Countries with most valuable passports: Ranked

Singapore has the world’s most valuable passport, according to Arton Capital.Wong Maye-E / Associated Press

• Arton Capital ranked world passports by the number of countries one can visit without obtaining a visa.
• The United States is tied for second this year after being tied for sixth in 2017.
• Singapore finished first in the rankings.

The United States has jumped four spots in the finance firm Arton Capital‘s most recent rankings of passport mobility, which measures the number of countries one can visit with a given nation’s passport without obtaining a visa. The US is tied for second in the 2018 rankings, up from sixth in 2017. Singapore takes the top spot with a passport that provides access to 166 countries without a visa.

You can see all of the countries ranked in the top 10 below.

Countries are ranked according to Arton’s “Visa-Free Score,” with a higher score resulting in a higher ranking.