Singapore Has World’s Most Powerful Passport After Unseating Europeans
- France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain share second place
- Visa-free travel is a powerful economic tool: Henley
Having a Singapore passport means getting visa-free entry to a record 195 global destinations.
Photographer: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
Singapore edged past France, Germany, Italy and Spain to reclaim bragging rights as having the world’s most powerful passport.
Having a Singapore passport means getting visa-free entry to a record 195 global destinations, putting the city state at the top on the Henley Passport Index. The four European countries, which held the No. 1 spot earlier in the year, are now in second place along with Japan.