Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 Africa Visa Openness Index (AVOI) has ranked Rwanda as the top country in Africa to allow other Africans to enters its borders without a visa payment requirement prior to entry.<\/p>\nThe index measures the extent to which African countries are open to visitors from other African countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cRwanda toped this year\u2019s (2023) visa openness index with a score of 1.00 which is the highest score,\u201d the Index report said<\/p>\n
\u201cRwanda joins Benin, The Gambia, and Seychelles in extending visa-free travel to citizens of the entire continent,\u201d<\/p>\n
The report also shows that other ten African countries came among the top ten performers with an average score of 0.910 out of a possible 1.00, almost twice the continental average of 0.485.<\/p>\n
The report also shows that now 24 countries out of the 54 African member states offer an e-visa, almost three times as many as in 2016. However, 33 countries (out of 54) offer visa-free travel to citizens of at least 10 other<\/p>\n
countries.<\/p>\n
Regional Assessment<\/b><\/p>\n
The West African countries continue to lead the rankings with 7 of the continent\u2019s top 10 performers coming from West Africa. Within ECOWAS, 97% of country-to-country travel routes are visa-free for citizens of the region.<\/p>\n
For each country, the AVOI calculates the number of African countries whose citizens must obtain a visa before travelling there, the number of countries whose citizens may obtain a visa upon arrival, and the number of countries whose citizens can enter visa-free. Each country is then assigned a AVOI score and ranked accordingly.<\/p>\n
First published in 2016, the AVOI also tracks changes in countries\u2019 scores over time. It does the same for the eight regional economic communities recognized by the African Union.<\/p>\n
The report analyzes these trends in light of other developments in Africa and the world.<\/p>\n
Data for this year\u2019s edition was collected in July and August 2023. The main source of information was the International Air Transport Association.<\/p>\n
Methodology<\/b><\/p>\n
How the AVOI calculates each country\u2019s score Scores and rankings. AVOI scores range from 0 to 1, where 0 designates countries with the most restrictive visa policies and 1 designates countries with the most welcoming policies.<\/p>\n
The higher a country\u2019s index score, the more \u201cvisa-open\u201d is the country and the higher it ranks. Categories and weightings. To calculate each country\u2019s score, the AVOI assesses the country\u2019s visa policy vis-a\u0300-vis each of the other 53 countries in the continent and classifies each policy in one of three categories.<\/p>\n
The AVOI gives each category a weighting where Visa before travel weighs 0, Visa on arrival 0.8, Visa-free 1<\/p>\n
Source: KT PRESS<\/b><\/p>\n
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