(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has been ranked 59th among a list of 199 countries deemed to have the most powerful passports in the world.
The list, compiled by passportindex.org, ranked countries whose passports allow persons to travel visa-free to other destinations.
It includes destinations that are completely visa-free and those which require a visa upon arrival.
Currently, citizens of Trinidad and Tobago can travel to 121 countries worldwide without the use of a visa.
These include other Caribbean countries, as well as the United Kingdom, Spain, France and South Africa.
T&T is the fourth highest ranked Caribbean country on the list placing a few spots below Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda and St Kitts & Nevis.
Germany was considered to have the most powerful passport in the world, allowing its citizens to travel visa-free to 158 countries.
The US came in at number 11 with 156 destinations without a visa requirement.
Afghanistan was listed as the country with the least powerful passport, allowing its holders visa-free entry to only 23 nations.
Pakistan, Iraq and Syria rounded out the bottom four with passports allowing visa-free travel to 26, 28 and 29 countries respectively.
The full list can be found at www.passportindex.org.
