Overview
- Singapore holds first place with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 destinations, with Japan and South Korea joint second on 188 and a European group in third on 186.
- The United Arab Emirates ranks fifth with access to 184 destinations after adding 149 visa-free destinations since 2006, the strongest long‑term gain on the index.
- The United States returns to 10th place with access to 179 destinations despite losing visa-free entry to seven countries over the past year.
- The United Kingdom ranks seventh with 182 destinations after the steepest year-on-year decline among top-tier passports, losing access to eight destinations.
- India rises five places to 80th with access to 55 destinations, Pakistan improves to 98th with 31, and Afghanistan remains last with 24.