Visa-free Travel: Greece Secures 6th Spot in Henley Passport Index 2025

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The Greek passport maintains its position as one of the world’s most powerful, ranking 6th on the Henley Passport Index for the second consecutive year.

Henley & Partners, an investment migration consultancy based in London, ranks the world’s 199 passports based on the number of destinations they offer visa-free travel. The Henley Passport Index uses exclusive Timatic data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Greece once again claimed 6th place on the list, the same as in 2024, improving from 7th in 2023 and 2022, and 8th in both 2021 and 2020. The Greek passport grants citizens visa-free access to 189 out of 227 countries worldwide.

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Top 10: Singapore’s strong comeback

Having shared the top with Japan last year, Singapore reclaims its crown as the most powerful passport in the world with visa-free access to 195 out of 227 destinations worldwide.

Japan secures the runner-up spot with a score of 193, maintaining its lead over other nations after regaining visa-free access to China for the first time since the Covid lockdowns.

The Henley Passport Index top 10 includes:

3rd place
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain (192 destinations)

4th place
Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden (191 destinations)

5th place
Belgium, UK, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland (190 destinations)

6th place
Australia, Greece (189 destinations)

7th place
Canada, Malta, Poland (188 destinations)

8th place
Czech Republic, Hungary (187 destinations)

9th place
US, Estonia (186 destinations)

10th place
UAE, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia (185 destinations)

Despite maintaining a strong presence in the top 10, Europe saw France, Germany, Italy, and Spain drop two spots to 3rd place. They were joined by Finland and South Korea, which also fell one position over the past year.

US and UK passports among the biggest fallers

In this year’s edition, the US and the UK are among the 22 countries which have recorded a decline over the past decade.

The American passport is the second-biggest faller between 2015 and 2025 after Venezuela, dropping seven places from 2nd to its current 9th position. Despite the decline in passport strength, the US dominates in applications for alternative residence and citizenship, accounting for 21 percent of all investment migration program submissions to Henley & Partners in 2024.

Vanuatu is the third-biggest faller, dropping six places from 48th to 54th position, followed by the British passport, which was top of the index in 2015 but now sits in 5th place.

Completing the Top 5 losers list is Canada, which has dropped three ranks over the past decade, from 4th to its current 7th place.

The passports with the least mobility spectrum in 2025 remain unchanged, with Afghanistan at the bottom, now offering visa-free access to just 26 countries after losing two destinations over the past year. Other low-ranking passports include Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and Yemen.

“The very notion of citizenship and its birthright lottery needs a fundamental rethink as temperatures rise, natural disasters become more frequent and severe, displacing communities and rendering their environments uninhabitable,” remarked Christian H. Kaelin, chairman of Henley & Partners and creator of the passport index, in light of this year’s findings.