These Are The World’s Most Powerful Passports: 2020

Passports are something essential to travel, that’s for sure, but not all passports are of equal status – different passports give you different access and different freedom to travel. Good thing then that there’s a handy ranking that tells you just how useful your passport is – the Henley Passport Index for 2020.

So, you are probably wondering just where your own passport ranks among the world’s most powerful passports? Turns out that Japan has the most powerful passport in the world in 2020, beating out Singapore.

As for the worst? Afghanistan sits alone in 107^th and last place, with a visa-free/visa-on-arrival score of just 26.

BTW, do you know these important things to know about your passport?

The Henley Passport Index 2020

The Henley passport index is released yearly by Henley & Partners and is basically the Bible of all passports.

The process is super accurate:

“Its contents are based on data provided by the International Air Transport Authority (IATA)…and updated using extensive in-house research and open-source online data. The index includes 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations.”

World’s Most Powerful Passports 2020:

1st Place

• Japan – 191 (score rating)

2nd Place

• Singapore – 190

3rd Place

• Germany – 189
  South Korea – 189

4th Place

• Italy – 188
• Finland – 188

5th Place

• Denmark – 187
  Luxembourg – 187
• Spain – 187

6th Place

• Sweden – 186
• France – 186

7th Place

• Netherlands – 185
  Portugal – 185
  Switzerland – 185
• Austria – 185
• Ireland – 185

8th Place

• United Kingdom – 184
  United States – 184
• Belgium – 184
  Greece – 184
  Norway – 184

9th Place

• Canada – 183
• Australia – 183
• Czech Republic – 183
• Malta – 183
• New Zealand – 183

10th Place

• Lithuania – 181
  Slovakia – 181
  Hungary – 181

See the full list of the world’s most powerful passports for 2020 here. Where does your country come in?