Singapore beats Japan to become the world's most powerful passport; this country at bottom list

Singapore has replaced Japan for having the world’s most powerful passport, allowing visa-free entry to 192 global destinations, according to the latest Henley Passport Index.

Meanwhile, Germany, Italy, and Spain all move up into second place with allowing visa-free entry to 192 global destinations.

After five years at the top, Japan dropped to third place as the number of destinations its passport can access without a visa fell, Bloomberg reported. Japan also shares its position with Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea and Sweden.

The US, which once topped the ranking nearly a decade ago, slid two places to eighth place. The UK, after a Brexit-induced slump, jumped two places to fourth, a position it last held in 2017.

Coming to home, India, on the other hand, improved its position by 5 spots from last year and is currently ranked 80th on the index along with Togo and Senegal, with visa-free access to 57 countries.

At the bottom of the list is Afghanistan with easy access to 27 destinations. Yemen (99), Pakistan (100), Syria (101) and Iraq (102) round up the bottom five.