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Top 10 most open African countries at the start of 2024

Top 10 most open African countries at the start of 2024                      Bujumbura City
Top 10 most open African countries at the start of 2024 Bujumbura City
  • Business Insider Africa presents the top 10 most open African countries at the start of 2024.
  • This list is courtesy of Henley and Partners.
  • 8 of the top 10 most open countries are African.

Traveling these days has grown more appealing as a new wave of integration sweeps the globe. As mankind continues to advocate for cultural interactions, an increasing number of individuals are encountering and welcoming people from other nations, allowing understanding to replace conflict.

However, one obstacle stands in the way of full integration and that is the openness of a country. It is one thing to want to visit a country and it is another to actually have the permission to.

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While humanity has made significant strides toward integration, there is still a lot of work to be done. There are still regions that need to be more open to outsiders, whether it means being less distrustful of other people or making their country safe for outsiders to visit.

Needless to say, certain nations meet this criterion: they are eager to contact people from different areas, they are hospitable, they are willing to share their culture, they have a conducive and safe environment, and they have a respectable to thriving economy.

Simply put, some countries have a very high openness index. The Openness Index, a metric that gauges a nation's accessibility and receptiveness to global trade, ideas, and collaboration, stands as a key indicator of a country's economic, social, and cultural vibrancy.

Henley and Partners, a firm focused on residence and citizenship by investment, recently released its Openness Index for 2024.

“The Henley Openness Index ranks all 199 countries and territories worldwide according to the number of nationalities they permit entry to without a prior visa,” the firm notes.

With that said below are the most open African countries. 8 of the top 10 most open countries in the world are African.

Additionally, these 8 African countries all share 1st place as they allow 198 countries the freedom to visit. Somalia and Togo also share the second position, as they too allow 197 countries to visit, despite not being on the top 10 list.

10 most open African countries at the start of 2024 

RankCountryOpenness score (amount of countries that can visit)Openness rank (globally)
1.Burundi1981st
2.Cape Verde Islands1981st
3.Comoro Islands1981st
4.Djibouti1981st
5.Guinea-Bissau1981st
6.Kenya1981st
7.Mozambique1981st
8.Rwanda1981st
9.Madagascar1972nd
10.Mauritania1972nd

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