Are you an avid globe-trotter? It seems being a citizen of some international locations is extra helpful than others. Or, properly, some continents: in keeping with the Henley Passport Index—which yearly ranks the variety of international locations that their holders can journey to with out requiring a visa—residents of Europe, by and enormous, benefit from the largest international freedoms. Of their 2024 report, they discovered that residents of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain can journey to 194 international locations with out further journey documentation—extra so than every other nation.

Singapore, too, was within the six-way tie for the primary passport on this planet, holding onto their rating from final yr. Finland and Sweden tied with South Korea for second place, with entry to 193 locations.

The USA, in the meantime, got here in seventh with 188 locations its holders can go to visa-free. Since 2014—when the nation was awarded the primary spot—America has been on a gradual decline, dropping via the rating. (Why is it getting weaker? The reply is much less regarding than one may suppose: America isn’t essentially shedding entry to international locations, it’s simply not including new international locations as quick as its Asian and European counterparts.)

Most improved? That may be the United Arab Emirates, who rose from fifty fifth place in 2014 to eleventh place in 2024.

In an age the place worldwide journey is extra fashionable than ever—in keeping with the World Tourism Group, 975 million vacationers traveled internationally between January and September 2023, nearly utterly rebounding to its pre-pandemic ranges—having a passport that enables one to take action is very fascinating. Particularly as off-the-beaten path international locations slowly start to emerge as trending vacationer hotspots: Sri Lanka, Madagascar and Mozambique, for instance, have lately welcomed a slew of luxurious inns.

So France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Singapore? Have enjoyable reserving these flights—the remainder of the world is slightly bit jealous.