The UAE was ranked first place in the Arab World in terms of quality of nationality, according to citizenship planning firm Henley and Partners.
On Saturday, the Dubai Media office confirmed the good news with a tweet, and said: “The UAE ranks 1st in the Arab world on the Quality of Nationality Index 2017 by Henley & Partners.”
#UAE ranks 1st in the Arab world on the Quality of Nationality Index 2017 by Henley & Partners pic.twitter.com/JGI1ligtrl
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) April 21, 2018
The Henley and Partners - Kochenov Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) aims to provide a comprehensive ranking of the quality of nationalities worldwide.
The annual index found that the UAE improved from 44.5 per cent in 2016 to 45.8 per cent in 2017, and climbed 13 positions over the last five years to 46th place globally, "mainly as a result of the significant strides the country has made for passport holders and visa-free travel destinations to the Schengen Area."
Quantifiable data
In the Arab region, Kuwait ranked second and 82nd globally, with Saudi Arabia at third place and 89th globally.
To ensure a high level of reliability, the QNI report said that a wide variety of strictly quantifiable data was used to measure the opportunities and limitations that are imposed on nationalities.
On the website of the QNI Report, the study emphasised that: “For that purpose, the QNI measures both the internal value of nationality, which refers to the quality of life and opportunities for personal growth within our country of origin, and the external value of nationality, which identifies the diversity and quality of opportunities that our nationality allows us to pursue outside our country of origin.”
France topped the list as the overall winner with an index score of 81.7 per cent, followed by Germany and Iceland with scores of 81.6 and 81.5 respectively.
The US climbed two ranks to 27th place and scored 69.4 per cent, while the UK was rankde at 13 with a score of 78.2 per cent.
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