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A report done by Henley & Partners which ranks all passports in the world in terms of their Henley Passport Power score, there are ten African countries with a commendable level of passport power and economic mobility.
The report shows that when you compare countries you can travel to without needing a visa and the sum total of the gross domestic products of these countries, you get an accurate estimate of how powerful your passport is.
Here are the top ten African countries:
| Rank | Country | Visa-free score on the Henley Passport Index | % of the world’s destinations that can be accessed visa-free | National share of global GDP |
| 1. | Mauritius | 146 | 64.76% | 0.01% |
| 2. | South Africa | 106 | 47.14% | 0.45% |
| 3. | Kenya | 72 | 32.16% | 0.12% |
| 4. | Tanzania | 71 | 31.72% | 0.07% |
| 5. | Morocco | 65 | 29.07% | 0.14% |
| 6. | Ghana | 64 | 28.63% | 0.08% |
| 7. | Egypt | 53 | 23.79% | 0.43% |
| 8. | Algeria | 52 | 23.35% | 0.18% |
| 9. | Nigeria | 46 | 20.70% | 0.47% |
| 10. | Ethiopia | 46 | 20.70% | 0.12% |
