According to the most recent Henley Passport Index, Singapore has surpassed Japan as the country with the most powerful passport, granting visa-free access to 192 international locations.
Japan fell to third place after five years at the top
According to the list released by London-based immigration consultant Henley & Partners, Japan fell to third place after five years at the top as the number of places its passport may access without a visa increased. The United States, which formerly topped the list over ten years ago, dropped two spots to eighth position. Following a Brexit-related decline, the UK climbed two spots to fourth, a spot it last held in 2017.
Wealth has recently poured into Singapore as a result of China’s assault on the private sector and worries about geopolitical tensions. It’s not simple to obtain the right to utilize the city-state’s travel document, nonetheless. About 23,100 people received citizenship in the 5.6 million-person country last year, and authorities earlier this year decided against it based on each person’s economic worth. (https://ctlsites.uga.edu) The International Air Transport Association’s statistics are used to calculate Henley’s ranking. The methodology is different from previous passport indexes, such as the one released by financial advisory Arton Capital last year that ranked the United Arab Emirates first.