Singaporeans can rejoice because they hold the world’s most powerful passport again for 2025. For the past six years, Singapore boasts one of the most powerful passports – granting passport holders visa-free travel to more countries than anyone else worldwide. Here’s what we know:
Powerful passports 2025
Interestingly, the 2025 Henley Passport Index had a major reshuffling this season. In fact, Singapore previously held the top spot jointly with five other countries including Japan, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy last year. However, Singapore has emerged as the strongest passport country alone for 2025.
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 won by Japan offers visa-free travel to 193 destinations. Meanwhile, third place is shared by a whopping six countries including France, Germany, Finland, Italy, South Korea, and Spain, offers travel to 192 countries visa-free.
Here’s the top 10 most powerful passports for 2025:
1. Singapore (195 countries)
2. Japan (193)
3. Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain (192)
4. Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden (191)
5. United Kingdom, Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland (190)
6. Australia, Greece (189)
7. Canada, Malta, Poland (188)
8. Hungary, Czechia (187)
9. Estonia, United States (186)
10. Latvia, Lithuania, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia (185)
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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