Singaporeans can rejoice because they hold the world’s most powerful passport again for 2024. For the past five years, Singapore and Japan boasted the most powerful passports – granting passport holders visa-free travel to more countries than anyone else worldwide.
However, the 2024 Henley Passport Index has had a major reshuffling. In fact, Singapore and Japan now hold the top spot with four other European countries. These European countries jumped up the list for 2024 and include Germany, Spain, France, and Italy.
The quarterly ranking highlights that Singaporean passport holders can travel to 194 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.
Meanwhile, countries such as the United Kingdom, South Korea, Ireland, and Finland all jumped up one spot on the list for 2024.
Here’s the top 10 most powerful passports for 2024:
1. Singapore, Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain, France (194 countries)
2. Finland, South Korea, Sweden (193)
3. Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Austria (192)
4. United Kingdom, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium (191)
5. Greece, Malta, Switzerland (190)
6. Australia, Czechia, New Zealand, Poland (189)
7. Canada, Hungary, United States (188)
8. Estonia, Lithuania (187)
9. Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (186)
10. Iceland (185)
On the other hand, Afghanistan still ranks as the worst passport worldwide with access to just 28 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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