The World’s most powerful passport are the ones that offer the greatest travel freedom, it means with those passports you can travel to so many countries even without a visa, the Japan and the Singapore visa has been top of the rank for the third year in a row, although there are different factors that affects travel freedom and the strength of a passport. The Henley Passport Index (HPI) usually compiled by Henly & Partners, it ranks every passport in the World by the travel freedom it allows.
According to Henley Passport Index it had Japan and Singapore’s passport at the top of it’s 2022 rankings, but the Arton Capital’s Passport Index updated their rankings in real time showing the current COVID-19 travel bans and the effects of the Ukraine War Globally right now.
The UAE got a boost with an impressive come back on passport rankings, with the strategy of subsidizing country pavilions at the EXPO 2020 Dubai for lower income in exchange for a visa-free agreements.
Most powerful international passport in the World
After taking into consideration the impact of COVID-19 and the War in Ukraine, here are the most powerful Passport by rankings:
Passport Power Rank 1
- United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 (Visa-Free – 116 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 55 Countries, Visa-Required-27 Countries)
Passport Power Rank 2
- Germany 🇩🇪 (Visa-Free – 122 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 46 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- Sweden 🇸🇪 (Visa-Free – 121 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 47 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- Finland 🇫🇮 (Visa-Free – 121 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 47 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- Luxembourg 🇱🇺 (Visa-Free – 121 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 47 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- Spain 🇪🇸 (Visa-Free – 121 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 47 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- Italy 🇮🇹 (Visa-Free – 121 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 47 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (Visa-Free – 120 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 48 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- Austria 🇦🇹 (Visa-Free – 120 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 48 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
- South Korea 🇰🇷 (Visa-Free – 117 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 51 Countries, Visa-Required – 30 Countries)
Passport Power Rank 3
- Denmark 🇩🇰 (Visa-Free – 120 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 47 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
- Belgium 🇧🇪 (Visa-Free – 119 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 48 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
- Portugal 🇵🇹 (Visa-Free – 119 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 48 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
- Switzerland 🇨🇭 (Visa-Free – 118 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 49 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
- Japan 🇯🇵 (Visa-Free – 117 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 50 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
- Poland 🇵🇱 (Visa-Free – 117 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 50 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
- Ireland 🇮🇪 (Visa-Free – 113 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 50 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
- United States of America 🇺🇸 (Visa-Free – 112 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 55 Countries, Visa-Required – 31 Countries)
Passport Power Rank 4
- Norway 🇳🇴 (Visa-Free – 118 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 48 Countries, Visa-Required – 32 Countries)
- Malta 🇲🇹 (Visa-Free – 118 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 48 Countries, Visa-Required – 32 Countries)
- Czech Republic 🇨🇿 (Visa-Free – 117 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 49 Countries, Visa-Required – 32 Countries)
- Greece 🇬🇷 (Visa-Free – 117 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 49 Countries, Visa-Required – 32 Countries)
- Hungary 🇭🇺 (Visa-Free – 116 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 50 Countries, Visa-Required – 32 Countries)
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (Visa-Free – 114 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 52 Countries, Visa-Required – 32 Countries)
- New Zealand 🇳🇿 (Visa-Free – 110 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 56 Countries, Visa-Required – 32 Countries)
Passport Power Rank 5
- Singapore 🇸🇬 (Visa-Free – 127 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 38 Countries, Visa-Required – 33 Countries)
- Lithuania 🇱🇹 (Visa-Free – 116 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 49 Countries, Visa-Required – 33 Countries)
- Slovakia 🇸🇰 (Visa-Free – 114 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 51 Countries, Visa-Required – 33 Countries)
- Canada 🇨🇦 (Visa-Free – 112 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 53 Countries, Visa-Required – 33 Countries)
- Australia 🇦🇺 (Visa-Free – 107 Countries, Visa-On-Arrival – 58 Countries, Visa-Required – 33 Countries)
