The Share Of Americans Holding A Passport Has Increased Dramatically In Recent Years  Forbes article

The very first question I asked in this class was about passports and we discussed whether the % of US citizen adults who have passports is low.

I had not realized the significant increase in the number of US citizens with passports in the last decade. See the figure in the Forbes article above. And see the comparative figure that appeared in an article in this week’s Economist about Japan’s low passport rate.

John