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![An American and Turkish passport](https://img.money.com/2015/11/151119_em_passport.jpg)
*An American and Turkish passport*

International travel isn't exactly cheap for Americans. Just getting a passport costs $110 for the application fee, plus another $25 tacked on as an acceptance fee. But compared to passport costs in some other countries, Americans get off easy.

A Turkish passport is the most expensive to purchase, according to research site [Statista](http://www.statista.com/chart/4031/the-worlds-most-expensive-passports/). It costs the equivalent of US$251 for a Turkish passport. That equates to about 95 hours worth of work if you're being paid the federal minimum wage. In Mexico, a passport costs $155, which is even more of a burden to low-wage earners in the country. A Mexican worker earning minimum wage would have to put in 266 hours on the job in order to cover the cost of a passport.

Compare that to the cost of an American passport: $135 or 19 hours worth of work on minimum wage.

The Statista rankings are as follows:

1.  Turkey: $251
2.  Australia: $206
3.  Switzerland: $159
4.  Mexico: $155
5.  United States: $135
6.  Italy: $135
7.  Canada: $133
8.  Japan: $115
9.  New Zealand: $115
10.  United Kingdom: $110

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