Declined World Openness Score and reshuffled Global Passport Power rankings show the staggering reality of global mobility during a pandemic. Evidently, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to global mobility, hindering international travel and rendering passport powers to an all-time low. As countries progressively begin to reopen their borders and renew temporary visa bans, the Passport Index reveals new data on what rock-bottom for global mobility looks like during a worldwide pandemic. 65% Decrease in World Openness Covid-19 has caused a historic dive in the World Openness Score (WOS); Passport Index’ benchmark of open travel between countries. Since its inception in 2015, the WOS was at 17,927 and has continued to increase at an average rate of 6% per year. In December 2019, it was at an all-time high of 21,360, or close to 54% of the world. Although active visa agreements were not changed, temporary entry bans and border closures resulted in a staggering decrease in the WOS. It has currently backtracked
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