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A US passport is not as powerful as it once was, according to the annual Henley & Partners Passport Index. The index ranks passports by visa-free access to 227 destinations, and the US is only ninth.
The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens. [3] It was launched in 2005 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index [ 4 ] and was updated to Henley Passport Index in January 2018.
The Henley Passport Index is an annual ranking of countries in the world based on how many travel destinations are accessible to the passport holders without a prior visa. [ 12 ] The Investment Migration Climate Resilience Index by the company assesses a country's climate resilience and ranks climate resilient locations for migration.
[35] Henley was paid a 10% commission ($25,000) for every donation to the SIDF. [34] The contract between Henley and Partners and St. Kitts and Nevis ended in 2013. [33] The same year, the company set up a similar program in neighboring country Antigua and Barbuda. [35]
In a big shakeup of a quarterly list of the world’s most powerful passports, an unprecedented six countries are tied in the top spot for the hottest travel documents for 2024.
As of 23 July 2024, Bulgarian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 177 countries and territories, ranking the Bulgarian passport 14th overall in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passport of Romania), according to the Henley & Partners Passport Index. [1]
As of 2025, holders of a United States passport may travel to 186 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport ranks [Note 1] 9th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is also ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
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