The race to become the world’s most powerful passport is real, with countries constantly scrambling to knock each other off the charts. In July, Singapore and Japan both shared first place in the Henley index… but that’s now changed. More here:
THE race to become the world’s most powerful passport is real, with countries constantly scrambling to knock each other off the charts.
In July, Singapore climbed up to be a joint first place with Japan, which held the most powerful passport title since earlier this year.
The new rankings saw Japanese and Singaporean passports granting their holders access to 189 nations either visa-free or with visa-on-arrival, the highest number of countries accessible without a visa since borders were enforced, nations divided, and passports became mandatory.
But that has changed.
Japan has now overtaken Singapore to claim the top spot, according to the 2018 Henley Passport Index .
The East Asian country had recently gained visa-free access to Burma (Myanmar), granting it visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 190 destinations.
