“India’s passport ranking declined from 85 in 2024 to 148 in 2025”
What FACTLY found
India’s passport ranking has not experienced a sharp decline from 85 in 2024 to 148 in 2025, as claimed in the viral post. According to the Henley Passport Index, India was ranked 80th in 2024 and 82nd in 2025 (as of July 2025). In previous years, India’s rankings were: 76th in 2014, 88th in 2015, 85th in 2016, 87th in 2017, 81st in 2018, 82nd in 2019, 82nd in 2020, 90th in 2021, 83rd in 2022, and 84th in 2023. Meanwhile, the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index placed India at 147th in 2024 and 1...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 June 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 July 2025, 21 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.