The power your passport holds can vary significantly depending on where you were born, and even from month to month, which is why the Henley Passport Index is released quarterly.
The Index ranks passports based on the number of countries they allow their holder to enter visa-free. One thing that hasn’t changed in October 2025’s ranking, compared to the one released back in July, is the number one ranking passport: Singapore. South Korea also remains in second place, but Japan has slipped down to third.
None of that compares to the biggest change in this ranking, though. Not only has the UK dropped from sixth to eighth, and Canada from eighth to ninth, but the USA has dropped out of the top 10 altogether.
That’s right – one of the planet’s supposedly most powerful countries will grant its citizens entry to 180 countries visa-free, which has landed it in joint twelfth place with Malaysia.
Interesting, right? Scroll on for the top 10, and check out Henley’s full report on their website.
These are the most powerful passports in the world, according to the latest Henley Passport Index
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Japan
- Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland
- Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands
- Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden
- Australia, Czechia, Malta, Poland
- Croatia, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
- Canada
- Latvia, Liechtenstein
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