The 21 Most Powerful Passports In The World

If you have citizenship in Sweden , you have a keen deal of journey might — rutabaga plant can fly to 187 countries without a visa . This makes international travel cheaper and easy than it is for citizens of many other countries . Citizens of Afghanistan can wing to just 30 countries without a visa .

These stark differences are revealed in the Passport Index , which rank country ground on the number of nations where residents can introduce without a visa or obtain a visa on reaching . The citizenship provision business firm Henley & Partners compiled politics information from 200 commonwealth , territorial dominion , and microstates to createthe 2018 ranking , which the company updated this week .

Here are the 21 country with the highest - ranking passports . Many of these nations are tied , which is why we commence at # 5 .

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5 . ( tied ) Switzerland — 185 countries

5 . ( tied ) Ireland — 185 country

5 . ( connect ) Canada — 185 countries

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5 . ( connect ) Belgium — 185 countries

4 . ( tied ) The United States — 186 rural area

4 . ( tied ) The United Kingdom — 186 state

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4 . ( tied ) Portugal — 186 countries

4 . ( tied ) The Netherlands — 186 rural area

4 . ( tied ) Luxembourg — 186 countries

4 . ( tied ) Austria — 186 countries

4 . ( tie ) Norway — 186 countries

3 . ( tie ) Sweden — 187 land

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3 . ( tie ) Spain — 187 body politic

3 . ( tied ) Italy — 187 commonwealth

3 . ( tied ) South Korea — 187 land

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3 . ( tied ) France — 187 countries

3 . ( tie ) Finland — 187 country

3 . ( tie ) Denmark — 187 countries

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2 . Germany — 188 countries

1 . ( tie ) Singapore — 189 countries

1 . ( tied ) Japan — 189 countries

Japan topped this year ’s Passport Index , exceed Singapore .

The two countries were tied at 180 countries until March 2018 , when Benin relaxed its visa requirements for Japan . Earlier in the year , Henley also added eight territories and microstates for considerateness in the ranking : Greenland , the Faroe Islands , Monaco , Andorra , Liechtenstein , Palestine , Vatican City , and San Marino , all of which Japan pass - holders can access without a visa .

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