Singapore, Germany passports tie as most powerful passports in the world
In terms of individual ranking, however, Germany still edges out Singapore
The Republic’s passport takes top spot – in a tie with Germany – in a global ranking of the world’s passports.
Singaporeans can travel to 159 countries visa-free, up from 158 last year after Ukraine included Singapore to its visa-on-arrival programme.
According to the Global Passport Power Rank 2017 released on Monday (April 17), Ukraine’s revision placed Singapore in a tie with Germany.
In terms of individual ranking, however, Germany still edges out Singapore. German passport holders can travel without a visa to 125 countries and can get visa-on-arrival at 34 countries (adding up to total of 159). Singapore passport holders can travel to 122 countries without a visa, and visa-on-arrival at 37 countries.
The visa-free score is derived from the number of visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel destinations, with the former carrying a higher weightage.
Sweden followed in second place with a visa-free score of 158. Denmark, Finland, Italy, France, Spain, Norway, United Kingdom, South Korea and the US are in third place with a visa-free score of 157, which makes Singapore the most powerful passport to hold among Asian nations, followed by South Korea.