Sierra Leoneans can now travel to 67 countries in the world without a visa as long as you have a passport.

In 2022 Sierra Leoneans could travel to 64 countries without a visa or with the option of getting visa on arrival, this number has increased to 67 countries in 2023, according to the report released on Tuesday July 18, 2023.

The Indian Ocean Island nation of Mauritius maintains its top position on the continent, improving five places in the global ranking to hold position 29. Mauritius citizens can visit 148 countries visa-free in 2023, compared to 146 in 2022.

The other top 10 African countries in the ranking are South Africa (52), Botswana (60), Namibia (64), Lesotho (65), eSwatini (67), Kenya (68), Malawi (69), Tanzania (70), Tunisia (71), and Zambia (71).

Somalia, positioned 100 globally, is at the bottom of the continental Africa list, with its citizens having access to only 35 vis-free countries.

At the top of the global ranking is Singapore, which dislodged Japan, allowing visa-free users to access 192 countries, followed by Germany, Italy and Spain, which are positioned second, with 190 visa-free countries, each.

At the bottom of the global table is Afghanistan’s passport, which allows its holders to visit only 27 countries visa-free. It comes below Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

The 2023 report show that the general trend over the history of the 18-year-old ranking has been towards greater travel freedom, with the average number of destinations travelers are able to access visa-free nearly doubling from 58 in 2006 to 109 in 2023. Liberia ranks 88, with only 15 countries whose citizens can ass through its border without a visa or access to visa on arrival.

Burundi, Comoro Islands, Djibuti and Guinea Bissau are at the top on the Openness Index with all 198 countries’ citizens able to enter their territories without a visa or with visa acquired on arrival.