A United States passport is not as desirable as it used to be, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, first published 19 years ago.
Advertisement
The index, which ranks 199 passports based on how many of 227 destinations they offer visa-free access to, has placed the US passport in ninth place, slipping from the top spot in 2014.
This year, it allows American travellers to enter 186 countries and territories without a visa. Among the destinations not included are Nigeria, India and Russia.
Stemming from data provided by the International Air Transport Authority and updated using internal research and open-source online data, UK-based consulting firm Henley & Partners listed Singapore as the world’s most powerful passport for the second year in a row. It has access to a total of 195 destinations.
Ranked in second place was the Japanese passport, with a visa-free score of 193. The third space was shared by six countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Spain.
The United Arab Emirates was the only Middle Eastern country to make it into the top 10. It has risen 55 places overall in the index since 2010.
Advertisement