This country has the most powerful passport: See where the US ranks

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The most powerful passport in the world for 2025 has just been revealed – and no, it doesn't belong to the U.S.

Singapore retains its position as the world’s most powerful passport, granting its holders visa-free access to 195 out of 227 global destinations – one more than last year, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index.

Last year, Singapore shared the top spot with Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – marking the first time six countries held the title together.

This year also sees the largest mobility gap in the 19-year history of the index, with Singaporeans being able to travel to 169 more destinations than Afghanistan's nationals, the country at the bottom of the ranking with visa-free access to 26 destinations.

How powerful is the US passport?

From last year, the U.S. fell two rankings from 7th to tying with Estonia for 9th place.

U.S. citizens have access to 186 countries without the need for a visa. Over the last decade, the U.S. is the second-biggest faller on the rankings, once holding the title of the second-most powerful passport in 2015.

In a press release, Annie Pforzheimer, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said, “even before the advent of a second Trump presidency, American political trends had become notably inward-looking and isolationist. Ultimately, if tariffs and deportations are the Trump Administration’s default policy tools, not only will the U.S. continue to decline on the mobility index on a comparative basis, but it will probably do so in absolute terms as well."

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However, where U.S. citizens scored the top spot was being the single largest group seeking alternative residency and citizenship, comprising 21% of all investment migration program applications received by Henley & Partners last year.

Most powerful passports ranking

Here are most powerful passports in the world, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index:

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