World's Most Powerful Passports 2025: Singapore Tops List With 193-Country Access India At THIS Spot On Henley Index

(MENAFN- Live Mint) The 2025 list of the world's most powerful passports by Henley & Partners is out, and Asian tiger Singapore has emerged on top, taking the #1 spot with access to around 193 countries.

Singapore is followed by South Korea and Japan at #2, both with access to 190 out of 227 countries across the world, as per the ranking report. Seven countries made it to #3 on the list with access to 187 destinations-namely, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland, Finland and Denmark.

The top 10 countries-all occupying #1 and #2 spots were dominated by East Asian and European powers, as has been the trend over the past few years.

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India is at the #80 position on the list this year with access to 56 countries visa-free, according to the report. We share this spot with Tajikistan, Algeria and Equatorial Guinea.

In our neighbourhood, Myanmar is at #88, Sri Lanka is placed at #91 (jointly placed with Iran), Bangladesh is at #93 (joint spot with Libya and Palestine), Nepal at #94 and Pakistan at #96 (with Yemen).

The 2025 Henley Passport Index ranks 199 passports based on the number of destinations one can access visa-free when using them. As per the official website, the data is sourced from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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The bottom three are-Iraq in the #97 spot with access to 30 countries; war-torn Syria in the #98 position with access to 27 destinations; and at the #99 spot, Afghanistan took the last place, with access to only 25 countries.

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