Japan and Singapore ranked World’s most powerful passports

Japan and Singapore ranked on top in the Henley Passport Index, which ranks 199 countries based on the number of destinations that passport holders can access without a prior visa.

Japan and Singapore passport holders can head to 192 countries without waiting for a visa.

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Iraq and Afghanistan ranked at the bottom of the table. Their citizens can only go to 28 and 26 countries, respectively, without the burden of filling out forms and applying for a visa.

The UK came in joint number seven, along with Greece, Malta, Norway and the US. Citizens of all these nations can go to 185 destinations with ease.

The Henley Passport Index is updated every quarter and claims to be “the only one of its kind” based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority.

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