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The mathematical ceiling: three passports
Adding a third passport to the best pair buys you exactly one more country. Here's why.
184/199
destinations open without a pre-arranged visa (92% of the world)
the second passport adds +14 countries
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates alone: 170 · 🇰🇷 South Korea alone: 164 · 🇲🇾 Malaysia alone: 161
What this combination still can't open
15 destinations stay closed to this pair. The number next to each country shows how many of the world's 199 passports it admits without a visa — the lower the number, the harder the border.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 1🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 1🇰🇵 North Korea 1🇱🇾 Libya 3🇧🇹 Bhutan 4🇪🇷 Eritrea 5🇸🇸 South Sudan 6🇨🇲 Cameroon 7🇨🇩 DR Congo 8🇲🇷 Mauritania 10🇬🇦 Gabon 10🇱🇷 Liberia 15🇹🇬 Togo 16🇳🇬 Nigeria 19🇳🇪 Niger 20
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates passport →🇰🇷 South Korea passport →🇲🇾 Malaysia passport →
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Coverage counts destinations reachable without arranging a visa in advance: visa-free, visa on arrival or eTA. e-Visa and visa-required destinations are excluded. Data: Passport Index dataset, updated 2026-08-02.