"2024 Passport Index: Ranking the World's Most Powerful Passports"
The 2024 Henley Passport Index reveals that Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain share the top spot for the world's most powerful passports, allowing visa-free travel to 194 destinations. The United States ranks 7th, with access to 188 destinations. Over the past two decades, the index has shown a trend of increased travel freedom, with the average number of visa-free destinations nearly doubling. However, there is a significant global mobility gap, with the top-ranked countries having access to 166 more destinations than the bottom-ranked country, Afghanistan.