The strongest passports in the world 2025

The strongest passports in the world 2025

with joy, Singapore looks at the new year because it has recaptured its position at the top of a quarterly ranking of the most powerful passes in the world. Owners of this coveted red travel document enjoy visa-free access to 195 of 227 goals worldwide, according to the Henley passport index . In doing so, they surpass the citizens of all other countries.

Japan in second place

Japan takes second place in the ranking and enables access to 193 targets. The recovery of the visa-free access to China, the first since the Covid-19 lockdown, has brought Japan the silver medal.

EU countries in the top 3

Schengenraum promotes freedom of travel

fourth place illustrates the strength of the boundless Schengen area of ​​the European Union, which guarantees more than 425 million EU citizens the free movement. Seven EU countries keep this rank, including Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, who have all visa-free access to 191.

fifth position of five countries filled

Fifth place are five countries - Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom - all of which enjoy a visa -free access to 190 targets.

The mobility gap

The index, which was created by the Henley & Partners company, which specializes in global citizenship and residence counseling, was created in the twentieth year. He pursues the global freedom in 227 countries and territories and uses exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). At the other end of the ranking, Afghanistan took last place with only 26 visa -free targets, two less than in the previous year. Syria follows 105 with 27 destinations, while Iraq with 31 destinations is 104.

political uncertainty and conflicts

"The principle of citizenship and its birthright lottery necessarily require a fundamental re-evaluation, since the temperatures increase, natural disasters are more frequent and more serious and become more serious," explains Christian H. Kaelin, chairman of Henley & Partners, in a press release. "At the same time, political instability and armed conflicts in different regions force countless people to escape from their home countries in search of security and refuge."

climbing and relegation in the ranking

The rest of the top 10 is dominated by European countries, with a few exceptions. Australia and Greece share sixth place, while Malta, Poland and Canada are in seventh place. The Czech Republic and Hungary take eighth place, the United States and Estonia the ninth, and tenth place share Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and the United Arab Emirates.

The success of the VAE

The VAE are one of the greatest success stories in the field of global mobility; You have secured access to 72 other goals since 2015 and thereby won 32 places, so that you are now in tenth place with a visa -free access to 185 destinations. China also increased strongly and improved from 90th place in 2015 to 60th place in 2025.

declines in the ranking

Only 22 of the 199 passes worldwide have lost rank in the past decade, and some surprising names are among the relegations. Venezuela comes first, followed by the United States, who fell seven places from 2 to 9. The South Pacific Archipelago Vanuatu occupies fourth place, followed by the British passport, which was once in the first place. Canada has also lost three places in the ranking in the past ten years and is now in fifth place in relegation.

The most powerful passes for 2025

1. Singapore (195 goals)
2. Japan (193)
3. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, South Korea (192)
4. Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway (191)
5. Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom (190)
6. Greece, Australia (189)
7. Canada, Poland, Malta (188)
8. Hungary, Czech Republic (187)
9. Estonia, United States (186)
10. Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates (185)