The Ranking Of The World’s Most Influential Passports For 2018: Germany And Singapore Tops

German passport is at the top for the 5th year in a row, with visa-free or visa-upon-arrival access to 177 countries, up from 176 last year, according to residence and citizenship advisory firm Henley & Partners.

Singapore took the second spot, its highest ranking on the index in the last ten year – Singapore passport holders can travel to 176 countries without a visa, up from 173 countries.

The index is based on how many countries various passport holders can travel to without a visa.

Third place on the list is shared among Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Passport holders from these countries enjoy visa-free travel to 175 countries.

Ranking jointly fourth on the index are Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain, which have visa-free access to 174 countries.

The United States and South Korea came in fifth as their passports allow visa-free travel to 173 countries.

Seven passports lost visa-free access to one other country: Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Antigua and Barbuda, Algeria, Laos, North Korea, and Syria

Here is the top 10 list of most influential passports of 2018:

In February 2017, Belarus introduced a 5-day visa-free visit available to citizens of 80 countries, including Germany.

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