Six countries tied for first place in the Henley Passport Index with the most powerful passport in the world. FatCamera/Getty Images
The consulting firm Henley & Partners has published the ranking of the most powerful passports in the world for 2024.
Two Asian and four European countries are tied for having the most powerful passport in the world.
Germany is in first place.
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According to the Henley Passport Index 2024 Six countries have the most powerful passport in the world – Germany is one of them.
British consultancy Henley & Partners first published the index in 2006. Passports are ranked by the number of destinations they can reach without a visa or e-visa, based on data from the International Aviation Authority (IATA). The index includes 199 passes and takes into account easy access to 227 destinations.
Six countries made it to first place in the ranking – they allow visa-free entry to 194 countries
Four countries in Europe and two in Asia had the most passports for the first time in the index’s history, according to a press release from Henley & Partners.
In Asia, it was Singapore and Japan that retained the top two positions in last year’s index. France, Germany, Italy and Spain were added. All six nations have visa-free entry to 194 countries.
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The U.S. ranks seventh in this year’s index — tied with Hungary and Canada — with visa-free entry 188 targets. Countries that require a visa for U.S. passport holders include China, Brazil and Vietnam. Twenty-five countries rank higher on the index than the United States.
After Declarations According to the International Trade Administration, more than 67 million U.S. citizens traveled overseas last year. Some popular travel destinations for Americans — including Mexico, Canada and Italy — are visa-free.
The strength of the US passport has declined over the past decade, after peaking in 2006 and 2014 and ranking first on the index. This is shown by data from the Henley Passport Index. As of 2020, the U.S. is ranked seventh — the lowest ranking in the index’s history.
The last place on the index is occupied by Afghanistan, whose passport holders are allowed to enter 28 countries visa-free. Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen are the bottom five with 29, 31, 34 and 35 visa-free destinations, respectively.
Japan has been ranked first in the Henley Passport Index since 2018. AP Photo / Kiichiro Sato
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These are the ten strongest passes for 2024 and the number of countries to which they each grant visa-free access:
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain
194 travel destinations
Finland, South Korea and Sweden
193 destination countries
Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands
192 destinations
Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal and the United Kingdom
191 destinations
Greece, Malta and Switzerland
190 destinations
Australia, Czech Republic, New Zealand and Poland
189 destinations
Canada, Hungary and the USA
188 destinations
Estonia and Lithuania
187 destinations
Latvia, Slovakia and Slovenia
186 destinations
Island
185 travel destinations
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