"Henley Passport" has made the ranking of the most powerful passports in the world for the summer of 2023, based on the freedom of visa-free movement of citizens.
Japan, which has held the first place in the world for 5 years, has already fallen from this position.
In first place as the most powerful passport in the world is Singapore. Citizens of this country can travel without visas to 193 countries out of 227 world destinations.
For this year, according to the "Henley Passport" index, a resurgence of European countries is observed.
Thus, Germany, Italy and Spain are ranked second. Citizens of these countries can travel without visas to 190 countries.
In third place are Japan, South Korea, Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg and Sweden, these countries with visa-free access to 189 destinations.
The United Kingdom is in fourth place. Britons can travel visa-free to 188 countries.
Canada ranks seventh with 185 visa-free destinations, along with Greece.
The United States of America has lost points, dropping to eighth place, with 184 visa-free destinations.
The Albanian passport ranks 48th, with 117 destinations without the need for a visa.
Serbia ranks 34th with 137 destinations, North Macedonia ranks 43rd with 125 destinations, Montenegro ranks 44th with 124 destinations, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 47th with 118 destinations and Kosovo ranks 94th with 42 destinations.
At the bottom of the table are Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, where citizens of these countries can travel without visas to 27 countries, 29 and 30 destinations, respectively.
