Each year , a global residence and citizenship provision firm called Henley & Partners analyzes information from the International Air Transport Association and releases the “ Henley Passport Index . ” essentially , it ’s a list that outrank 199 countries by how many place you may visit using each country’spassport(without needing to get a visa in advance ) .
While thecoronaviruspandemic has prompted government officials to close many margin to international Guest in the past year , you wo n’t see those change reflected in the belated index — the Henley researchers have omitted temporarytravellimitations from their analytic thinking . What you will see is Japan defending its first office title , which the nation has now realise for three age in a row . If you happen to have a Nipponese pass , 191 area are happy to have you confabulate ( again , pandemic notwithstanding ) . Japan ’s Asia - Pacific neighbors , Singapore and South Korea , take second and third place , severally .
The residue of the top 25 mostly comprises European nations , but those top three indicate a late shift away from European ( and American ) ascendency of the index number . grant toa press release , the most powerful passport used to usually belong to residents of the U.S. , the UK , or Europe . This year , the U.S. and the UK are tied in 7th place with Switzerland , Norway , Belgium , and New Zealand .
But before you start worrying that yourpassportwon’t grant you hassle - gratuitous entree to your dreamdestination , you might want to glance at the phone number ; U.S. passport are accept in 185 state . That said , planning a trip during the pandemic is definitely ill - counsel — in fact , more than 100 of those countries are n’t allowing U.S. visitant right now , anyway .
Take a look at the top 25 below , and recover out more about the Henley Passport Indexhere .
1 . Japan // 1912 . Singapore // 1903 . South Korea // 1893 . Germany // 1894 . Italy // 1884 . Finland // 1884 . Spain // 1884 . Luxembourg // 1885 . Denmark // 1875 . Austria // 1876 . Sweden // 1866 . France // 1866 . Portugal // 1866 . Netherlands // 1866 . Ireland // 1867 . Switzerland // 1857 . United States // 1857 . United Kingdom // 1857 . Norway // 1857 . Belgium // 1857 . New Zealand // 1858 . Greece // 1848 . Malta // 1848 . Czech Republic // 1848 . Australia // 184
