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 August 2025. It is followed by the Finnish, Danish, Swiss, and Spanish passports respectively, to complete the top-five list of strongest passports for 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
Spain	90.59	5th	106	12	43	25	27	13	0
Norway	90.56	6th	104	13	42	27	27	13	0
Malta	90.55	7th	120	9	31	28	21	17	0
Austria	90.44	8th	106	10	43	30	21	16	0
Japan	90.41	9th	139	13	0	35	23	16	0
Poland	90.36	10th	102	12	43	30	23	16	0
France	90.34	11th	103	13	46	23	27	14	0
Portugal	90.17	12th	103	13	43	27	26	14	0
Ireland	90.06	13th	113	11	32	32	22	16	0
Hungary	90.02	14th	99	12	44	30	24	17	0
Germany	89.99	15th	104	12	43	26	27	14	0
Luxembourg	89.97	16th	105	10	43	29	22	17	0
Italy	89.96	17th	100	12	44	31	25	14	0
Croatia	89.92	18th	99	6	43	30	26	22	0
Netherlands	89.92	19th	105	11	43	25	29	13	0
Belgium	89.82	20th	108	10	43	25	22	18	0
Czechia	89.77	21st	104	10	43	30	21	18	0
Greece	89.71	22nd	104	10	43	29	24	16	0
Slovakia	89.64	23rd	101	9	43	33	23	17	0
Sweden	89.53	24th	104	11	46	27	21	17	0
Slovenia	89.27	25th	102	9	43	31	22	19	0
Iceland	89.18	26th	98	9	43	31	25	20	0
Lithuania	88.32	27th	100	9	43	32	22	20	0
South Korea	88.14	28th	136	12	0	36	19	13	9
Cyprus	88.13	29th	115	5	31	27	23	25	0
New Zealand	88.01	30th	138	10	0	33	29	15	0
Bulgaria	87.81	31st	109	5	31	34	20	27	0
Romania	87.77	32nd	110	6	31	26	33	20	0
Latvia	87.57	33rd	98	8	43	32	16	29	0
Estonia	87.53	34th	98	8	43	35	21	20	0
Liechtenstein	87.11	35th	93	10	42	35	21	24	0
United Arab Emirates	86.83	36th	130	8	5	30	21	30	2
United Kingdom	86.62	37th	139	12	1	29	26	19	0
Chile	86.38	38th	123	13	8	30	30	22	0
Monaco	86.33	39th	128	8	0	40	23	27	0
Australia	86.10	40th	134	10	0	34	32	15	0
Andorra	85.84	41st	123	11	0	35	31	26	0
Canada	85.69	42nd	139	10	0	33	25	18	0
Malaysia	85.23	43rd	142	6	0	34	21	20	0
United States	85.21	44th	139	9	0	31	27	18	1
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	77.45	55th	127	9	0	26	25	21	13
Costa Rica	76.72	56th	116	3	0	34	36	37	0
Paraguay	76.29	57th	102	4	8	33	35	44	0
Vatican City	76.04	58th	116	3	0	36	15	56	0
Macau	75.32	59th	109	3	1	32	27	54	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	74.62	60th	117	5	5	27	35	37	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	70.70	67th	107	5	0	31	36	45	1
Mauritius	70.52	68th	117	2	0	26	31	50	0
El Salvador	70.09	69th	99	4	0	32	41	50	0
Grenada	69.71	70th	112	4	5	25	16	64	0
Taiwan	69.46	71st	100	9	0	29	40	47	1
Dominica	69.41	72nd	112	3	0	29	38	44	0
Georgia	69.29	73rd	89	2	0	35	30	70	0
Montenegro	68.59	74th	93	4	1	31	43	54	0
Colombia	68.59	75th	91	4	8	25	45	52	0
Saint Lucia	68.47	76th	114	3	0	27	36	46	0
North Macedonia	67.93	77th	95	2	1	30	42	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
Albania	64.55	81st	88	4	1	26	48	59	0
Marshall Islands	64.52	82nd	90	3	0	33	41	59	0
Nicaragua	64.46	83rd	94	1	0	30	44	57	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
Palau	62.71	87th	82	5	0	32	46	61	0
Tuvalu	62.61	88th	93	2	0	28	42	61	0
Venezuela	62.52	89th	88	3	1	32	35	66	0
Micronesia	62.05	90th	82	5	0	33	40	66	0
Kiribati	61.93	91st	90	2	0	29	42	63	0
Moldova	60.56	92nd	89	2	0	30	35	70	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	48.41	95th	81	7	1	28	24	77	7
Turkey	46.87	96th	69	2	5	35	10	105	0
Kuwait	44.90	97th	57	4	5	33	39	87	0
Kosovo	44.03	98th	49	1	4	23	33	107	9
Ecuador	43.25	99th	52	5	8	30	38	93	0
South Africa	40.98	100th	71	3	0	28	34	90	0
Belize	40.91	101st	71	3	0	27	41	84	0
Saudi Arabia	40.60	102nd	52	5	5	27	33	104	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	35.94	111st	48	0	0	34	32	112	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
Dominican Republic	33.40	118th	40	2	0	31	38	114	0
Mongolia	33.24	119th	38	2	0	24	43	118	0
Vanuatu	32.98	120th	54	2	0	31	38	101	0
Papua New Guinea	32.09	121st	49	5	0	30	40	102	0
Azerbaijan	31.57	122nd	36	2	0	34	34	120	0
Armenia	31.52	123rd	38	1	0	29	34	123	1
Uzbekistan	28.94	124th	31	1	0	32	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	27.89	127th	36	3	0	24	42	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	24.92	134th	31	2	0	26	38	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	23.35	144th	26	3	0	29	43	125	0
Bhutan	22.88	145th	20	1	1	29	51	124	0
Benin	22.72	146th	38	0	0	25	39	124	0
Gambia	22.14	147th	45	4	0	22	16	139	0
Vietnam	21.96	148th	25	2	0	24	38	137	0
Rwanda	21.84	149th	31	0	0	32	37	126	0
Jordan	21.68	150th	24	2	0	27	45	128	0
Madagascar	21.59	151st	30	2	0	25	37	132	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
Guinea	21.26	155th	29	2	0	23	44	128	0
Mozambique	21.15	156th	37	1	0	24	35	129	0
Haiti	20.65	157th	17	2	0	29	47	129	2
Egypt	20.41	158th	23	1	0	29	51	122	0
Comoros	20.35	159th	21	1	0	28	47	129	0
Togo	20.34	160th	30	2	0	25	41	127	0
Burkina Faso	20.08	161st	32	1	0	23	43	127	0
Turkmenistan	19.88	162nd	16	2	0	31	49	126	0
Mauritania	19.83	163rd	28	1	0	25	42	130	0
Laos	19.61	164th	22	3	0	19	41	140	0
Ivory Coast	19.57	165th	31	1	0	21	46	127	0
Central African Republic	19.55	166th	25	2	0	26	43	130	0
Angola	19.47	167th	27	1	0	22	45	130	0
Mali	19.03	168th	31	2	0	20	42	131	0
Algeria	18.69	169th	23	2	0	28	44	129	0
Equatorial Guinea	18.61	170th	23	1	0	29	45	127	1
Chad	18.59	171st	27	2	0	25	42	129	1
Liberia	18.41	172nd	27	1	0	19	44	135	0
Cameroon	18.41	173rd	24	1	0	26	41	134	0
Palestine	18.18	174th	14	2	0	24	59	127	0
Guinea-Bissau	18.08	175th	28	1	0	22	39	136	0
Djibouti	17.90	176th	15	1	0	28	50	132	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
Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.66	181st	20	1	0	24	35	146	0
Myanmar	16.59	182nd	17	3	0	24	38	143	1
Lebanon	16.46	183rd	19	2	0	22	38	144	0
Niger	15.78	184th	31	1	0	21	15	158	0
Iran	15.44	185th	19	2	0	24	30	148	3
Nepal	15.24	186th	10	2	1	20	50	143	0
Yemen	14.93	187th	10	1	0	24	54	135	2
South Sudan	14.27	188th	21	1	0	22	26	155	1
Nigeria	14.06	189th	27	1	0	15	34	149	0
Libya	14.00	190th	14	2	0	26	31	152	1
Bangladesh	13.33	191st	21	2	0	16	36	149	2
Eritrea	13.23	192nd	11	1	0	24	34	154	1
North Korea	11.77	193rd	10	2	0	24	37	152	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