The Most Powerful Passports In The World
A passport is the ticket to traveling outside your own country, but that doesn’t mean yours will get you into any country in the world. Some passports give their holders more access to destinations and a new report reveals the ones that give the most access.
As someone who has been all over the world I know the importance of passports and the power they hold. I also know if you have certain stamps in your passports, some countries will not let you in. In my early 30’s I applied for the Amazing Race with my best friend and we made it to the finals of casting. We were officially an alternate team and we’re held on deck in case the other female team backed out. However, during the casting process we were told that my partner needed to apply for a replacement passport because she had a certain countries stamp in her passport and that would automatically disqualify her from being able to get into the country we would be racing in.
So What Are The Worlds Most Powerful Passports?
- According to the Henley Global Passport Index is out with their latest list of the most powerful passports in the world.
- It’s a “ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.”
- It compares passports from 199 countries based on how many of 227 global travel destinations they can access without a visa.
- Topping the list is Singapore, their passport holders can travel to 195 of those destinations visa-free.
- There’s a five-way tie for second place between Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, which all have visa-free travel to 192 destinations.
- The U.S. is 8th, as our passports provide access to 186 destinations.
- The least powerful passport goes to Afghanistan, with just 26 destinations, followed by Syria with 28.
The Top 10 Most Powerful Passports in the World
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- Singapore 195 destination
- France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan (five-way tie for second) 192 destinations each
- South Korea, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (seven-way tie for third) 191 destinations each
- New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and the U.K. (six-way tie for fourth) 190 destinations each
- Australia and Portugal (tie for fifth) 189 destinations
- Greece and Poland (tie for sixth) 188 destinations
- Canada, Czechia, Hungary and Malta (four-way tie for seventh) 187 destinations
- The United States 186 destinations
- Estonia, Lithuania and United Arab Emirates (three-way tie for ninth) 185 destinations
- Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia and Slovenia (four-way tie for 10th) 184 destinations
