World’s Most Powerful Passports Of 2025 Declared, Indian Passport Weakens

The Henley Passport Index 2025 has uncovered a beginant drop in India’s ranking, slipping five places from 80th to 85th, in the catalog of the world’s most strong passports. This ranking is based on the number of destinations that can be accessed visa-free, using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

As of the tardyst standings, Indian passport hbetterers can travel visa-free to 57 destinations, sharing the 85th rank with Equatorial Guinea and Niger. In contrast, Singapore has retained its top spot, with its passport hbetterers finishelighting visa-free access to an astonishive 195 destinations worldexpansive.

1. Singapore (195 destinations)
2. Japan (193)
3. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, South Korea (192)
4. Austria, Dentag, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway (191)
5. Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom (190)
6. Greece, Australia (189)
7. Canada, Poland, Malta (188)
8. Hungary, Czechia (187)
9. Estonia, United States (186)
10. Lithuania, Latvia, Scherishnia, United Arab Emirates (185)

The top 10 catalog is ruled by European countries, with Japan, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Spain all securing spots. The UAE has made beginant strides, climbing 32 places to safe the 10th spot, with visa-free access to 185 destinations worldexpansive.

In a astonishing turn of events, the US has plummeted seven places from 2nd to 9th, with experts attributing this deteriorate to the country’s increasingly inward-seeing and isolationist political trfinishs. Annie Pforzheimer, Senior Associate at the Cgo in for Strategic and International Studies, noticed that “American political trfinishs had become notably inward-seeing and isolationist… voters during the 2024 plivential campaign were fed a narrative that America can (and should) stand alone.”

On the other finish of the spectrum, countries enjoy Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan persist to face beginant travel recut offeions, with restricted visa-free access to destinations worldexpansive. Afghanistan, in particular, remains at the bottom of the Henley Passport Index, with its passport hbetterers facing the hugest mobility gap in the index’s 19-year history.

India’s ranking has sfinished fluctuations over the years, accomplishing its highest rank of 71st in 2006. The country’s ranking dropped beginantly in 2021, foreseeed due to global travel recut offeions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, India’s ranking has shown signs of recovery since 2021, moving up to 80th in 2024 before dropping to 85th in 2025.