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The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens. [3] It was launched in 2005 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index [ 4 ] and was updated to Henley Passport Index in January 2018.
An Asian island country is top of the ranking in a newly released report on travel freedoms worldwide. The world’s most powerful passports for 2025 Skip to main content
This year, the U.S. passport is the seventh in the world ranking, tied with four other countries — Belgium, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland. All of them have access to 186 visa-free ...
The Passport Index is an interactive online tool by Arton Capital that provides its users with insights about passports, including the ability to compare and rank the world's passports. Rankings are based on the freedom of movement and visa-free travel open to holders of particular passports.
As of 2025, Turkish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 114 countries and territories, ranking the Turkish passport 45th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [7] Turkey is the only EU candidate country whose citizens are still required visas for their travels to the European Union member countries.
The 2024 Henley Passport Index includes 199 passports and 227 travel destinations, and bases its ranking on “exclusive and official data” from the International Air Transport Association.
However, even though Taiwan maintains official diplomatic relations with only 14 countries, its "Republic of China (Taiwan) Passport" is still accepted as a valid travel document in most countries of the world. Although its passport enjoys (for nationals with rights of abode in Taiwan) visa-free (or visa on arrival access) status in 137 ...
Japan has been knocked off the top spot