Henley Passport Index, an organization that ranks passports of powerful countries around the world, has released the list of passport rankings for 2025. After the arrival of this report, America has suffered a big shock. According to statistics, the American passport has been out of the list of top-10 most powerful passports in the world for the first time in 20 years.

In this report, Singapore’s passport has been ranked first, while India’s has made continuous improvement after a few years of decline. America, which was once on the first position in the list of passports, has now declined to 12th position and is tied with Malaysia. Both countries have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 180 countries. In the year 2024, America was at 7th place in this list.

Singapore won first place in the report

According to Henley Report, Singapore has visa-free or visa-on-arrival facility among 193 countries, due to which this country has been given the top position. After this, South Korea is at second place and Japan is at third place, which has access to 190 countries. Along with this, European countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Spain etc. have been placed at fourth position.

This time India has got a good position in the ranking. India has been ranked 85th in the report, where it has visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 59 countries. This is considered a good ranking for India. After the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s ranking had fallen to 90th rank. However, India got 84th position in this ranking in the year 2023 and 80th position in 2024.

Pakistan got this place in the ranking

According to this report of Henley Passport Index 2025, India’s neighboring country Pakistan has been ranked 103rd, which has visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 31 countries. Last year in 2024, Pakistan’s passport was ranked 101st, which means Pakistan has registered a decline in this ranking.

Why did the United States fall down in the rankings?

Over the past few years, the US has limited efforts to expand visa-free travel agreements. At the same time, other countries (like Singapore, Japan, South Korea) have made such agreements with many countries, due to which their citizens are getting the facility of visa-free travel. At the same time, America has also had political and diplomatic tensions with many countries, such as China, Russia, Iran, and some African nations. For this reason, those countries have also increased travel restrictions or visa difficulties on American citizens.

The US imposed stringent travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and gradually relaxed some restrictions even after the pandemic, while other countries increasingly flexed their policies. Due to this, America’s passport proved to be less weak than other countries.

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Indian passport ranking: Tax and Immigration Consultancy Nomad Capitalist has released the ranking of the world’s most powerful passport. This time Ireland’s passport has come at number one. This is the first time Ireland has topped this ranking.

Passports of 199 countries have been analyzed in this list, including India’s passport. However, India’s ranking has already gone down and down. On the other hand, Pakistan’s passport has been counted among the weakest passport in the world as usual.

How is the passport ranking fixed?

According to CNBC, the method of nomad capitalist is different from the rest of the ranking. Usually, the power of passport is measured only on the basis of how many countries it facilitates visa-free travel but the Nomad Passport Index also sees every year how the influence of countries in the world is changing.

Nomad capitalist decides the ranking of passport based on five major factors:

• Visa-free travel-50%
• Tax system (tax) – 20%
• Country image in the world – 10%
• Dual citizenship facility – 10%
• Private Freedom – 10%

Keeping all these things in mind, the power of passport is measured every year.

How is the passport ranking?

Nomad capitalist depends on government data, real-time intelligence information and research to evaluate the power of passports. Mobility score is used to decide the passport rankings, which shows how easy it is to travel with a passport. This includes many things such as:

• Visa-free travel
• Visa on arrival (Visa on Arrival)
• ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization)

Apart from this, the tax system of every country is also tested and scored between 10 to 50 marks. In this way it is decided which passport is the most powerful.

How to make Ireland’s passport number 1?

The Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025 ranked Ireland with a 109 nomad passport score after analyzing 199 countries. Last year, Ireland lagged behind Switzerland, but this year came again at number 1. Earlier in 2020, Ireland finished first with Luxembourg and Sweden. Nomad Capitalist’s research colleague Xavier Korea told CNBC Travel that Ireland got this lead for three reasons:

• Strong international image (global reputation)
• Business tax policy for business
• Flexible citizenship policy

For these reasons, Ireland’s passport again became the most powerful passport in the world this year.

World’s strongest and weakest passport in 2025

According to the Nomad Capitalist Index 2025, Ireland’s passport has been considered the strongest in the world. Irish citizens are allowed to live and work without any interruption in the entire European Union and especially the UK, which is one of its biggest forces. Top 10 strongest passport countries are as follows: Ireland (1st position), Switzerland (2nd), Greece (2nd), Portugal (4), Malta (5th), Italy (5th), Luxembourg (7th), Finland (7th), Finland (7th), United Arab Amarat, New Zealand, and Iceland (all three). These countries are at the top of passport power, because their citizens get more freedom, visa-free travel and better tax policies.

Pakistan’s passport again the weakest

In the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025, the United States is ranked 45th with San Marino. At the same time, Pakistan, Iraq, Erritria, Yemen and Afghanistan are at the bottom of the weakest passport list. His ranking has come between 195 and 199, that is, he is considered to be the weakest passport in the world.

Indian passport rankings

India is ranked 148th in the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025, which it shared with Comoros. India got a total of 47.5 marks, which are as follows:

• Tax System (Tax) – 20 points
• Global perception (image) – 20 digits
• Dual citizenship facility – 20 digits
• Personal Freedom – 20 Points

Last year, India was ranked 147th with Mozambique, that is, its ranking has fallen slightly this year. Apart from this, India’s ranking has also fallen from 80th place to 85th in Henley Passport Index. This index is based on the data of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).