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Singapore has regained the top ranking in the latest edition of the Henley Passport Index, which ranks the world's most powerful passports determined by the number of countries their holders can enter without needing a visa.

The city-state also sets a new record score, with its citizens now enjoying access to 195 travel destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free.

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain drop to joint-2nd place, each with visa-free access to 192 destinations, and an unprecedented seven-nation cohort, each with access to 191 destinations without a prior visa – Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden – now sit in 3rd place on the ranking, which is based on exclusive and official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The UK hangs onto 4th place along with Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland, despite its visa-free destination score falling to 190. The US, on the other hand, continues its now decade-long slide down the index, dropping to 8th spot, with access to just 186 destinations visa-free.

Nigeria ranks 92nd with 45 visa-free destinations.