According to the Henley Passport Index, the passport of Singapore is the most powerful passport in the world
Singapore now holds the world's most powerful passport, providing visa-free access to 192 of 227 global travel destinations, according to the Henley Passport Index, updated quarterly.
For the first time in five years, Japan has been dropped from the top spot and is now in third place. Three European countries, namely Germany, Italy and Spain, share the second position with visa-free access to 190 destinations.
India has made significant progress in the Henley Passport Index, improving its ranking by 5 places compared to last year. It is currently ranked 80th on the index along with Togo and Senegal. Indian passport holders now have visa-free access to 57 countries, reflecting the country's enhanced global travel privileges.
Afghanistan is at the bottom of the ranking, with its passport holders having visa-free access to only 27 destinations. Following are Iraq with a score of 29 and Syria with 30, Pakistan with 33 is the 100th country, making them the three weakest passports in the world.
Top spot
1. Singapore - 192
2. Germany, Italy, Spain - 190
3. Austria, Finland, France, Japan,
South Korea, Luxembourg, Sweden - 189
4. Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, UK - 188
5. Belgium, Czech Republic, Malta,
New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland - 187
Henley Passport Index
Developed by Dr. Christian H. Kaelin, President, Henley & Partners, the index is based on exclusive official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), with 18 years of historical data.
Both the UK and the US jointly topped the index nearly 10 years ago in 2014, but have been in decline since then. The index covers 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations.
