VisaGuide Passport Index 2025: Ranking Passports by Global Travel Freedom

The VisaGuide Passport Index is a passport ranking system that evaluates 199 countries and territories based on factors like visa-free access, visa on arrival, eVisas, and global mobility. It uses the Destination Significance Score (DSS) to assign a unique value to each passport.

What is the Strongest Passport in the World?

The Singaporean passport is the strongest passport in the world, with a score of 91.41 as of September 2025. It is followed by the Finnish, Danish, Swiss, and Hungarian passports respectively, to complete the top-five list of strongest passports for September 2025.

Here is the complete list of all the passports ranked according to their score:

Country Name	Passport Score	Passport Rank	Visa Free	eTA	Passport Free	VOA	eVisa	Visa Required	Entry Ban
Singapore	91.41	1st	157	12	0	26	15	15	0
Finland	90.88	2nd	107	10	45	27	21	16	0
Denmark	90.72	3rd	109	10	42	27	25	13	0
Switzerland	90.70	4th	105	11	43	30	23	14	0
Hungary	90.70	5th	101	12	44	30	22	17	0
Croatia	90.67	6th	99	8	43	29	27	20	0
Spain	90.59	7th	106	12	43	25	27	13	0
Norway	90.56	8th	104	13	42	27	27	13	0
Malta	90.55	9th	120	9	31	28	21	17	0
Japan	90.50	10th	139	13	0	35	25	14	0
Austria	90.44	11th	106	10	43	30	21	16	0
Netherlands	90.44	12th	106	11	43	25	28	13	0
Poland	90.36	13th	102	12	43	30	23	16	0
France	90.34	14th	102	14	46	23	27	14	0
Portugal	90.17	15th	103	13	43	27	26	14	0
Ireland	90.06	16th	113	11	32	32	22	16	0
Germany	89.99	17th	103	13	43	26	27	14	0
Luxembourg	89.97	18th	105	10	43	29	22	17	0
Italy	89.96	19th	100	12	44	31	25	14	0
Belgium	89.82	20th	108	10	43	25	22	18	0
Slovenia	89.79	21st	103	9	43	31	21	19	0
Czechia	89.77	22nd	104	10	43	30	21	18	0
Greece	89.71	23rd	103	11	43	29	24	16	0
Slovakia	89.64	24th	101	9	43	33	23	17	0
Sweden	89.53	25th	104	11	46	27	21	17	0
Iceland	89.18	26th	98	9	43	31	25	20	0
Romania	88.68	27th	112	7	31	26	31	19	0
Bulgaria	88.66	28th	111	7	31	27	31	19	0
Lithuania	88.32	29th	100	9	43	32	22	20	0
United Arab Emirates	88.27	30th	131	8	5	35	20	25	2
South Korea	88.14	31st	136	12	0	36	19	13	9
Cyprus	88.04	32nd	113	7	31	25	26	24	0
New Zealand	88.01	33rd	138	10	0	33	29	15	0
Latvia	87.57	34th	98	8	43	32	16	29	0
Estonia	87.53	35th	98	8	43	35	21	20	0
Liechtenstein	87.11	36th	93	10	42	35	21	24	0
Monaco	86.78	37th	128	10	1	37	23	27	0
United Kingdom	86.62	38th	139	12	1	29	26	19	0
Australia	86.45	39th	134	10	0	34	33	14	0
Chile	86.38	40th	123	13	8	30	30	22	0
Andorra	85.84	41st	123	11	0	35	31	26	0
Canada	85.73	42nd	139	10	0	33	26	17	0
United States	85.21	43rd	138	10	0	31	27	18	1
Malaysia	85.20	44th	143	6	0	32	22	20	0
Hong Kong	85.00	45th	134	5	2	29	19	37	0
San Marino	83.31	46th	123	9	1	38	15	39	0
Brazil	82.48	47th	125	6	8	28	28	30	0
Argentina	81.63	48th	117	7	9	34	29	28	0
Brunei	80.51	49th	127	9	0	30	24	36	0
Uruguay	80.00	50th	114	4	8	30	30	40	0
Barbados	79.02	51st	127	4	0	31	24	40	0
Bahamas	78.31	52nd	128	1	0	31	13	53	0
Peru	78.22	53rd	96	5	8	32	38	47	0
Mexico	78.05	54th	120	6	0	30	34	35	0
Israel	77.26	55th	126	9	0	28	26	20	13
Costa Rica	76.72	56th	116	3	0	34	36	37	0
Paraguay	76.29	57th	102	4	8	33	35	44	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	76.23	58th	121	4	5	28	33	35	0
Vatican City	76.04	59th	116	3	0	36	15	56	0
Macau	75.32	60th	109	3	1	32	27	54	0
Panama	74.36	61st	110	3	0	33	28	51	0
Antigua and Barbuda	73.88	62nd	122	1	0	28	34	41	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.76	63rd	124	1	0	30	25	46	0
Seychelles	72.80	64th	124	2	0	29	14	57	0
Serbia	71.09	65th	101	3	1	31	35	55	0
Trinidad and Tobago	70.94	66th	117	5	0	28	35	41	0
Ukraine	70.63	67th	107	5	0	31	35	46	1
Mauritius	70.52	68th	117	2	0	26	31	50	0
El Salvador	70.09	69th	99	4	0	32	41	50	0
Montenegro	69.85	70th	94	4	1	30	44	53	0
Dominica	69.82	71st	113	3	0	29	38	43	0
Grenada	69.71	72nd	112	4	5	25	16	64	0
Taiwan	69.46	73rd	100	9	0	29	40	47	1
Georgia	69.29	74th	89	2	0	35	30	70	0
Colombia	69.00	75th	92	4	8	25	45	51	0
Saint Lucia	68.47	76th	114	3	0	27	36	46	0
North Macedonia	67.96	77th	94	2	1	30	43	56	0
Guatemala	66.61	78th	100	1	0	36	19	68	0
Solomon Islands	66.59	79th	97	5	0	29	38	57	0
Samoa	66.40	80th	95	2	0	31	45	53	0
Marshall Islands	64.52	81st	90	3	0	33	41	59	0
Nicaragua	64.46	82nd	94	1	0	30	44	57	0
Albania	64.43	83rd	88	4	1	26	47	60	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.18	84th	86	3	0	30	43	64	0
Honduras	63.99	85th	99	0	0	33	24	68	0
Tonga	63.55	86th	98	3	0	26	40	59	0
Micronesia	63.21	87th	83	5	0	33	40	65	0
Palau	62.71	88th	82	5	0	32	46	61	0
Tuvalu	62.61	89th	92	3	0	28	42	61	0
Venezuela	62.52	90th	88	3	1	32	35	66	0
Moldova	61.95	91st	90	2	0	28	38	68	0
Kiribati	61.93	92nd	90	2	0	29	42	63	0
Timor-Leste	50.84	93rd	67	2	0	28	46	83	0
Qatar	50.50	94th	66	6	5	28	30	91	0
Russia	48.51	95th	82	7	1	27	24	77	7
Turkey	46.87	96th	69	2	5	35	10	105	0
Kuwait	46.09	97th	60	4	5	33	37	86	0
Kosovo	44.38	98th	49	1	4	23	37	104	8
Ecuador	42.87	99th	51	5	8	30	38	94	0
Saudi Arabia	41.21	100th	53	5	5	27	33	103	0
South Africa	40.98	101st	71	3	0	28	34	90	0
Belize	40.91	102nd	71	3	0	27	41	84	0
Maldives	39.78	103rd	64	3	0	25	33	101	0
Jamaica	39.51	104th	59	2	0	26	42	97	0
Fiji	38.71	105th	58	1	0	28	41	98	0
Guyana	38.02	106th	56	3	0	27	38	102	0
Bahrain	37.94	107th	41	5	5	29	37	109	0
Oman	37.71	108th	42	5	5	30	36	107	0
Kazakhstan	36.97	109th	48	2	0	29	31	116	0
Thailand	36.47	110th	45	3	0	30	37	110	0
Belarus	36.02	111st	48	1	0	33	33	111	0
Suriname	35.66	112nd	47	3	0	26	43	107	0
Indonesia	34.60	113rd	50	6	0	23	31	115	0
Nauru	34.48	114th	54	3	0	27	46	96	0
Bolivia	34.31	115th	35	3	8	29	49	102	0
Botswana	33.56	116th	57	4	0	22	37	106	0
China	33.52	117th	52	2	0	30	32	110	0
Mongolia	33.24	118th	38	2	0	24	43	118	0
Vanuatu	32.98	119th	54	2	0	31	38	101	0
Dominican Republic	32.87	120th	39	2	0	31	38	115	0
Papua New Guinea	32.09	121st	49	5	0	30	40	102	0
Armenia	31.87	122nd	38	1	0	29	35	122	1
Azerbaijan	31.57	123rd	36	2	0	34	34	120	0
Uzbekistan	29.05	124th	32	1	0	31	39	123	0
Morocco	28.68	125th	44	4	0	26	34	118	0
Lesotho	27.95	126th	47	2	0	25	36	115	0
Philippines	27.66	127th	36	3	0	23	43	121	0
Eswatini	27.01	128th	43	2	0	22	42	117	0
Namibia	26.93	129th	50	2	0	23	32	119	0
Kyrgyzstan	26.55	130th	28	1	0	32	42	123	0
Tunisia	26.41	131st	36	3	0	31	27	129	0
Malawi	26.12	132nd	44	2	0	24	36	120	0
Tajikistan	24.95	133rd	24	1	0	33	44	124	0
Cuba	24.67	134th	30	2	0	26	39	128	0
Kenya	24.44	135th	45	0	0	24	37	120	0
Cambodia	24.40	136th	24	2	0	26	51	123	0
Zimbabwe	24.33	137th	38	1	0	24	38	125	0
Ghana	24.22	138th	47	1	0	18	40	120	0
Cabo Verde	24.11	139th	38	1	0	26	34	127	0
India	24.05	140th	30	3	2	24	46	119	1
Uganda	23.89	141st	39	2	0	24	39	122	0
Tanzania	23.75	142nd	48	1	0	17	34	125	0
Zambia	23.74	143rd	45	1	0	24	30	126	0
Sao Tome and Principe	23.57	144th	27	3	0	28	44	124	0
Jordan	23.34	145th	26	3	0	27	43	127	0
Bhutan	22.88	146th	20	1	1	29	51	124	0
Benin	22.81	147th	39	0	0	25	38	124	0
Vietnam	22.62	148th	25	2	0	25	40	134	0
Rwanda	22.30	149th	32	0	0	32	37	125	0
Gambia	22.14	150th	45	4	0	22	16	139	0
Madagascar	21.82	151st	30	2	0	25	39	130	0
Sierra Leone	21.51	152nd	43	1	0	18	35	128	0
Gabon	21.50	153rd	31	2	0	28	29	136	0
Senegal	21.49	154th	34	2	0	21	43	126	0
Mozambique	21.37	155th	39	1	0	23	34	129	0
Guinea	21.26	156th	29	2	0	23	44	128	0
Niger	20.69	157th	33	0	0	22	47	124	0
Haiti	20.65	158th	17	2	0	29	47	129	2
Egypt	20.41	159th	23	1	0	29	51	122	0
Comoros	20.35	160th	21	1	0	28	47	129	0
Togo	20.34	161st	30	2	0	25	41	127	0
Burkina Faso	20.08	162nd	32	1	0	23	43	127	0
Turkmenistan	19.88	163rd	16	2	0	31	49	126	0
Mauritania	19.83	164th	28	1	0	25	42	130	0
Laos	19.61	165th	22	3	0	19	41	140	0
Ivory Coast	19.57	166th	31	1	0	21	46	127	0
Central African Republic	19.55	167th	25	2	0	26	43	130	0
Angola	19.47	168th	27	1	0	22	45	130	0
Mali	19.03	169th	31	2	0	20	42	131	0
Algeria	18.77	170th	23	2	0	28	45	128	0
Equatorial Guinea	18.61	171st	23	1	0	29	45	127	1
Chad	18.59	172nd	27	2	0	25	42	129	1
Liberia	18.41	173rd	27	1	0	19	44	135	0
Cameroon	18.41	174th	24	1	0	26	41	134	0
Guinea-Bissau	18.08	175th	28	1	0	22	39	136	0
Djibouti	18.03	176th	15	1	0	28	51	131	0
Sri Lanka	17.65	177th	23	2	0	18	48	135	0
Ethiopia	17.52	178th	14	0	0	31	47	134	0
Burundi	17.44	179th	20	0	0	23	47	135	0
Republic of the Congo	16.86	180th	22	2	0	23	40	138	1
Palestine	16.80	181st	14	2	0	20	61	127	2
Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.66	182nd	20	1	0	24	35	146	0
Myanmar	16.59	183rd	17	3	0	24	38	143	1
Lebanon	16.46	184th	19	2	0	22	38	144	0
Nepal	15.24	185th	10	2	1	20	50	143	0
Nigeria	14.26	186th	28	0	0	15	34	149	0
Libya	14.09	187th	14	2	0	26	32	151	1
Iran	13.77	188th	14	2	0	24	35	148	3
Eritrea	13.54	189th	12	1	0	24	35	152	1
Yemen	13.48	190th	9	2	0	18	57	138	2
Bangladesh	13.33	191st	21	2	0	16	36	149	2
South Sudan	13.25	192nd	17	1	0	24	14	170	0
North Korea	12.62	193rd	12	0	0	28	24	161	1
Iraq	11.16	194th	12	3	0	17	34	159	1
Somalia	10.87	195th	12	0	0	20	47	143	4
Pakistan	10.66	196th	12	1	0	20	35	154	4
Syria	10.55	197th	7	2	0	17	39	158	3
Sudan	10.22	198th	11	1	0	24	18	169	3
Afghanistan	9.01	199th	6	2	0	15	41	160	1

What Makes the VisaGuide Passport Index Stand Out?

What makes VisaGuide.World’s Passport Index different is the fact that no two passports are ranked the same. This is made possible by utilising our own Destination Significance Score (DSS) – a combination of many factors which gives each passport unique value. Here is the list of each destination ranked by their Destination Significance Score.

Interested in learning about the distinctions between the VisaGuide Passport Index and Henley? Dive deeper into the comparison in our article, “Analyzing Passport Strengths: VisaGuide Passport Index vs. Henley Passport Index.”

To reach a unique ranking, we assign a value, which we call Destination Significance Score (DSS), to each travel destination. A unique DSS value is assigned to each destination based on the entry policy it enforces on the passport, GDP, Power Index, Tourism Index and Human Development Index (HDI), among other factors. The DSS is multiplied with the value of the visa requirement of the destination country toward the selected passport holders.

We include the following visa or entry policies in our calculations:

Visa Free Travel. If no visa is required for passport holders from a country, then the DSS is multiplied by 1.
Electronic Travel Authorization. The DSS is also multiplied by 1 if passport holders can obtain an electronic travel authority (ETA).
Visa on arrival. For destination countries that require a visa on arrival, the DSS is multiplied by 0.8.
Electronic visa (e-Visa). For destination countries where a passport holder has to obtain a government-approved electronic visa (e-Visa) before departure, the DSS is multiplied by 0.3.
Embassy or other government-approved visas. If passport holders need to apply for a visa at an embassy or any other form of pre-departure government-approved permit, a score with a value = 0 is assigned.
Passport free travel. If passport holders can visit a country without a passport, the DSS is multiplied by 1.01.
Banned Entry. If a passport holder is not allowed to enter a country, the DSS is multiplied by -0.5.

Because destination countries are each assigned a unique DSS, it means that being able to travel visa-free to a destination with a higher DSS gives the selected passport a higher value than having visa-free access to a country with lowed DSS. This results in a more accurate ranking for each passport.

Once all factors are calculated, each passport has its own unique value, with no two countries having the same number of “visa-free” destinations.

The Formula

How to interpret the formula?

The above formula maintains the strength of a passport according to VisaGuide.World is the sum of the DSSs of each destination multiplied by the value of the entry requirement of each destination.

Formula Abbreviation	Abbreviation Meaning
DSS	Destination Significance Score
VF	Visa-Free
eTA	Electronic Travel Authorization
PF	Passport-Free
VOA	Visa on Arrival
eV	Electronic Visa
VR	Visa Required
EB	Entry Ban
c	Country Index

Presumptions for Passports

The VisaGuide Passport Index applies only if the following criteria are fulfilled:

The passport is valid at the time of travel, with the remaining duration as set by the destination country.
The passport is a regular passport (not a diplomatic, service, military, or another type of passport).
The holder of the passport is travelling for short-term purposes (tourism, business, etc.), for the duration of time as allowed by the destination country.
The holder of the passport has already completed any other requirement imposed by the destination country (e.g., paying for an ETA, booking a hotel, providing proof of sufficient funds, vaccinations, etc.).
The holder of the passport will arrive and depart from the allowed entry points (if such a requirement is imposed.)

How Is the Data Collected?

The index and its contents are based on VisaGuide.World’s own data and supplemented, enhanced, and updated using extensive in-house research and open-source online data. The index includes the passports of 193 United Nations member countries and 6 territories (ROC Taiwan, Macao (SAR China), Hong Kong (SAR China), Kosovo, Palestinian Territory and the Vatican) for a total of 199 are considered and 227 different travel destinations.

How Is the Data Updated?

We have a dedicated research team working on the Index every day, by staying up to date on the latest visa policy changes across all 227 possible destinations. Our research team works closely with our news department, ensuring all the latest information is reliable and factual.

Glossary

Destination Significance Score (DSS): A unique score that is assigned to each country produced by combining factors such as the entry requirement enforced by the destination country, country’s GDP, and the safety and human development index, among others.
Visa not required: Passport holders can enter the destination country without any visa (only their passport).
ETA required: Passport holders are required to obtain an electronic travel authorization online prior to travelling. This is not considered a visa, as it only includes a short online procedure.
Visa on arrival required: Passport holders are allowed to travel to the destination without a visa, but must obtain one upon arrival.
Electronic visa required: Passport holders must apply for a visa online before they are allowed to travel.
Visa required: Passport holders must apply for a visa at an embassy, consulate, travel agency, or other relevant official institution before they can travel to this destination.
Passport not required: Citizens of this country can travel to this destination even without their passport.
Entry banned: Passport holders are banned from entering this country.

The Team Behind the VisaGuide Passport Index

Dion Pllana

Global Travel, Tourism, & Hospitality Expert

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Lum Kamishi

Project Manager

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Shkurta Januzi

Editor-in-Chief

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Melvina Kelmendi

Content Manager

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VisaGuide Passport Index 2025: Ranking Passports by Global Travel Freedom

What is the Strongest Passport in the World?

What Makes the VisaGuide Passport Index Stand Out?

Methodology

The Formula

How to interpret the formula?

Presumptions for Passports

How Is the Data Collected?

How Is the Data Updated?

Glossary

The Team Behind the VisaGuide Passport Index