Can you name the worst passports to hold?

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Source: Henley & Partners International Visa Restrictions Index 2012
Name the passports that get you into the least countries with no visa or visa on arrival.
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Rank	Passport	# of Countries
103		26
102		28
101		30
100		32
99		34
98		35
98		35
97		36
96		37
96		37
96		37
96		37

Rank	Passport	# of Countries
96		37
96		37
96		37
96		37
95		38
95		38
94		39
94		39
94		39
93		40
93		40
93		40
100	40

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Worst Passports to Hold Quiz

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	fnurt:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 04:53 GMT		19 points
	South Sudan gets you into 2 more countries than Sudan does. I wonder what they are.

	SpeedyJohn:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 05:29 GMT		5 points
	I wonder where Kyrgyzstan ranks.

	H_to_He:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 05:31 GMT		1 point
	'Dem rep of congo' is traditionally accepted for 'Democratic Republic of the Congo' in Sporcle games and would be nice if it was also accepted for this one.

	Colmar:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 05:31 GMT		13 points
	Why Nepal?

	BoL:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 07:28 GMT		11 points
	Enjoyed both quizzes. I am an expat so this is fun. I would like to see stats (or a quiz) on which countries are the most and least "wide open" to visitors. We've seen how many countries a US citizen can enter. How about how many different nationalities the US will welcome without a visa?

	Fergenaprido:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 09:21 GMT		11 points
	Lebanon & Cameroon surprised me for being on here; Yemen & China (both 92nd) surprised me for not being on here.

	phibbyfan:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 09:26 GMT		7 points
	I was a little surprised that Israel didn't make the list since there are countries that won't even let you in if you have been to Israel. Also thought Yemen, Chad, and Nigeria would be there. Interesting list.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 10:18 GMT		23 points
	Yes, quite interesting. Why Cameroon of all the African countries in that region (apart from EqGuin, which has problems)? As for some other comments: I think the main difference between Nepal and Bhutan is that Nepal does not have the need to get into too many international treaties or agreements on visa, so unlike others they're probably not locked out but just "forgotten to add to the nice guys list". Bhutan OTOH, which would probably suffer that fate even worse, lets India handle most of its foreign relationship issues, so probably India makes an agreement with let's say Lesotho and adds "Oh, and can our friends here come, too? Nice guys who won't hurt a fly - and they're probably never leaving their country anyways", giving them a few bonus countries. At least that's my reasoning after Bhutan did not show up.

	Zak6009:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 10:47 GMT		4 points
	Ditto on Israel. Though it makes sense since it's just the Muslim countries that disallow it, as far as I know. It may seem like a lot since they are big countries that occupy a lot of land, but individually out of the 196, there aren't that many in total.

	hibernia:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 11:08 GMT		-1 points
	Wow, it's early. I thought this was the "best countries" one again and gave up after none of my first 10 answers were accepted. Whoops!

	segacs:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 13:08 GMT		20 points
	For those asking about Israel, it's not even close to making this list; Israelis can travel visa-free or with VoAs to 142 countries, putting it close to the top of the "best passports" list, in 22nd place in the world. By contrast, only 20 countries don't accept Israeli passports, and only 9 countries restrict entry to those who have travelled to Israel (and frankly, most of those 9 aren't on the top of anyone's tourism destination list at the moment). The media has skewed the perception of Israel as a pariah state, when in fact its enemies are the ones who are actually on the bottom of the list.

	Honest_John:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 17:15 GMT		0 points
	It's been a long week at work. Sort of forgot Africa existed until 2 minutes left, then managed to catch up a bit.

	selyoink:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 20:22 GMT		0 points
	Got them all except Pakistan. I was almost certain I typed in all the stan countries.

	DesmondJones:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 20:30 GMT		1 point
	@Colmar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Nepal

	enomo67:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 23:07 GMT		9 points
	Why are people complaining about how to word Democratic Republic of the Congo? All quizzes accept DRC which is far briefer than any of the alternative suggestions presented. Also, while Congo is often accepted colloquially for the DRC, there are two Congos in Africa, so it just doesn't make sense as an option.

	AtomicIce:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 23:12 GMT		3 points
	Personally, I think Palestine, Western Sahara, Taiwan, Abkhazia and Somaliland would be the REALLY bad ones to hold, but only one of those is recognized as a country by Sporcle. Surprised Taiwan isn't on here though.

	Zak6009:	Oct 20th, 2012 at 04:57 GMT		3 points
	AtomicIce - Why would Taiwan be on here? Or any of the others for that matter? There's a huge difference between simply not being recognized as a sovereign country, and not accepting people of a certain nation.

	Colmar:	Oct 20th, 2012 at 07:52 GMT		0 points
	Also, Sporcle standards allow Taiwan as a country.

	skaara:	Oct 21st, 2012 at 14:13 GMT		2 points
	@Colmar: As AtomicIce also mentiones, although not directly.

	randomquizzes:	Oct 24th, 2012 at 19:23 GMT		1 point
	@Zak6009: Taiwan is one of Sporcle's 196 recognized countries. A Taiwanese passport is probably not that bad to hold, though---Taiwan doesn't annoy anyone but China. Accepting someone's passport and recognizing them as a nation are two different things. Notice that every country on this list has either annoyed a large portion of the world (ex: Iran, North Korea, Pakistan), is war-torn and possibly impoverished (ex: Kosovo, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq), or is a total dictatorship if it doesn't really fit the other two categories (ex: Myanmar). Bangladesh was a surprise, because although very poor, Bangladesh doesn't offend anyone and is not a North Korea-style dictatorship or a state sponsor of terrorism.

	Tom_Tildrum:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 19:52 GMT		1 point
	I'm curious who the 28 countries are that will accept a Somalian passport.

	hugojcorbett:	Dec 4th, 2012 at 13:16 GMT		1 point
	Just a minor point - in the description, it should read 'the fewest countries' not 'the least countries'. You cannot have less countries, because countries are separable items and can be counted. Good quiz, though!

	Acid_Snow:	Dec 8th, 2012 at 19:06 GMT		0 points
	All but Ethiopia + Kosovo.