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After 5 years of holding the title of "World's Most Powerful Passport" from 2018 to 2022, Japan has officially handed over the crown to a beautiful island country in Southeast Asia in 2023, according to Henley and Partners. Join us today to learn about passport rankings.
The Global Passport Ranking of the residence consulting company Henley and Partners (UK) is a reputable reference source with a history of nearly 20 years. Accordingly, passports of countries around the world are ranked based on the number of destinations in the world that citizens holding a passport of a country can visit and be exempted from visas or have a visa stamped at the border gate of entry without having to apply for a visa in advance.
Holding the number one position for 5 consecutive years from 2018 to 2022, in 2023 Japan lost its position of the most “powerful” passport. According to statistics, owning a Japanese passport allows citizens of this country to travel to 191 countries and territories visa-free, or to have a visa stamped upon entry without having to apply for a visa in advance. Also according to this ranking, the most "powerful" passport in the world in 2023 allows access to up to 193 countries and territories. And this passport belongs to a beautiful island nation in Southeast Asia.
With an area only larger than the Pearl Island of Phu Quoc in Vietnam and a population of about 6 million people, this Southeast Asian nation’s passport has access to 193 countries and territories around the world. The island nation of Singapore is ranked by Henley and Partners as the country with the "strongest" passport in the world in 2023. Singapore has also always appeared in the "runner-up" position in recent years, and was also the “co-champion” with Japan in the 2019 and 2021 rankings.
The Henley and Partners website also provides passport rankings for more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Accordingly, the top 10 "strongest" passports in the world are:
In 2023, the Vietnamese passport ranks 89th in the world. Vietnamese passport holders can visit 54 countries and territories around the world visa-free or have a visa stamped at the border upon entry without having to apply for a visa many weeks in advance. Citizens holding Vietnamese passports can enter countries in the ASEAN region visa-free, including Singapore, the country that owns the most "powerful" passport.
