The passport belonging to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is so rare that there are only three copies in the world. Photo / Wikipedia
The rarest passport in the world is so exclusive that there are only three in existence, but it's not accepted in NZ.
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is granted to the three highest rank officers of the Catholic order.
These positions include the traditional titles of Grand Commander (spiritual head) and the Grand Chancellor (Prime Minister) and the Grand Hospitaller (Minister of Health and Social Welfare).
But the exclusive passport won't get you very far.
It's not accepted in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Order was officially recognised by Pope Paschal in 1113 and is one of the oldest institutions in the Christian world.
Today this Catholic order operates as a charitable organisation offering medical aid across the world.
It has 80,000 permanent volunteers, 25,000 employees and more than 13,500 knights, dames and chaplins.
Germany currently enjoys the most powerful passport in the world, which allows its citizens to travel to 176 countries out of 218 without a visa.
New Zealand tied for seventh place with Greece.
Both countries are able to visit 171 countries, visa-free.
And when it came to the least powerful passports, Afghanistan was at the bottom of the table with visa-free access to just 25 countries.
The most powerful passports
1. Germany - 177
2. Sweden - 176
3. Finland, France, Italy, Spain, UK - 175
4. Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, US - 174
5. Austria, Japan, Singapore - 173
6. Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Switzerland - 172
7. Greece, New Zealand - 171
8. Australia - 169
9. Malta - 168
10. Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland - 167
The least powerful passports
1. Afghanistan - 25
2. Pakistan - 29
3. Iraq - 30
4. Somalia - 31
5. Syria - 32
6. Libya - 36
7. Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Nepal, Palestinian Territory, Sudan - 37
8. Kosovo, South Sudan, Yemen - 38
9. Bangladesh, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Lebanon, Sri Lanka - 39
10. Burundi, North Korea, Myanmar - 4
Step aside Bali, this spot is just as beautiful and off the beaten track.