Singapore has been ranked the world’s most powerful passport according to the Henley & Partners index.
The city-state was in a tie for first with five other countries in the last index but has broken away from the pack with visa-free entry to 195 destinations.
France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain are all just behind in second.
New Zealand is up to joint fourth with visa-free access to 190 states and countries. It was ranked joint sixth in the last survey.
At the bottom is Afghanistan, with its citizens allowed into 26 destinations without a visa, the lowest score ever recorded in the history of the 19-year-old index. Syria and Iraq are just ahead.
The Henley Passport Index uses data from the International Air Transport Association for its measurements, covering 199 passports and 227 travel destinations.
Top 10 most powerful passports
- Singapore (195)
- France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain (192)
- Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, (191)
- Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, UK (190)
- Australia, Portugal (189)
- Greece, Poland (188)
- Canada, Czechia, Hungary, Malta (187)
- US (186)
- Estonia, Lithuania, UAE (185)
- Iceland, Lativa, Slovenia, Slovakia (184)
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