Back in 2015, pre-referendum, the UK held the top spot alongside Germany, according to the Passport Index. Asian countries lead the most powerful passports index in 2022. Despite Japanese citizens possessing the most powerful passports, fewer tourists have left the country due to the pandemic, subsequent economic fallout and a weakened yen.
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The Henley Passport Index is based on a comparison of 199 different passports’ access rights to 227 travel destinations with or without an additional visa. For each destination where no visa is required, where a visa, visitor’s permit, or electronic travel authority (ETA) can be obtained on arrival, a nation’s passport earns one point.
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The answer: Britain and the United States. This is according to the Passport Index, which attributes points for every country a passport-holder can visit visa-free. The index examined 199 passports in total: 193 of them member countries of the United Nations and six of them territories. Both American and British citizens can visit a total of ...
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Passport Index ranks our travel documents by measuring the number of countries that can be visited without applying for a visa. The 2016 ranking puts Germany and Sweden at the top of the passport league.
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Right now, the three most powerful passports to be in possession of are from Japan, Singapore and South Korea – they’re all ranked joint first in the Henley & Partners Passport Index. Citizens of these three powerhouse economies enjoy visa-free access into 189 countries. Germany comes a close second at 188.
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According to the 2018 Henley and Partners Passport Index, which ranks passports by the number of countries their holders can access without a visa, only three African countries – Seychelles, Mauritius and South Africa – are among the world’s 100 most mobile passports. The ability of people to access countries visa-free broadly reflects ...
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Japan and Singapore have the world's most powerful passports, according to the Henley Passport Index. Holders of these passports are able to enter 192 countries without a visa. South Korea and Germany followed next, with visa-free travel to 190 jurisdictions. The Afghan passport wields the least power, with just 26 destinations possible visa-free.
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The passport index data is also combined with World Bank GDP figures to create the Henley Passport Power score, which indicates widening economic inequality between countries. The three most powerful passports in the world are all Asian, according to the 2023 Henley Passport Index.
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Europe and Asia-Pacific regions, and high-income economies in particular, continue to do best, also reflected in this year's Henley Passport Index, with France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain in joint top spot for the world's most 'powerful passports'.
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