Singaporeans can rejoice because they hold the world’s most powerful passport for 2023 – beating out Japan, which has ranked in first place for the past five years. The quarterly ranking is based on The Henley Passport Index, and includes 199 different passports and 227 travel destinations.
Wonderfully, Singaporean passport holders can travel to 192 out of 227 places worldwide without a visa. Previously, Singapore tied for second place with South Korea on the 2022 index.
In fact, Japan dropped to third place because its visa-free passport entry fell from 193 countries in 2022 to 189 countries for 2023. Additionally, Sweden, South Korea, France, Finland, Australia and Luxembourg tied for third place with Japanese passport holders.
Meanwhile, passport holders in Germany, Italy and Spain tied for second place with access to 190 destinations without a visa. According to the Index, Afghanistan still ranks as the worst passport in the world, with access to just 27 countries visa-free.
Here’s the top 10 most powerful passports for 2023:
1. Singapore (192 countries)
2. Germany, Italy, Spain (190)
3. Austria, Finland, France, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Luxembourg (189)
4. Ireland, Denmark, Netherlands, United Kingdom (188)
5. Belgium, Czech Republic, Malta, Switzerland, Portugal, New Zealand, Norway (187)
6. Australia, Hungary, Poland, (186)
7. Canada, Greece, (185)
8. Lithuania, United States (184)
9. Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (183)
10. Estonia, Iceland (182)
The passports are ranked using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA). It is based on how many countries their holders can travel to without a visa prior to arrival.
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