Indexes/Passport

Passport Strength Index

What the travel document is worth — visa-free reach, treaty position, and whether citizenship is realistically attainable.

Median: 62
Mean: 64
Top decile from: 93
Highest: 98

What this index measures

Moderate · scored 0–100

01
Visa-free and visa-on-arrival reach
02
Treaty and mobility agreements
03
Naturalisation path and dual-nationality rules

Territories inherit reach from their sovereign state but not always the right to hold its passport. Read this alongside the residency score.

How the score is weighted

Each input is normalised to 0–100 across all 209 jurisdictions, then combined at the weights below. Weights sum to 100 and are held constant across every jurisdiction in an edition, so scores stay comparable.

Moderate in the composite

Visa-free reach45% of the score
Destinations available without a prior visa.
Visa-on-arrival and eTA reach15% of the score
Destinations with light-touch entry.
Treaty and mobility rights20% of the score
Free movement and settlement agreements.
Naturalisation and dual nationality20% of the score
Whether the passport is attainable and retainable.

Who leads it

The ten highest scores on this signal, with their overall standing beside them — the gap between the two columns is the trade-off.

01
Singapore
Asia
98ovr 73
02
Japan
Asia
98ovr 65
03
South Korea
Asia
97ovr 65
04
Germany
Europe
96ovr 68
05
Netherlands
Europe
96ovr 67
06
Luxembourg
Europe
96ovr 67
07
Ireland
Europe
96ovr 66
08
New Zealand
Oceania
95ovr 73
09
Iceland
Europe
95ovr 70
10
Sweden
Europe
95ovr 66

Distribution · top 60 scoresrange 15–98

How regions compare

Average score per region against its best case. A wide gap means the region is worth searching; a narrow one means the whole region behaves the same way.

Europe
85 / 96
Americas
67 / 92
Asia
63 / 98
Middle East
57 / 88
Oceania
54 / 95
Africa
49 / 78

Full ranking

#	Jurisdiction	Region	Passport	Overall
001	Singapore	Asia	98	73
002	Japan	Asia	98	65
003	South Korea	Asia	97	65
004	Germany	Europe	96	68
005	Netherlands	Europe	96	67
006	Luxembourg	Europe	96	67
007	Ireland	Europe	96	66
008	New Zealand	Oceania	95	73
009	Iceland	Europe	95	70
010	Sweden	Europe	95	66
011	Denmark	Europe	95	65
012	Switzerland	Europe	94	72
013	Finland	Europe	94	68
014	Austria	Europe	94	67
015	Norway	Europe	94	66
016	Italy	Europe	94	66
017	Belgium	Europe	94	64
018	United Kingdom	Europe	94	62
019	Portugal	Europe	93	75
020	Cyprus	Europe	93	75
021	Spain	Europe	93	72
022	Malta	Europe	93	72
023	Czech Republic	Europe	93	67
024	France	Europe	93	65
025	Estonia	Europe	92	75
026	Australia	Oceania	92	70
027	Slovenia	Europe	92	68
028	Croatia	Europe	92	67
029	Canada	Americas	92	66
030	Poland	Europe	92	64
031	Lithuania	Europe	91	68
032	Slovakia	Europe	91	64
033	Jersey	Europe	90	73
034	Guernsey	Europe	90	73
035	Liechtenstein	Europe	90	69
036	Latvia	Europe	90	69
037	Bulgaria	Europe	90	66
038	Romania	Europe	90	63
039	Hungary	Europe	90	61
040	Isle of Man	Europe	88	73
041	Greece	Europe	88	67
042	Israel	Middle East	88	62
043	USA	Americas	88	53
044	Gibraltar	Europe	85	76
045	Taiwan	Asia	85	67
046	Monaco	Europe	80	72
047	Andorra	Europe	78	75
048	Bermuda	Americas	78	73
049	Georgia	Europe	78	69
050	Mauritius	Africa	78	67
051	Malaysia	Asia	78	66
052	Brunei	Asia	78	64
053	Serbia	Europe	78	64
054	Hong Kong	Asia	78	60
055	Cayman Islands	Americas	75	77
056	San Marino	Europe	75	73
057	Montenegro	Europe	75	70
058	Bahamas	Americas	75	69
059	Costa Rica	Americas	75	66
060	Uruguay	Americas	75	66
061	Chile	Americas	75	65
062	Qatar	Middle East	75	59
063	Brazil	Americas	75	58
064	South Africa	Africa	75	57
065	St Kitts and Nevis	Americas	72	71
066	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	72	70
067	Grenada	Americas	72	70
068	Panama	Americas	72	68
069	Barbados	Americas	72	65
070	Seychelles	Africa	72	62
071	Macau	Asia	72	62
072	Albania	Europe	72	62
073	Mexico	Americas	72	61
074	Colombia	Americas	72	61
075	North Macedonia	Europe	72	61
076	Turkey	Asia	72	60
077	Thailand	Asia	72	60
078	UAE	Middle East	72	59
079	Argentina	Americas	72	58
080	Indonesia	Asia	72	57
081	Kazakhstan	Asia	72	57
082	Kuwait	Middle East	72	56
083	British Virgin Islands	Americas	70	74
084	St Lucia	Americas	70	69
085	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	70	57
086	Dominica	Americas	68	68
087	Oman	Middle East	68	63
088	Bahrain	Middle East	68	60
089	Morocco	Africa	68	59
090	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	68	59
091	Armenia	Asia	68	57
092	Peru	Americas	68	56
093	Vietnam	Asia	68	56
094	Dominican Republic	Americas	68	55
095	Russia	Europe	68	48
096	Maldives	Asia	65	62
097	Tunisia	Africa	65	59
098	St Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	65	59
099	Botswana	Africa	65	58
100	Ecuador	Americas	65	55
101	Azerbaijan	Asia	65	51
102	Mongolia	Asia	65	50
103	China	Asia	65	46
104	Paraguay	Americas	62	62
105	Cape Verde	Africa	62	61
106	Belize	Americas	62	58
107	Fiji	Oceania	62	58
108	Ghana	Africa	62	57
109	Namibia	Africa	62	56
110	Moldova	Europe	62	55
111	India	Asia	62	54
112	Jordan	Middle East	62	54
113	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	62	53
114	Kenya	Africa	62	52
115	Jamaica	Americas	62	52
116	Philippines	Asia	62	52
117	Cambodia	Asia	62	51
118	Bolivia	Americas	62	50
119	Belarus	Europe	62	50
120	Vanuatu	Oceania	58	64
121	Tanzania	Africa	58	52
122	Guatemala	Americas	58	51
123	El Salvador	Americas	58	50
124	Guyana	Americas	58	50
125	Uzbekistan	Asia	58	49
126	Rwanda	Africa	55	55
127	Samoa	Oceania	55	55
128	Tonga	Oceania	55	55
129	Senegal	Africa	55	54
130	Sri Lanka	Asia	55	53
131	Suriname	Americas	55	50
132	Nicaragua	Americas	55	49
133	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	55	49
134	Laos	Asia	55	48
135	Honduras	Americas	55	46
136	Lebanon	Middle East	55	42
137	Ukraine	Europe	55	39
138	Bhutan	Asia	52	52
139	Cuba	Americas	52	50
140	Ivory Coast	Africa	52	49
141	Zambia	Africa	52	49
142	Madagascar	Africa	52	48
143	Algeria	Africa	52	47
144	Uganda	Africa	52	47
145	Gabon	Africa	52	46
146	Mozambique	Africa	52	46
147	Angola	Africa	52	43
148	Turkmenistan	Asia	50	41
149	Cook Islands	Oceania	48	58
150	Palau	Oceania	48	53
151	Marshall Islands	Oceania	48	51
152	Sao Tome & Principe	Africa	48	50
153	Micronesia	Oceania	48	50
154	Egypt	Africa	48	49
155	Nepal	Asia	48	49
156	Benin	Africa	48	48
157	Gambia	Africa	48	48
158	Malawi	Africa	48	48
159	Solomon Islands	Oceania	48	48
160	Eswatini	Africa	48	47
161	Sierra Leone	Africa	48	46
162	Togo	Africa	48	46
163	Bangladesh	Asia	48	45
164	Lesotho	Africa	48	44
165	Nigeria	Africa	48	44
166	Cameroon	Africa	48	44
167	Tajikistan	Asia	48	44
168	Zimbabwe	Africa	48	43
169	Venezuela	Americas	48	35
170	Myanmar	Asia	48	32
171	Kosovo	Europe	45	54
172	Timor-Leste	Asia	45	48
173	Djibouti	Africa	45	46
174	Comoros	Africa	45	46
175	Liberia	Africa	45	44
176	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	45	43
177	Guinea	Africa	45	42
178	Mauritania	Africa	45	42
179	Congo	Africa	45	41
180	Burkina Faso	Africa	45	40
181	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	45	39
182	Mali	Africa	45	36
183	Niue	Oceania	42	55
184	Tuvalu	Oceania	42	50
185	Kiribati	Oceania	42	48
186	Nauru	Oceania	42	48
187	Pakistan	Asia	42	43
188	Ethiopia	Africa	42	42
189	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	42	40
190	Burundi	Africa	42	40
191	Niger	Africa	42	36
192	Chad	Africa	42	34
193	DR Congo	Africa	42	34
194	Haiti	Americas	42	32
195	Vatican City	Europe	40	64
196	Central African Republic	Africa	38	29
197	Iran	Middle East	35	38
198	Iraq	Middle East	35	34
199	Libya	Africa	35	28
200	South Sudan	Africa	35	26
201	Yemen	Middle East	35	26
202	Eritrea	Africa	32	34
203	Syria	Middle East	32	27
204	Sudan	Africa	32	26
205	Palestine	Middle East	30	30
206	Somalia	Africa	28	26
207	Western Sahara	Africa	25	31
208	Afghanistan	Asia	25	24
209	North Korea	Asia	15	31

At the other end

The five lowest scores on this signal: North Korea (15), Afghanistan (25), Western Sahara (25), Somalia (28), Palestine (30). A weak score here is not disqualifying on its own — read it against the composite.

Where this comes from

Each input is normalised to a 0–100 scale and weighted into the score above. We cite the underlying publication rather than the aggregator wherever one exists.

Edition 2026.1 · reviewed quarterly

01Henley Passport Index
Henley & Partners
Visa-free and visa-on-arrival destination counts.
02Timatic traveller information
IATA
Underlying entry requirements behind visa-free reach.
03Global Citizenship Report
Investment Migration Council
Naturalisation routes and dual-nationality rules.