Singapore named the ‘world’s strongest passport’

In response to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, Singaporeans maintain the “world’s strongest passport” of 199 nationwide passports for the second consecutive 12 months.

Singapore passport holders can go to 86% of the world and not using a visa, or 195 of 227 locations globally, per Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation knowledge compiled by Henley & Companions.

This quantity elevated from 194 international locations final 12 months, with the addition of Iran in February.

Japan, which held the highest spot in 2023, positioned second this 12 months (offering visa-free entry to 193 international locations). It was adopted by Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Spain, all with 192 visa-free international locations.

The U.S. passport slid down two spots this 12 months, coming in ninth place alongside Estonia. Whereas providing residents hassle-free journey to 186 international locations, the U.S. has made no progress in providing residents entry to extra visa-free international locations since 2023.

Henley & Companions, a London-based residence and citizenship advisory agency, points a quarterly report scoring passports by the variety of locations their holders can entry and not using a prior visa. Along with visa-free entry, the report considers energy and financial energy based mostly on gross home product knowledge from the World Financial institution.

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Although the U.S. contributes essentially the most globally to the world’s GDP, the report correlates visa-free entry with spending energy overseas. This prevents the U.S. from climbing considerably within the rankings till the variety of international locations People can go to with no need a visa will increase.

A U.S. passport grants People entry and not using a visa to greater than 81% of nations worldwide as of 2025, per the report.

Rounding out the highest 10 strongest passports are:

• No. 4: Austria, Denmark, Eire, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden (191 visa-free international locations)
• No. 5: Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland and the U.Okay. (190 visa-free international locations)
• No. 6: Australia and Greece (189 visa-free international locations)
• No. 7: Canada, Malta and Poland (188 visa-free international locations)
• No. 8: Czechia and Hungary (187 visa-free international locations)
• No. 9: Estonia and the U.S. (186 visa-free international locations)
• No. 10: Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and the United Arab Emirates (185 visa-free international locations)

Afghanistan stays the least highly effective passport, offering visa-free entry to simply 26 locations; it decreased from 28 international locations in 2024.

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