Japanese and Singaporean passports have the most visa-free access in the world.

Henley & Partners has again published the Henley Passport Index. Citizens with passports from Japan and Singapore can visit 192 countries visa-free in the first quarter of 2022. This makes Japanese and Singaporean passports the strongest in the world.

Germany and South Korea are ranked second. Citizens holding German and South Korean passports have visa-free access to 190 countries.

Following this, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Spain have visa-free access to 189 countries. The subsequent list is still dominated by European countries. Austria and Denmark, for example, have passports with visa-free access to 188 countries.

With visa-free access, passport holders do not need to process and pay for a visa before departure. Visas can be obtained on arrival or by using an electronic travel authorization (ETA).

The Henley Passport Index ranks the strength of passports worldwide based on the number of destinations accessible without requiring a visa. The ranking is sourced from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and supplemented by research from Henley & Partners' Research Department.