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THE HENLY Passport Index (HPI) has released a list of countries with the strongest passports in the world in 2025.
This list of the strongest passports is ranked based on a country’s visa-free access to other countries. The more visa exemptions a country receives from other countries, the stronger the country’s passport is considered.
The HPI was compiled by the British consulting firm Henley & Partners. To determine the list of countries with the strongest passports, Henley & Partners uses the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Timatic database or a database containing data on documentation requirements for passengers traveling abroad by air.
In addition, Henley & Partners will cross-check a number of countries on the Passport Index list with other countries that are likely destinations for air travel using the IATA database.
There are a number of rules that serve as indicators, namely that the passport holder is an adult citizen of the issuing country and is an individual tourist, not part of a tourist group. Then the trip is a tour or a business trip. Also, the tourist’s stay in the destination country is at least three days.
In addition, there are other passport indicators, such as tourist data being used for tourists with ordinary passports, not diplomatic, service, emergency or other travel passports, and other indicators.
This HPI has been published since 2005 and is updated and published every year, including 2025. Countries with the Strongest Passports in the World 2025. The HPI uses 227 global destination countries as an indicator to rank the world’s strongest passports in 2025.
As a result, Singapore is the country with the strongest passport in the world, with visa-free access to 195 countries out of 227 global destinations. In second place is Japan with visa-free access to 193 countries, followed by France, Germany, Spain, Italy, South Korea and Finland with visa-free access to 192 countries.
In fourth place are Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden with visa-free access to 191 countries. And in fifth place are New Zealand, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom with visa-free access to 190 countries.
Meanwhile, the three with the weakest passports are Iraq at 104th place with visa-free access to 31 countries out of 227 global destinations. Then Syria is ranked 105th with visa-free access to 27 countries, and in last place or 106th is Afghanistan with visa-free access to only 26 countries out of 227 global destinations.
So, where does the Indonesian passport rank in the world in 2025? Based on the 2025 HPI, Indonesia is ranked 66th with visa-free access to 76 countries out of 227 global destinations. This ranking is lower than other ASEAN countries such as Thailand which is ranked 61st, Timor-Leste 51st, Brunei 20th, Malaysia 12th and Singapore 1st.
The following is a list of the top 10 strongest passports in the world in 2025, published by Henley & Partners: (1). Singapore, visa-free access: 195 countries, (2). Japan, visa-free access: 193 countries, (3). Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Visa-free access: 192 countries, (4). Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Visa-free access: 191 countries, (5). Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Visa-free access: 190 countries, (6). Australia, Greece, Visa-free access: 189 countries, (7). Canada, Malta, Poland, Visa-free access: 188 countries, (8). Czech Republic, Hungary, Visa-free access: 187 countries, (9). Estonia, United States, Visa-free access: 186 countries, (10). Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, Visa Free Access: 185 countries. [sources/photo special]
