Barbados continues to carry essentially the most highly effective passport within the Caribbean, rating twentieth globally within the 2025 Henley Passport Index with visa-free or visa-on-arrival entry to 163 locations.
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The island nation as soon as once more leads its regional friends, sustaining its repute for broad international mobility. That is the tenth straight yr that the island has maintained its place.
Shut behind is The Bahamas, which sits at twenty first with entry to 159 international locations, adopted by St. Vincent and the Grenadines in twenty fourth (156 international locations), and St. Kitts and Nevis in twenty fifth (154 international locations).
The Henley Passport Index ranks passports primarily based on the variety of locations their holders can enter with out acquiring a visa prematurely. It covers 199 passports and 227 locations globally. The 2025 rankings spotlight not simply regional leaders but in addition notable shifts amongst international powers.
In accordance with Henley & Companions, the UK and United States have every dropped one spot since January, persevering with a long-term decline in international passport energy. As soon as essentially the most highly effective passports on this planet — the UK in 2015 and the US in 2014 — they now rank sixth and tenth, respectively. The UK presents entry to 186 locations, whereas the US trails with 182, placing it on the point of falling out of the worldwide High 10 for the primary time within the index’s 20-year historical past.
Different Caribbean nations featured on this yr’s index embody:
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Antigua and Barbuda – twenty sixth (152 international locations)
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Trinidad and Tobago – twenty eighth (148 international locations)
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Grenada – twenty ninth (147 international locations)
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St. Lucia – thirtieth (146 international locations)
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Dominica – thirty second (143 international locations)
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Belize – forty ninth (102 international locations)
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Guyana – 54th (91 international locations)
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Jamaica – 56th (88 international locations)
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Suriname – sixty fourth (78 international locations)
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Dominican Republic – 67th (73 international locations)
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Cuba – 76th (60 international locations)
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Haiti – 83rd (52 international locations)
Singapore as soon as once more tops the worldwide rating, providing visa-free entry to 193 locations, adopted by Japan (190), and a bunch of European international locations together with France, Germany, and Italy.
The 2025 Index displays each the Caribbean’s regular enchancment in international mobility—pushed partially by visa waiver agreements and citizenship-by-investment packages—and the shifting dynamics affecting conventional powerhouses just like the U.S. and UK.
The total rankings may be accessed at henleyglobal.com/passport-index.
