Passports might just be small travel documents but they hold a lot of power over which countries travellers can enter – and for how long.The Global Passport Index is an annual report produced by Global Citizen Solutions since 2021. It looks into the value of passports across 197 different countries and territories. Three main factors are considered - enhanced mobility, investment, and quality of living - to determine the power of the vital travel document.Sweden remains in first place, scoring 96.05 out of 100 and putting it 72.95 points ahead of Afghanistan, which sits last. The gap between the two countries has widened since the report first started, 'confirming that the divergence between the world’s strongest and weakest travel documents is not a post-pandemic anomaly but a deepening structural condition,' the global mobility firm says. Sweden ranks as the most powerful passport in The Global Passport Index by Global Citizen SolutionsAs for the United Kingdom, the blue passport made it into the top 10 - in eighth place - and retained the same position as the year before. Previous reports saw it go from seventh in 2021 and 2022 up to sixth in 2024, but it has since slid down the table. The report notes that the UK is 'notably weaker than its peers' in mobility due to post-Brexit travel access issues. Despite this, its other components help it to place well.Elsewhere in the rankings, Switzerland comes second with 95.2 points, retaining its place from the year before. Impressively, the country has gradually worked its way up from 11th place when the report started in 2021.Finland follows in third, where it has sat since 2024, with 94.4 points, while Germany and the Netherlands place fourth and fifth respectively with 94.3 and 93.7 points.Denmark is tied in fifth, followed by Ireland, the UK, Norway and Singapore rounding off the top 10.The United States placed first in 2021 and scored 96.45 overall, which is the highest in the index's history. The United Kingdom makes it into the top ten, in eighth placeHowever, it has since fallen to 12th place over the years with a score of 92.37 - the steepest decline of any G7 country in the index. The report puts this notable shift down to mostly the mobility factor - in which the US fell from 10th to 41st.As for the 10 weakest passports, the rankings are mostly dominated by conflict-impacted Asian states, as well as African countries. Sudan places 188th, followed by Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic and Congo (Kinshasa).Eritrea ranks 192nd, Syrian Arab Republic 193rd, Yemen 194th and South Sudan is 195th. Somalia makes 196th, followed by Afghanistan in 197th - rounding off the table. Other companies produce passport reports too, including The Henley Passport Index which analyses data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and looks at 199 different passports and 227 destinations. Switzerland makes second place, followed by Finland in thirdFor 2026, it named the world's most powerful passport as Singapore, which has remained number one for three years in a row. A passport for the tiny Asian city-state can grant you access to 192 of the 227 countries included in the index, visa-free.It was followed by Japan and South Korea, in joint second place, whose travel documents allow access to 188 countries. Denmark, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland all ranked third with visa-free entry to 186 destinations. The top ten most powerful passports, according to the Global Passport Index 1. Sweden2. Switzerland3. Finland4. Germany=5. The Netherlands=5. Denmark7. Ireland8. United Kingdom9. Norway10. Singapore