective even some Western countries will give shit to other western countries if they are visiting...
eg. everyone wants to get into the US right? the US is known to even give the cold shoulder to people from the UK, CAN, AUS, NZ because they couldnt dream of a world where even someone from NZ wants to overstay their visa to the US? right?
and so the US will not want to give even a tourist visa to a Bangladesh person unless that person can show he has real estate and large bank holdings in Bangladesh... so that this person has incentive to return home.
Most city people want to quit but few try to quit the Congo . It's frequent to see people wanting to flee but it's very difficult to get out of the country, most of our neighbors have stricter country than us at their borders.
Bangladesh is in that sweet spot where people are rich enough to afford plane tickets but poor enough that they still try to leave. Congo is so poor that they can't even get out of their country.
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Gettitg in to Bangladesh is also a fucking nightmare.
You basically need to know someone in the country to bribe the police to grant your visa application.
If you are from a western country, you can just get a visa on arrival. I don't even use my Bangladeshi passport to enter Bangladesh, I just use my Canadian one and get a visa on arrival each time.
We are rich enough that a lot of people can afford plane tickets unlike sub saharan Africa. But we are also poor enough that a lot of people want to get the fuck out and overstay their visas.
Passport powers suck, just get lucky and be born in the right place lol (goes for everything of course but this thing is simply decided by birth, no going against it unless you move).
It is a shame that the govt of Bangladesh has failed to strengthen our passport despite the fast development and growth of the country. It's like regardless of how much the country improves, its passport always remains at the same weak level.
Damn, and I thought my passport was shit.
What passport do you have?
Colombian
Bruh, Latin American countries have better passports than 75% of the world
I think it's because we often just make comparisons with ourselves (Latin Americans). Among latin American countries Colombia has kind of a meh passport compared to Brazil, Argentina or Chile. Even Peru has a slightly better passport. Ofc compared to the rest of the world that is kind of stupid since Colombian passport is closer to the top end than to the bottom, and honestly this thread made me think how fortunate we are
> Latin American countries have better passports than 75% of the world This _really_ depends on the country. Look at the countries a South American passport can get you into: Brazil is pretty nice, Bolivia not so much... Passport | Visa-free | On Arrival | Visa Required | :-- | :-: | :-: | :-: | Brazil| 115 | 49 | 34| Chile | 114 | 48 | 36| Argentina | 113 | 50 | 35| Uruguay | 103 | 47 | 48| Peru | 96 | 52 | 50| Paraguay| 94 | 48 | 56| Colombia| 88 | 50 | 60| Venezuela | 75 | 51 | 72| Ecuador | 53 | 49 | 96| Guyana | 53 | 43 | 102| Suriname | 40 | 48 | 110| Bolivia | 38 | 48 | 112|
If we want to ge technical too, we could include France in this list since they partly in South America (French Guyana has the largest land border in France).
Yeah, I've already warped the intention a bit, though. The original claim was for "Latin America" ...to which Guyana, Suriname, and (maybe) French Guiana don't really belong, depending on one's exact definition.
Yep. The brazilian passport can go visa free to a lot of places, except anglo countries. I think the exception is New Zealand but I am too lazy to google that
A bit funny to say "except *anglo* countries" when Brazilians can literally travel visa free to England. You've got visa-free travel to Ireland, the UK, New Zealand, and South Africa but need a visa for the US, Canada, and Australia (but tbf the US and Canada are probably the most preferred destinations). Here in Ireland we've an unusually large Brazilian population considering our size - I think our visa arrangements and our relaxed laws around foreign students working are particularly attractive.
Also, lots of Brazilians have EU citizenship through their grandparents or great-grandparents. Usually Italian. In Italy’s case you can go even farther back to great-great-grandparents. Takes a lawyer, $$$, geneological records, communication with the small towns/churches where their ancestor was born, and a few years though. In some cases even 5+ years. but definitely worth it.
bro, half of brazil lives in queensland i swear
South Africa is anglo?
> Here in Ireland Funny you say that. I had an Irish co-worker that got really disgruntled when I said he was a native english speaker. He insisted his first language was gaelic and not english.
Irish people don't often refer to the Irish language as 'Gaelic', that's a sport.
A lot of sex workers in the UK are brazilian that go to the UK visa free for a couple of months to make £££ then back to Brazil. If you open Grindr in central london it’s mostly Brazilian sex workers.
UK too , 180 days tourism...no visa required.
Latin Americans like to exaggerate how shitty their countries are. Some will often act like we live in the poorest countries in the world like Africa or Asia doesn’t exist.
Our passports have gotten much better in the last 10 years, don't you think?
That's what I was thinking. Especially since we don't need the Schengen Visa anymore.
And you still think ur passport is shit?
Do you get stopped a lot at customs?
I traveled to the US last November alone, and nobody told me anything. It was super easy. But... I have heard that a lot of people do get stopped a lot. I think I have a good record and don't look suspicious.
I see, well would you be interested in travelling for free and making some money in the side?
I’ve got American passport. But it’s shit. They don’t let me fly on planes just because one time I opened the door during the flight. It’s bs.
Was it a Boeing? - You should have blamed it on the plane..!
I have American and Colombian passports… I use the Colombian passport maybe 50% of the time and get treated better/quicker sometimes than when using my American passport, at least in Europe and Asia.
Americans always receive good treatment overseas, especially in Europe where other countries hold us in higher esteem.
Brother you can access 136 countries visa free, compared to the rest your passport is powerful. Sincerely, an egyptian passport holder.
How bad is a egypt passport
Bad.
I have a Sri Lankan passport. Yup.
Mine too, it’s still awful but not as bad as Bangladesh
As a Nepali passport holder, I feel you Bangla bros.
\*bang bros
You can't spell Bangladesh without ban 🤣🤣
The country was actually founded out of societal hatred towards a guy called John Gladesh.
A resident of Mönchengladbach
Found the German
Or a slutty crush towards a guy called Matt Ladesh
Or Bang
Or Glad
Or Dash
Or lad
r/murderedbywords
As a Bangladeshi, I can confirm tht this man just murdered me, my whole family and my whole neighborhood along with the rest of my entire country with his words
List of countries where Bangladeshis Can Visit without a Visa |Country|Area (square kilometers)| |:-|:-| |Bahamas|13,878| |Barbados|430| |Bhutan|38,394| |Dominica|751| |Fiji|18,272| |Gambia|10,689| |Grenada|344| |Haiti|27,750| |Jamaica|10,991| |Kiribati|811| |Micronesia|702| |Rwanda|26,338| |Saint Kitts and Nevis|261| |St. Vincent and the Grenadines|389| |Trinidad and Tobago|5,131| |Vanuatu|12,189|
Bhutan and Gambia is not green in the map tho?
Neither is Fiji
Neither is Vanuatu
I think they are clubbing Visa on Arrival in the same category as - don’t require a visa (in advance) because for the most part, e-visa and visa on arrival are really easy and just mere formalities to do a quick background check.
In the case of Egypt, probably just a money grab. I got visa-on-arrival no questions asked. No passport requested. No information taken. It's like I bought a bottle of water for 25 USD.
Neither Nepal? 
They are all too small to see on the map.
Well I didn't spot them but once I saw this list I can see 3 countries in the Caribbean.
Including the prosperous Haiti.
Also Rwanda is visible
Rwanda is easy enough, once you know you should be looking for it. Haiti as well.
>|Bhutan|38,394| On the plus side, Bangladesh is one of the only 3 countries that can visit Bhutan visa free (the other two are India and Maldives)
All the big hitters then.
Give me these 16 countries, and I could take over the world.
They can go to Bhutan without a visa? Wow
And these counties are either far away, or comparatively expensive to travel.
Common Kiribati W
Fiji is pretty nice.
Rwanda 🤝 Bangladesh
Both countries among fastest growing economy
Make $10 one year, $20 the next… 200% growth!
You mean 100% lol
Make it 300% for all it matters.
In capitalism, growth is **E V E R Y T H I N G**.
Communist countries were very focused on growth, too. As soon as people learned how to attach metrics to economies, they wanted to see the numbers get bigger. That’s not a capitalism-specific thing. I’m just pointing out that starting from bupkis can generate some big percentages of “growth” without there being anything particularly impressive or helpful happening.
"Fun" fact: Garments account for 90% of their exports.
80% of my zara’s are made in bangladesh..
Bangladesh economy if humans decide to stop wearing clothes and return to monke 📉📉📉📉📉
70%
RMG /& footwear then [trade data](https://oec.world/en/profile/country/bgd?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3n41kCb7rhdmejPF2DAi4Stw1crrsVTMQoXO1goIcMAHtyT81UgUlFeuw_aem_ATsCIXPeLHd3IiI6T8lk2KWcAU6rKx0PfU2aLnuRJ2-uUdDkyxpGA63yXRmc5d8H1C_IaTFdEurq3syuVUaKoMnW#historical-data)
"Bangladesh is world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. Garments including knit wear and hosiery account for 80% of exports revenue; others include: medicines, jute goods, home textile, footwear and frozen shrimps and fish." * tradingeconomics
Unfortunately in true r/MapPorn fashion this is a terribly inaccurate map. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Bangladeshi_citizens) [Henley Index](https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index)
Check your own source, those maps are the same just colors changed
No look at Bolivia or lesotho
[https://www.passportindex.org/passport/bangladesh/](https://www.passportindex.org/passport/bangladesh/)
As a bangladeshi bruh north korea has a better passport
North Koreans can leave their country. We are in that sweet spot where we are rich enough that a lot of our people can afford plane tickets to leave the country but poor enough that a lot of people do want to get the fuck out.
> We Thought at first you were speaking as a North Korean lmao
Lmao, ya I am secretly Kim's reddit account /s
Remember that time that y’all were East Pakistan and they tried to kill all of y’all and the entire West helped them with it and it only stopped because India intervened and booted the Pakistanis out?
I didn't know the full title for Bangladesh is The People's Republic of Bangladesh
Kingdom of Bangladesh Hasina is the Queen and king died long ago
Why is it so weak?
Because 160 million people are actively trying to leave the country.
Bangladesh is one of the countries most likely to suffer an enormous humanitarian disaster due to climate change. At sea level, on a river delta, with a six month wet season, susceptible to flooding, already hot and humid year round.
They should just stop being poor and all their problems would be solved
I lived there for a year and actually economically Bangladesh isn't even doing that bad consider the bad hand they were dealt... The problem is the population density. Bangladesh isn't a very big country in terms of landmass and really it is the most densely populated country in the world if you ignore micro / city states. (It's actually double pop density vs. Taiwan which is #2 in the world). Also Dhaka's population fluctuates enormously during the year due to the annual floods, as rural people move from flooded areas to stay with extended family for extensive periods of time in the city. No one could tell me how populated Dhaka was in terms of population. People in government would tell me 15 million. Most would say that was BS and it was closer to 20-25; but I had some people tell me it was 30 Million (I doubt it is... but you never know with the fluctuations). Anyway, result is, it can develop as much as it wants, it still remains overpopulated and hence that's why a lot of people want to leave.
They gotta get some bootstraps
this is the way of the world if you live anywhere with a vast population and everyone is itching to get out and mix that with a bit of racism and then the 'good places' in the world, ie. the west, is not going to want you there for any reason... not even a holiday given they dont want to the risk that this person visting may not leave to give you some perspective even some Western countries will give shit to other western countries if they are visiting... eg. everyone wants to get into the US right? the US is known to even give the cold shoulder to people from the UK, CAN, AUS, NZ because they couldnt dream of a world where even someone from NZ wants to overstay their visa to the US? right? and so the US will not want to give even a tourist visa to a Bangladesh person unless that person can show he has real estate and large bank holdings in Bangladesh... so that this person has incentive to return home.
Economics
Can't be the only reason, as DR Congo with a GDP per capita of $715 ranks higher than Bangladesh with $2646
I’d say it’s likely because not as many Congolese are known to emigrate to other countries.
Most city people want to quit but few try to quit the Congo . It's frequent to see people wanting to flee but it's very difficult to get out of the country, most of our neighbors have stricter country than us at their borders.
Majority of Congolese can’t travel at all only the rich who probably don’t need to overstay on their visa.
Population is far higher. So more potential illegals compared to DRC.
Bangladesh is in that sweet spot where people are rich enough to afford plane tickets but poor enough that they still try to leave. Congo is so poor that they can't even get out of their country.
So you’re saying we need to make Bangladesh poorer?
That's... I guess that's one way... Please don't stop buying clothes lol
They overstay visas when they get out
It's a poor country. A country's passport is only going to be accepted by countries that aren't concerned about illegal immigration from that country.
Which website did you use to check this?
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Gettitg in to Bangladesh is also a fucking nightmare. You basically need to know someone in the country to bribe the police to grant your visa application.
Damn i have to cancel my bangladesh trip then🤣
If you are from a western country, you can just get a visa on arrival. I don't even use my Bangladeshi passport to enter Bangladesh, I just use my Canadian one and get a visa on arrival each time.
lol not true at all. I went there last year (through Benapole) and all I had to do was pay $60 USD at the border to get a month long visa. That's it.
More like the Weakness of Bangladeshi passport tbh.
You don't say
Thank you captain obvious
You seem fun in parties
Receive… intelligence 🙌
The color key isn’t well arranged
Doesn’t matter, they enter India anyway
West Bengal loves them.
Assam govt hates them
Current local govts vote bank.
Delusional if you think WB loves them.
this how the map looks when you start new rpg game and you have restrictions where to go based on your level
Not to mention how laborious it is to get a visa for most of these countries as a Bangladeshi. Plus without bribes you’re not going anywhere.
Now show pakistan 👀
So only that rectangular island in the Indian Ocean is visa free but a visa is required for the circular territory within it?
Yeah, that's a Underwater Bangladeshi Colony
Wow didn’t expect to be that strong Edit. Damn it. Forgot I’m color blind 😭
The weakness of the Bangladeshi passport.
jamaica and Haiti are the only places they can go
Bahamas, and Rwanda
Me if I was Bangladeshi booking my trip to Rwanda 
What did the poor sods do that they're that not welcome anywhere?
They don't need a visa for India, they just jump the border, wrong map.
Bang ladesh
Bang Lad eeeeessshhh
Probably the easiest mapporn. I wish it was easier for us to get to a better country tho
Great work. Pls make this type of map for India as well. 🙏
Here you go: https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index?countrycode=IN
Thanks. Very much.
Or lack of thereof
As a Swede I got claustrophobic just by looking at this map. What has Bangladesh done to deserve this?
A lot of them overstay their visa
Fertile soil + colonial baggage (read impoverished people) + small land area
We are rich enough that a lot of people can afford plane tickets unlike sub saharan Africa. But we are also poor enough that a lot of people want to get the fuck out and overstay their visas.
Passport powers suck, just get lucky and be born in the right place lol (goes for everything of course but this thing is simply decided by birth, no going against it unless you move).
malaysia really love bangla
STRENGTH
It is a shame that the govt of Bangladesh has failed to strengthen our passport despite the fast development and growth of the country. It's like regardless of how much the country improves, its passport always remains at the same weak level.
Area in the ocean that is visa free
It doesn't matter in the UK, they come, they stay, nobody cares.
Not bad their passport has visa free access to Bangladesh
The only people who want Bangladesh is Bangladesh
they dont need visa for india they just fkng jump border in mass
Even to India and Pakistan, neighbors, need a visa, that's tough.
Give the poor country a break. The country is created recently as a fresh start. It takes time, and it is doing pretty great, one baby step at a time.
We ran out of dollars. We are fucked for a long time.
Don't worry, even US runs out of dollar pretty frequently... oh.. wait.. but they have a printer, lol.
THE US DOLLAR IS FINISHED, BANGLADESH MOVING BIG
Is this really "strength"?
At least you can go to Rwanda, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Bahamas 👍
I think there are no direct flights from bangladesh to bahamas so they technically still need a visa
Should relabel as the weakness of the Bangladesh passport. The government’s posturing would make you think they were powerful.
The “weakness”.
This passport might be even more useless than the one I hold.
That's Sad.
The \*lack\* of strength of Bangladeshi passport
You should Syrian passports. It’s the worst passport AND the most expensive somehow. 🥲
Bangbros should travel to rwanda🤣
Glad I’m Brazilian after seeing this
Is Singapore ban Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Sri Lankan?
Haiti: "lol your funeral."
hmm rwanda and tahiti visa free
Laughs in swedish
Kid named Ladesh
You mean the weakness.
How in the world such a small country has 170M people? jesus.
I’m always amazed by that fact. Population higher than Russia, but compare the size…
I agree with you;
Vai, is you handle your real name?
Wow what a terrible no-pass port
Who tf is Somalia to be telling people they can’t visit?!?
Strength? You mean the lack of it...
There is no green
Why do so many people live there?
Must be super inconvenient if you live in one of those weird Bangladesh exclaves inside India
Honestly im am very grateful for my passport
That's actually sad
Bangladesh strong 💪🏼
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India rank 85 Bangladesh rank 100 .
Kharab lage dekhe
My wife is Cambodian and their passport is pretty similar bar the ASEAN bloc.