For the first time in its 20 -year history, the American passport dropped out of the list of the 10 world’s most powerful passports in the world.
In the latest quarterly update of the Passport Henley-created London Global Citizenship and Residential Advisory Company Henley & Partners-Singapore is a top global list and awards free entry to 193 destinations, followed by a narrow South Korea (190) and Japan (189).
The United States is on 12th place in the last quarterly ranking, bound to Malaysia. European countries such as Germany, Italy and Spain complete the first five.
What are the 10 most powerful passports in the world?
According to the Henley Passport 2025 Index, there are the 10 most powerful passports in the world of the next 10 most powerful passports:
- Singapore – which offers access without visas up to 193 countries
- South Korea – which offers access without visas up to 190 countries
- Japan – which offers access without visas up to 189 countries
- Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland – which offers access without visas up to 188 countries
- Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands– which offers access without visas up to 187 countries
- Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden– which offers access without visas up to 186 countries
- Austria, Czech Republic– which offers free access to 185 countries
- Croatia, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, Great Britain– which offers free access to 184 countries
- Canada– which offers access without visas up to 183 countries
- Latvia, Lichtenstein-kter offers free access to 182 countries
What was the Passport US Passport ranking earlier?
In 2014, the American passport was at the top of the list – the strongest passport in the world. In July 2025 he slipped down to 10th place and only a few months later, in October – he fell further and landed in the 12th place, tied to Malaysia.
Why a drop?
The decline in the American passport ranking is associated with a number of changes around the world, according to CNN report.
In April, Brazil ended free entry for passengers from American Canada and Australia as the aim of the lack of reciprocity. Meanwhile, China has expanded its policy without visas to include dozens of mostly European nations, such as Germany and France-but, in particular, omitted the US.
Other countries, including the Papua -Nové Guinea and Myanmar, also revised their entry rules, which increased the charts of several other passports and at the same time more weakened that it mentioned the CNN report in the US. The latest Henley Passport Index report states that other failures came when Somalia introduced the new Evisa system and Vietnam missed the US from the latest list of visa -free additions.
“Nations that include openness and cooperation are rising forward, while those based on previous privileges are behind,” said Christian H. Kaelin, chairman of Henley & Partners.
How does Henley shift passports?
Henley and partners said that the evaluation of all world passports is according to the number of destinations whose holders have access without prior visa. The index is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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