Passports owned by residents of individual countries in different parts of the world are not colored the same. We can roughly distinguish 4 colors of passports with different shades: red, blue, green and black.
The color of the public document, which serves a person to cross the national border and prove his identity and citizenship, is not chosen randomly. So what does the color of your passport mean?
Red
The second most common passport color is also the color of the passport of the residents of Slovenia. It is used by all members of the European Union, as well as some federal states along the Pacific Ocean coast and former communist countries in Southeast Asia.
Blue
Blue passports are considered the most numerous, as they are used by as many as 77 nations. The most typical representatives of this group of countries are members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Green
The third most popular color is found on the passports of 43 nations, especially those with a majority Muslim population. Green is considered to be the favorite color of the Prophet Muhammad, and the Koran also describes paradise as a place where people wear green silk clothes. It should also be noted that residents of Mexico and Taiwan, among whom there are not many Muslims, also have green passports.
Black
Only 10 countries in the world, which are not related to each other, use the black color of the passport. Among them we find Angola, the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Congo...
So what does it look like a map designed according to the color of the passports of the countries of the world? The portal took care of making this indy100. They used the data Passport Index 2017, calculated by the company Arton Capital.
Henley Passport Index meanwhile deals with the question, How many countries can citizens from different parts of the world travel to without a visa?. The association has the data for research purposes International Air Transport Association.
Which passports allow you to travel freely to the most countries? You won't believe it - Slovenia has also made it to the list.
1. Japan (189 countries)
2. Singapore, Germany (188 countries)
3. Finland, France, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Sweden (187 countries)
4. Austria, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, USA (186 countries)
5. Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Switzerland (185 countries)
6. Greece, Australia (183 countries)
7. Czech Republic, Malta, New Zealand (182 countries)
8. Iceland (181 countries)
9. Hungary, Slovenia, Malaysia (180 countries)
10. Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia (179 countries)
