Which country has the best passport? See the ranking 2025

Ireland has the most powerful passport in the world, according to the Nomad Passport 2025 index.

This is the first time that the northern European state has maintained single -singing 1 in the annual ranking of Nomad Capitalist, a tax and immigration consultant. However, Ireland approached in 2020, when it linked the lead alongside Luxembourg and Sweden.

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Unlike other classifications, which often evaluate passports that depend only on visa -free travel power, Nomad Capitalist analyzes five criteria:

1. Visitor-free –50 %
2. Taxes – 20 %
3. Global perception – 10 %
4. The ability to retain dual citizenship – 10 %
5. Personal freedom (freedom of the press, mandatory military service, etc.) – 10 %

These factors allow people who think about a different or additional passport to understand the “real value” of citizens around the world better, and in the end “go to where they are treated better”, according to the index.

The ninth version of the list is ranked 199 countries and regions that use 20 sources, such as country tax authorities to obtain tax classification, and Global Happiness Report The United Nations Human Development Index to classify the perception, according to the index.

The grades range from 10 to 50, with the exception of the visa category, the number of countries where passports can enter without a visa.

Here is the list from first place to 49:

European countries maintain nine of the 10 best sites, from the perennial power in Switzerland to small countries in Luxembourg and Malta.

The highest ranked passports outside Europe are the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand, both of which are linked in tenth place.

the Full list It can be displayed on Nomad Capitalist.

Countries that lead the other lists – such as Singapore and Japan Less rank in the list of nomadic codes. Both the result is low for double citizenship, which is Restricted in Japan and Unrecognized in Singapore. Japan was also photographed in the tax category, while Singapore has lukewarm degrees of personal freedoms.

Singapore occupied 126 out of 180 countries in correspondents without borders 2024 Global Press Freedom Index Male citizens and permanent residents are required to serve about two years in the army when they are 18 years old. However, the island’s nation has the highest degrees of “perception”.

The weakest passports in the list, which ranks 195 to 199, Pakistan, Iraq, Eritrea, Yemen and Afghanistan.

Bella Stodart of CNBC contributed to this report.