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Quality of Nationality Index
Logo as of 2018
AuthorChristian Kälin and Dimitry Kochenov
LanguageEnglish
Release number
2007
PublisherHenley & Partners
Websitenationalityindex.com

The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) ranks the quality of nationalities based on internal and external factors.[1] Each nationality receives an aggregated score based on economic strength, human development, ease of travel, political stability and overseas employment opportunities for their citizens.[2] The QNI was created by Dimitry Kochenov and Christian Kälin, chairman of Henley & Partners.

Significance

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The phenomenon of being a native of any country was described as 'a birthright lottery' by Ayelet Shachar, Professor of Law, Political Science, and Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.[3] At the same time, the QNI shows that nationalities diverge greatly in their practical value, which is not always parallel with the characteristics of those countries, such as economic power or level of human development. Applying the methodology of the QNI, some economically strong countries have relatively unattractive nationalities. For example, Indian nationality shares 106th place with Senegalese nationality (2017 data). By contrast, some small countries have nationalities of larger value, such as those of Lithuania and Romania, which are ranked 22nd and 25th respectively in the QNI 2017.

The QNI is frequently cited by media organisations such as Forbes, Bloomberg, The Enquirer and Business Standard.[4][5][6][7]

QNI world map

Methodology

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The QNI takes a quantitative approach to determine the value of a nationality based on seven parameters, comprising both internal value (40%) and external value (60%). Three parameters reflect the internal value of a nationality: human development (15%), economic strength (15%), and peace and stability (10%). Four parameters reflect the external value of a nationality: diversity of travel freedom (15%), weight of travel freedom (15%), diversity of settlement freedom (15%), and weight of settlement freedom (15%).[8]

Most nationalities of the world, as well as EU citizenship, are included in the ranking. Not included are fantasy passports and nationalities of non-recognized states such as micronations, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Somaliland.[9] All nationalities receive a score from 0% to 100%.[10]

Weighted distribution of factors to calculate the QNI score

Internal parameters and sources

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The data is aggregated from various objective sources. The internal factors present the quality of life and opportunities for personal growth within the country of origin of the holder of nationality.[11]

Human Development

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Human Development is measured using the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen, and used to measure countries' development by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The index is based on the human development approach, developed by Ul Haq, often calculated in terms of whether people are able to "be" and "do" desirable things in life, such as being well fed, sheltered, and healthy, or doing work, education, voting, participating in community life. Consequently, this index centres on three different human development areas: life expectancy at birth, expected years of education, and standard of living.

The QNI normalizes the HDI scores of the countries with which a particular nationality is associated to a 0-15% scale. The nationality of the highest-scoring country on the HDI gets the full 15% score, with the other nationalities being ranked proportionately.[12][13]

Economic Strength

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Economic strength of a nationality is based on the Gross domestic product (GDP) at Purchasing power parity (PPP) of each country. It is calculated from data provided by the International Monetary Fund. If there is no reliable Purchasing power parity data available, non-PPP data from the World Bank are used.[14][15] GDP at PPP scores are normalized to a 0-15% scale, the largest economy receiving the full 15% score.

Peace and Stability

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Peace and Stability are calculated using data by the annual Global Peace Index (GPI), published by the Institute for Economics and Peace.[16] Peace and stability accounts for 10% of the total QNI General Ranking scale. The nationality associated with the most peaceful country receives the full 10%, and others are ranked proportionately on the basis of the ranking scale used by the GPI.[17]

External parameters and sources

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External factors identify the quality and diversity of opportunities the holder of a nationality can pursue outside their country of origin.[18]

Diversity of travel freedom

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Diversity of travel freedom is based on how many destinations the holder of a particular nationality can visit without a visa or with a visa-on-arrival for short-term tourism or business purposes.[19] The data is taken from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The diversity of travel freedom accounts for 15% of the total QNI General Ranking scale.

Weight of travel freedom

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Weight of travel freedom evaluates the quality of the travel freedom the holder of a nationality has without a visa or with a visa-on-arrival for short term visits. Unlike Diversity of Travel Freedom, which looks only at the number of destinations, weight of travel freedom looks at the value of having visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel access to a particular country. This value is based on the Human Development (50%) and Economic Strength (50%) of each country destination.[20] This is based on the presumption that for most people, having visa-free access to certain countries is of higher value than having visa-free access to others. Weight of travel freedom accounts for 15% of the total QNI General Ranking scale.[21]

Diversity of settlement freedom

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Diversity of settlement freedom is based on the number of foreign countries in which the holder of a nationality can freely settle for at least 360 days with automatic access to work there.[22] Diversity of settlement freedom accounts for 15% of the total QNI General Ranking scale. The most advanced example of a regional organization which allows nationals of its member states to freely settle in each of the other member states is the European Union, but other regional organizations which include free settlement are Mercosur, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Economic Community of West African States. Outside such regional organizations, Georgia is the only country that allows almost all foreigners to freely settle and work in its country.[23]

Weight of settlement freedom

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Weight of settlement freedom evaluates the quality of the settlement freedom of the holder of a nationality, by looking at the Human Development (50%) and Economic Strength (50%) of the countries to which the nationality holder has settlement access. Weight of settlement freedom accounts for 15% of the total QNI General Ranking scale.

Results

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As of 2017, Italian and French nationality is ranked the best in the world, according to the latest edition of the Quality of Nationality Index (QNI),[24][25] earning a score of 81.7% out of a possible 100%, just ahead of Germany.[26] While the difference between the scores for France and Germany are small, France's comparative advantage lies in its greater settlement freedom, attributable mainly to the country's former colonial empire.[27]

Italian and French nationalities remained the best in the world according to the 2018 edition of the Quality of Nationality Index, earning a score of 83.5% out of a possible 100%, fractionally ahead of Germany and the Netherlands.[28]

Full ranking (210 total nations)

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Rank Citizenship Score
1  Italy 92.5%
 France
3  Germany 87.5%
 Netherlands
5  Denmark 81.7%
6  Australia 81.5%
7  Norway 81.4%
8  Iceland 81.2%
9  Finland 80.7%
10  United Kingdom 80.3%
11  Ireland 80.2%
12  Spain 80.0%
12   Switzerland 79.8%
 Belgium
14  Austria 79.7%
15  Czech Republic 79.0%
 Portugal
 Luxembourg
18  Liechtenstein 78.9%
19  Slovenia 78.6%
20  Malta 77.6%
21  Hungary 77.5%
 Slovakia
23  Greece 77.3%
24  Estonia 77.1%
25  Poland 77.0%
 Lithuania
 Latvia
28  Cyprus 75.3%
29  Romania 75.2%
30  Bulgaria 75.0%
31  Croatia 73.8%
32  United States 70.0%
33  Japan 58.4%
34  Gibraltar 56.0%
35  Canada 55.3%
36  Chile 55.2%
37  Singapore 55.1%
38  New Zealand 54.8%
39  Argentina 54.5%
40  Brazil 54.3%
41  South Korea 54.2%
42  Jersey 53.3%
43  Guernsey 53.2%
 Isle of Man
45  Monaco 52.5%
46  Andorra 51.6%
47  San Marino 51.4%
48  Malaysia 51.0%
49  Uruguay 50.5%
50  United Arab Emirates 50.3%
51  Brunei Darussalam 49.2%
52  Hong Kong 48.9%
53  Antigua and Barbuda 47.7%
54  Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.5%
55  Paraguay 46.8%
56  Israel 46.7%
57  Barbados 46.3%
 Saint Vincent
59  Seychelles 46.2%
60  Taiwan 46.1%
61  Mexico 45.7%
 Iraq
63  Peru 45.6%
64  Bahamas 45.5%
 Costa Rica
 Qatar
67  Saudi Arabia 45.2%
68  People's Republic of China 44.3%
 Venezuela
70  Dominica 43.9%
71  Panama 41.7%
72  Macao 43.8%
73  Trinidad and Tobago 43.3%
 Colombia
75  Palau 42.7%
76  Serbia 42.1%
77  Russian Federation 42.0%
78  Marshall Islands 41.8%
79  Montenegro 40.9%
80  Federated States of Micronesia 40.2%
81  El Salvador 39.7%
82  Samoa 39.7%
83  North Macedonia 39.3%
84  Honduras 39.2%
85  Ecuador 39.1%
 Guatemala
87  Kuwait 39.0%
88  Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.8%
89  Albania 38.7%
 Tonga
91  Moldova 38.6%
 Tuvalu
93  Nicaragua 38.5%
94  Ukraine 38.2%
95  Turkey 37.7%
96  Georgia 37.5%
97  Vanuatu 37.1%
 Qatar
 Oman
100  Kiribati 36.6%
101  Solomon Islands 36.5%
102  Saudi Arabia 36.2%
103  Bahrain 36.1%
104  Bolivia 35.8%
105  Kazakhstan 35.7%
106  South Africa 35.0%
107  Belarus 34.8%
108  Cape Verde 34.2%
109  Belize 34.1%
110  Ghana 33.9%
111  Guyana 33.6%
112  Fiji 33.2%
113  Suriname 33.1%
 Timor-Leste
115  Botswana 33.0%
 Maldives
117  Thailand 32.4%
118  Sweden 32.2%
 Gambia
120  Nauru 32.0%
 Jamaica
122  Indonesia 31.8%
 Benin
124  Armenia 31.7%
125  Sierra Leone 31.3%
 Senegal
127  Israel 31.0%
128  Latvia 30.8%
129  Kyrgyzstan 30.6%
130  Togo 30.3%
131  Dominican Republic 30.2%
132  Azerbaijan 30.1%
133  Namibia 30.0%
 Côte d’Ivoire
 Cuba
136  Tunisia 29.9%
 Guinea
138  Burkina Faso 29.8%
139  Uzbekistan 29.3%
 Mongolia
141  Guinea-Bissau 28.8%
142  Papua New Guinea 28.7%
143  Liberia 28.6%
144  Morocco 28.1%
 Nigeria
146  Philippines 27.9%
 Tajikistan
148  Mali 27.8%
 Swaziland
150  Zambia 27.6%
151  Bhutan 27.5%
152  Niger 27.4%
 Algeria
154  Tanzania 27.0%
155  Kenya 26.9%
156  Jordan 26.8%
 Gabon
 Vietnam
159  Turkmenistan 26.7%
160  Lesotho 26.6%
161  Malawi 26.4%
162  Sri Lanka 26.2%
 Iran
164  Sao Tome 25.8%
165  Egypt 25.7%
166  Kosovo 25.3%
 Laos
168 British Nationals (Overseas) 25.2%
169  Lebanon 25.1%
 Uganda
British overseas territories citizenship
172  Zimbabwe 24.9%
173  Equatorial Guinea 24.8%
174  Cambodia 24.6%
175  Madagascar 24.5%
176  Angola 24.2%
 Comoros
178  Mauritania 24.1%
179  Bangladesh 23.6%
 Haiti
181  Rwanda 23.3%
 Republic of the Congo
 Mozambique
184  Sudan 23.1%
 Myanmar
186    Nepal 23.0%
187  North Korea 22.9%
188 British Overseas citizenship 22.6%
British Subjects
British protected persons
191  Cameroon 22.4%
192  Libya 21.7%
 Djibouti
194  Chad 20.7%
195  Burundi 20.0%
196  Ethiopia 19.9%
197  Iraq 19.4%
198  Pakistan 19.0%
199  Palestine 18.9%
200  Eritrea 18.8%
201  Democratic Republic of the Congo 18.0%
202  Central African Republic 17.6%
203  Yemen 17.2%
204  Syrian Arab Republic 16.8%
205  South Sudan 15.9%
206  Afghanistan 15.4%
207  Somalia 13.8%
208  Channel Islands 0%

Top 10 nations (2018)

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Country 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
 France 1
83.5%
1
81.7%
2
82.4%
7
80.9%
8
80.8%
3
81.3%
 Italy 1
83.5%
3
80.2%
2
81.9%
5
82.8%
5
80.0%
4
80.2%
 Germany 2
82.8%
2
81.6%
1
82.7%
1
83.1%
1
83.1%
1
83.1%
 Netherlands 2
82.8%
5
80.8%
8
79.7%
9
80.3%
10
80.4%
7
80.3%
 Denmark 3
81.7%
4
80.9%
2
82.4%
2
83.0%
2
82.8%
2
81.7%
 Norway 4
81.5%
6
80.4%
5
81.0%
4
81.7%
5
81.2%
4
80.9%
 Sweden 4
81.5%
7
80.0%
9
81.2%
5
81.6%
4
81.7%
5
80.8%
 Iceland 5
81.4%
3
81.5%
3
81.3%
5
81.6%
6
81.1%
4
80.9%
 Finland 6
81.2%
8
79.2%
6
80.7%
3
82.0%
3
82.2%
3
81.3%
 United Kingdom 8
80.3%
11
80.2%
11
80.7%
8
80.4%
7
80.5%
7
80.2%
 Ireland 9
80.2%
9
79.0%
11
79.4%
6
81.0%
5
81.2%
6
80.4%
 Spain 10
80.0%
9
80.5%
10
80.8%
11
79.6%
10
79.6%
11
80.2%
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