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Henley & Partners has released their 2025 Henley Passport Index, which ranks the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a visa.
The index takes official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and “is enhanced by extensive, ongoing research by the Henley & Partners Research Department.”
Per the news release, the Henley Passport Index compares the visa-free access of 199 different passports to 227 travel destinations.
Singapore has reclaimed the top position on the 2025 Henley Passport Index, offering visa-free access to 195 of 227 global destinations. Japan ranks second with 193 destinations, while several European nations, including France, Germany, and Spain, share third place with South Korea and Finland, each granting visa-free entry to 192 destinations.
Seven EU countries, such as Austria and Denmark, hold the fourth spot with visa-free access to 191 locations, followed by nations including the U.K. and Belgium in fifth place, with access to 190 destinations.
The 2025 Henley Passport Index puts Canada in the 7h most potent group along with Poland and Malta with a visa-free/visa-on-arrival/Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) score of 188.
As per the Index, Canadians need a visa to travel to Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo (Dem. Rep), Congo (Rep.), Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Libya, Liberia, Mali, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen.
United States passport holders can visit 186 countries without a visa and are in the 9th most powerful passport group. Henley Passport Index finds that the U.S. passport dropped seven places over the past decade, now ranked ninth with access to 186 destinations. This represents the second-largest decline among all passports, following Venezuela. Similarly, the British passport fell from its 2015 peak to fifth place in 2025.
The UAE, in 10th place, notably climbed the rankings over the past decade, adding 72 destinations since 2015 to secure 185 visa-free access points.
At the bottom of the index, Afghanistan remains the least powerful passport, with access to just 26 destinations. The gap between Afghanistan and Singapore marks the largest disparity in the index’s 19-year history.
Other lowest scoring countries are Syria (rank of 105), Iraq (104), Yemen (103), Pakistan (103), Somalia (102), Nepal (101), Bangladesh (100), Libya (100), and Palestinian Territory (100).
2025 Henley Passport Index
Most Powerful (visa-free score – 195)
- Singapore
2nd Most Powerful (visa-free score – 193)
- Japan
3rd Most Powerful (visa-free score – 192)
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- South Korea
- Spain
4th Most Powerful (visa-free score – 191)
- Austria
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
5th Most Powerful (visa-free score – 190)
- Belgium
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
6th Most Powerful (visa-free score – 189)
- Australia
- Greece
7th Most Powerful (visa-free score – 188)
- Canada
- Malta
- Poland
8th Most Powerful (visa-free score – 187)
- Czechia
- Hungary
9th Most Powerful (visa-free score – 186)
- Estonia
- United States
10th Most Powerful (visa-free score – 185)
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Slovenia
- United Arab Emirates
At the bottom of the list are Afghanistan (27 countries), Iraq (29), Syria (30), Pakistan (32) and Yemen (34).
A detailed list of all the countries is given here.
