UAE rises four places in passport index, this nation holds the top spot

UAE rises four places in passport index, this nation holds the top spot

Japan has been knocked off the top spot on the Henley Passport Index for the and bumped into 3rd place, according to the latest ranking, based on official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Singapore is now officially the most powerful passport in the world, with its citizens able to visit 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free. Germany, Italy, and Spain all move up into 2nd place with visa-free access to 190 destinations, and Japanese passport holders join those of six other nations — Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden — in 3rd place with access to189 destinations without a prior visa. The UK, after a six-year decline, jumped up two places on the latest ranking to 4th place — a position it last held in 2017. The US has continued to slide down the index, plummeting a further two places to 8th spot with access to just 184 destinations visa-free. Both the UK and the US jointly held 1st place on the index nearly 10 years ago in 2014 but have been on a downward trajectory ever since. The general trend over the history of the 18-year-old ranking has been towards