Passport rankings 2025, how strong the UK's is and visa-free holiday spots

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Passport rankings 2025, how strong the UK's is and visa-free holiday spots

Brexit has left those with an EU passport envied and revered among their peers. So you might be surprised to hear that the UK still ranks pretty highly in the global passport rankings.

Singapore took number one spot in the Henley Passport Index for 2025. Anyone with a Singaporean passport can visit 195 destinations without needing a visa.

A Japanese passport was the second most valuable. It unlocked the door to 193 different countries without requiring a visa.

Third place was split amongst several countries - Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Spain. Anyone with one of these passports can visit 192 different countries visa-free.

A British passport unlocks 190 destinations visa-free
A British passport unlocks 190 destinations visa-free

The UK wasn’t too far down on the list, coming in at fifth place alongside Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland. All of these passports have access to a respectable 190 countries around the world without needing a visa.

At the bottom end of the scale, an Afghan passport came in 106th place and only granted access to 26 countries visa-free.

The Henley Passport Index compiles data spanning 19 years from the International Air Transport Authority. It includes 199 passports and 227 different travel destinations.

However, the British passport was once ranked even higher. It even came in 1st place in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015. This dropped down to 3rd place in 2016 and to its lowest ranking of 7th place in 2020 - the same year as the UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU.

A British passport will still grant you access to 190 different countries including Australia, Costa Rica and the United Arab Emirates. Visas are required for other destinations such as Afghanistan, Cuba and Russia.

The full rankings of passports and lists of visa-free holiday destinations are available online.

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