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Top 100 most powerful passports in the world 2021

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How powerful a passport is, is determined by the number of countries their holders can travel to visa-free. Japan’s passport is the most powerful in the world, with its holders accessing 190 countries in the world, visa-free. Followed by Singapore at 189 countries. France comes third at 188 countries.

The list below highlights the top 100 most powerful passports in the world.

Rank	Passport	Number of Countries the Passport Can Access Visa Free
1	Japan	190
2	Singapore	189
3	France	188
4	Germany	188
5	South Korea	188
6	Denmark	187
7	Finland	187
8	Italy	187
9	Spain	187
10	Sweden	187
11	Austria	186
12	Luxembourg	186
13	Netherlands	186
14	Norway	186
15	Portugal	186
16	United Kingdom	186
17	Belgium	185
18	Canada	185
19	Ireland	185
20	Switzerland	185
21	Australia	183
22	Greece	183
23	Malta	183
24	Czech Republic	182
25	New Zealand	182
26	Iceland	181
27	Hungary	180
28	Malaysia	180
29	Slovenia	180
30	Latvia	179
31	Lithuania	179
32	Slovakia	179
33	Estonia	178
34	Liechtenstein	178
35	Poland	175
36	Chile	174
37	Monaco	174
38	Cyprus	173
39	Brazil	171
40	Argentina	170
41	Hong Kong	170
42	Bulgaria	169
43	Croatia	169
44	Romania	169
45	Andorra	168
46	San Marino	168
47	Brunei	165
48	Barbados	161
49	Israel	161
50	United Arab Emirates	161
51	Mexico	158
52	Bahamas	155
53	Uruguay	154
54	Seychelles	152
55	St Kitts and Nevis	151
56	Antigua and Barbuda	150
57	Costa Rica	149
58	Taiwan	148
59	Vatican City	148
60	Trinidad and Tobago	147
61	Mauritius	146
62	St Lucia	146
63	St Vincent and Grenadines	145
64	Grenada	144
65	Macao	144
66	Paraguay	143
67	Panama	141
68	Honduras	138
69	Venezuela	138
70	Dominica	137
71	El Salvador	137
72	Guatemala	137
73	Peru	135
74	Serbia	130
75	Solomon Islands	130
76	Samoa	129
77	Vanuatu	129
78	Nicaragua	128
79	Ukraine	128
80	Colombia	127
81	Tuvalu	127
82	Macedonia	125
83	Marshall Islands	124
84	Tonga	124
85	Kiribati	123
86	Montenegro	123
87	Micronesia	122
88	Moldova	122
89	Palau Islands	119
90	Russian Federation	119
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	118
92	Albania	114
93	Georgia	112
94	Turkey	111
95	South Africa	102
96	Belize	101
97	Timor Leste	98
98	Ecuador	93
99	Kuwait	93
100	Fiji	90