{"id":1260511,"date":"2023-07-22T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T05:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1260511"},"modified":"2023-07-22T11:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T05:35:30","slug":"this-asian-country-has-worlds-most-powerful-passport-no-its-not-china-or-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/this-asian-country-has-worlds-most-powerful-passport-no-its-not-china-or-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"This Asian Country Has World&#8217;s Most Powerful Passport (No, It&#8217;s Not China or Japan!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Singapore has ranked atop the global passport rankings for 2023, displacing Japan from the No.1 position in the Henley Passport Index to third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-4-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1260514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-4-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-4-3-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-4-3-768x357.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Henley Passport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henleyglobal.com\/passport-index\">Index <\/a>is the authoritative ranking of all the world\u2019s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It compares the visa-free access of 199 different passports to 227 travel destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top countries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore citizens are able to visit 193 destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free, making it the most powerful passport in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany, Italy and Spain have all jumped up to second place with visa-free access to 190 destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan and South Korea are tied at No.3, joined by Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg and Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens from these nations enjoy access to 189 destinations without needing a prior visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>US and UK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both these countries have been slipping in rankings since when they jointly held the No.1 spot way back in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK&#8217;s position has improved, jumping two-rankings to No.4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US, meanwhile, has dropped two places to eighth spot, with access to 183 destinations visa-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Singapore (192 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Germany, Italy, Spain (190 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Austria, Finland, France, Japan, Luxembourg, South Korea, Sweden (189)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, UK (188 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Belgium, Czech Republic, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland (187 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Australia, Hungary, Poland (186 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Canada, Greece (185 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. Lithuania, United States (184 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (183 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Estonia, Iceland (182 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>101. Syria (30 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>102. Iraq (29 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>103. Afghanistan (27 destinations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the only three to have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 30 or fewer countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Observations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the history of the 18-year-old ranking, the average number of destinations travelers are able access visa-free has nearly doubled, from 58 in 2006 to 109.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the travel freedom gap between those at the top and the bottom has been the widest thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens of Afghanistan are only able to visit 27 destinations without a prior visa, just below Iraq (with 29 destinations) and Syria (with 30).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past decade, top performer Singapore has gained visa-free access to 25 new destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the US has seen the <a href=\"https:\/\/amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/travel\/powerful-passports-2023\/index.html\">smallest <\/a>increase in its score, securing just 12 additional destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singaporean_passport\">Image<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore has ranked atop the global passport rankings for 2023, displacing Japan from the No.1 position in the Henley Passport Index to third place. 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