Singapore has topped a ranking of the world’s most powerful passports, toppling Japan from the top spot, according to the latest Henley Passport Index.
The Southeast Asian city-state last topped the list in 2021, before falling to Japan the following year. Singaporeans now have the most powerful passport in the world, allowing them to visit 192 destinations around the world visa-free.
Thailand, which allows 56 nationalities to cross its borders without a visa, was ranked 64th in the latest Henley Passport Index. Thai passport holders have visa-free travel to 79 countries, including Brazil, Japan, Tajikistan, and South Korea.
Japan, which ranked first in four out of the last five years, took the number three spot with 189 destinations, tied with France, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Luxembourg, and South Korea.
Germany, Italy, and Spain all move up into 2nd place with visa-free access to 190 destinations, and Japanese passport holders join those of six other nations — Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden — in 3rd place with access to 189 destinations without a prior visa.
The United States, which ranked first in 2014, dropped to eighth, its lowest position yet.
Afghanistan was ranked as the country with the least powerful passport with visa-free access to just 27 destinations, followed by Yemen, Pakistan, Syria and Iraq.
Henley & Partners, a London-based immigration consultancy, compiles the annual ranking using data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The index ranks countries based on the number of destinations its citizens can visit without a visa.
