Singapore Passport Ranked Most Powerful, Beats Japan

Category : International Published on: July 20 2023

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The updated 2023 Henley Passport Index placed Singapore as the world's most powerful passport with visa-free access to 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world.
Three European countries Germany, Italy, and Spain move up one slot with 190 visa-free destinations and shared the second place.
Japan has been knocked off the top spot for the first time in five years and slipped to third place as the number of destinations its passport can access without a visa fell to 189.
The US, which once topped the ranking nearly a decade ago, slid two places to eighth place with 184 destinations listed as visa free, the same as Lithuania.
The UK jumped two places to fourth position with 188 visa-free countries accessible, a position it last held in 2017.
Afghanistan stands at the bottom of the ranking, its passport holders can visit just 27 destinations without a visa.
India, on the other hand, improved its position by 5 spots from last year, and is currently ranked 80th on the index along with Togo and Senegal, with visa-free access to 57 countries.
Henley’s Passport Index ranking tracks data from the International Air Transport Association. The methodology differs from other passport indexes like one published by financial advisory Arton Capital, which put the United Arab Emirates in pole position last year.