Singaporeans can rejoice because they hold the world’s most powerful passport again for 2024. For the past five years, Singapore boasts one of the most powerful passports – granting passport holders visa-free travel to more countries than anyone else worldwide.
Interestingly, the 2024 Henley Passport Index had a major reshuffling this season. In fact, Singapore previously held the top spot jointly with five other countries these are Japan, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy who have all moved to second place. But now Singapore has emerged as the strongest passport country for 2024.
The quarterly ranking highlights that Singaporean passport holders can travel to 195 out of 227 destinations worldwide without a visa. The index includes 199 different passports globally. This year’s index means that citizens in the No.1 passport countries have visa-free access to a record-breaking number of places.
Additionally, the second place position offers visa-free travel to 192 destinations. Meanwhile, third place is shared by a whopping seven countries including Finland, Ireland, Austria, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, and Luxembourg.
Here’s the top 10 most powerful passports for 2024:
1. Singapore (195 countries)
2. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain (192)
3. Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden (191)
4. New Zealand, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom, Switzerland (190)
5. Portugal, Australia (189)
6. Greece, Poland (188)
7. Canada, Hungary, Malta, Czechia (187)
8. United States (186)
9. Estonia, United Arab Emirates, Lithuania (185)
10. Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (184)
On the other hand, Afghanistan still ranks as the worst passport worldwide with access to just 26 countries without a visa. While countries like Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen are also the world’s least powerful passports according to the index.
The passports are ranked using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA). The largest and most accurate travel information from IATA is then analysed by Henley & Partners based on how many countries passport holders can travel to without a visa prior to arrival such as the Singapore passport. See the Global Passport Ranking 2024.
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