Singapore has the world’s strongest passport, in response to the 2025 Henley Passport Index.
The nation-state was one in all six countries which tied for the highest spot in 2024 within the list produced by the migration consultancy Henley & Partners, which ranks passports by the variety of destinations that holders can access with no need a visa.
Singapore broke ahead of the opposite five countries — Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain and France — with its residents granted visa-free access to 195 out of 227 global destinations, in response to the rating published Wednesday.
Japan is ranked No. 2, with visa-free access to 193 spots, while the 4 European countries that were tied for the highest spot last 12 months, plus Finland and South Korea, share third place, with each granting passport holders the flexibility to go to 192 destinations with no need a visa.
Countries in Europe, plus Recent Zealand, dominate the remaining of the highest 20 list.
The Henley Passport Index uses data from the International Air Transport Association to rank 199 passports on this planet.
“Visa-free,” in response to the index, includes situations where no visa is required, or when easier-to-obtain entrance documents, akin to visas on arrival, visitor’s permits and electronic travel authorities, are required.
Climbers and fallers
The United Arab Emirates is one in all the “biggest climbers” on the list, in response to a press release, having gained visa-free access to 72 destinations prior to now decade, for a complete of 185 destinations worldwide.
It’s just behind america, whose residents can visit 186 places with no need a visa, in response to the rating.
The U.S. is one in all 22 places where passports fell within the index prior to now 10 years, it said.
“Surprisingly, the US is the second-biggest faller between 2015 and 2025 after Venezuela, plummeting seven places from 2nd to its current ninth position,” the discharge stated.
Passports from the UK — which topped the list in 2015 — and Canada also fell, it said.
China rose within the rating to land in sixtieth place in 2025. Its openness to other countries also greatly increased, with China now allowing residents from 58 destinations to go to visa-free — half of which were added prior to now 12 months — in response to the Henley Openness Index.
Bottom of the list
The gap between the strongest and weakest passports on the list is the most important within the index’s 19-year history, in response to Henley & Partners. Singaporeans can visit 169 more places than Afghans can with no need a visa, it states.
After Afghanistan, the weakest passports on the list are those from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, Nepal, the Palestinian territories, Libya and Bangladesh, each of which ranks below North Korea, whose residents can visit 41 destinations worldwide, in response to the rating.
