New York: The Henley Passport Index‘s latest ranking of passports puts Singapore passport at the top slot, according to NDTV.
Singapore passport holders can enjoy visa-free access to 195 countries.
France, Italy, Germany and Spain are in the second place alongside Japan giving passport holders access to 192 countries.
The world’s largest democracy and emerging power India is ranked 82 nd on the list with visa-free entry to 58 countries.
This makes India currently in equal ranks with nations like Senegal and Tajikistan.
The ranking is based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
IATA maintains the most extensive and precise database of travel information worldwide.
Placed third place in the ranking, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden have visa-free access to 191 destinations.
The ranking puts United Kingdom at the fourth place, alongside New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland.
Where Australia and Portugal are placed at the 5 spot, USA dropped down to eight having visa-free access to 186 nations.
Indian passport holders can travel to 58 countries without a visa, including popular destinations like Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Positioned at 100 th in the list, Pakistan’s passport holders can travel to 33 countries without visa.
At the bottom of the list is Afghanistan with easy access to 26 destinations.
Christian Kaelin, chair of Henley and Partners reportedly said: ‘The global average number of destinations travellers are able to access visa-free has nearly doubled from 58 in 2006 to 111 in 2024. However, the global mobility gap between those at the top and bottom of the index is now wider than it has ever been.’