Portuguese passport

Portuguese passport is ranked owing to the level of international travel it allows its holders, who can visit 189 countries without a visa but must obtain one in order to enter 25 additional nations.

National passports are graded based on how many nations their holders can enter without a visa. Therefore, the Portugal passport accurately reflects the number of countries that do not require visas for bearers of Portuguese passports.

The Portuguese government started distributing electronic passports on August 28, 2006, along with improved security measures and a contactless microchip. All the biographic data from the passport is stored on the microchip, along with a digital copy of the photo that can be used for digital facial recognition. Although fingerprint data is gathered when a passport application is submitted, it is not stored on the passport itself. By February 28, 2008, all nations that are a part of the European Union must include fingerprint information in their passports.

189 visa-free destinations