A new list of the world’s most powerful passports has come out. Ireland’s passport has got the first place in the ranking of the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025. America’s passport is out of the top 10 in this list. At the same time, the ranking of India’s passport has declined. Pakistan’s passport is the weakest in the world as always.
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Brussels: Tax and immigration consultancy Nomad Capitalist has released the ranking of the world’s most powerful passports. In this ranking, Ireland’s passport has got the first place. This is the first time that the passport of the North American country Ireland has secured the number 1 position in the ranking of Nomad Capitalist. In this ranking, passports of 199 countries of the world have been analyzed. This also includes India’s passport, whose ranking has declined more than before. At the same time, the Pakistani passport is included in the list of the weakest passports in the world as always.
On which factors the passport was tested
According to CNBC, Nomad Capitalist’s pattern of analyzing passports and their international strength is different from other rankings that only value their visa-free travel strength. In today’s constantly changing world, the Nomad Passport Index tracks how each country’s passport evolves on an annual basis. Looking at how the global influence of countries is changing. Nomad Capitalist ranks passports around the world based on five key factors: visa-free travel (50%), taxation (20%), global perception (10%), dual citizenship (10%), and personal freedom (10%).
Criteria to evaluate the world’s top-ranked passports
For information on travel parameters, the index relies on government data from 199 passport-issuing countries and territories, as well as real-time intelligence and research. It includes a MobilityScore, which measures the ease of travel, and also studies visa-free travel, visa on arrival, and the status of eTA and e-Visa. It also looks at taxation patterns in countries and gives them a score from 10 to 50.
How Ireland’s passport got the lead
Evaluating 199 countries, the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025 put Ireland at the top with a ‘Nomad Passport Score’ of 109. Last year, it lost the lead to Switzerland. However, in addition to this year’s win, Ireland shared the No. 1 rank with Luxembourg and Sweden in 2020. “Ireland has moved up the rankings thanks to the country’s strong international reputation, business-friendly tax policies, and overall citizenship flexibility,” Javier Correa, research associate at Nomad Capitalist, told CNBC Travel.
The World’s Strongest vs. Weakest Passports 2025
Ireland has been deemed the world’s strongest passport of 2025, with the index saying Irish citizens have the “right to live and work freely throughout the European Union and, in particular, the UK.” Apart from Ireland’s top spot, other countries in the top 10 strongest passports list are: Switzerland (2nd), Greece (2nd), Portugal (4th), Malta (5th), Italy (5th), Luxembourg (7th), Finland (7th), Norway (7th), United Arab Emirates (10th), New Zealand (10th) and Iceland (10th).
Pakistan’s passport lags again
The United States is ranked 45th in this list, jointly with San Marino. Meanwhile, Pakistan, Iraq, Eritrea, Yemen and Afghanistan are at the bottom of the table as the weakest passports, ranking from 195 to 199.
Know the position of Indian passport
India shared the 148th position with Comoros, giving it a total of 47.5 points (tax: 20, perception: 20, dual citizenship: 20, freedom: 20). In last year’s index, India was ranked 147th along with Mozambique. Earlier this year, India fell from 80th position to 85th in the list of world’s most powerful passports in the Henley Passport Index. The 19-year-old index relies on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
