04 March 2025 - Irish passport rated the "strongest in the world"
The most powerful passports of 2025 — a new country tops the list
Monica Pitrelli (CNBC, 02/04/2025)
Ireland has the strongest passport in the world, according to the Nomad Passport Index 2025. It’s the first time that the northern European country has held the solo No. 1 spot in the annual ranking from Nomad Capitalist, a tax and immigration consultancy. Ireland did, however, come close in 2020, when it tied for the top spot alongside Luxembourg and Sweden.
Irish passport named the strongest in the world in 2025
Kenneth Fox (Breakingnews.ie, 03/04/2025)
Ireland now has the strongest passport in the world, according to The Nomad Passport Index for 2025. It placed us in the top spot, followed by Switzerland, Greece and Portugal. It's the first time the Irish passport has held the position solo, after sharing the top spot with Luxembourg and Sweden back in 2020. The criteria in the ranking includes visa-free travel, taxation, global perception, ability to hold dual citizenship and personal freedom, with Ireland getting an overall score of 109.00.
Irish passport named the strongest in the world for 2025 in new ranking
Kerry O'Shea (Irish Central, 03/04/2025)
Ireland claims the top spot, overtaking Switzerland in what Nomad Capitalist says is an "ongoing rivalry" between the two neutral nations that have dominated the rankings in recent years. Evaluating 199 citizenships, the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index ranks each passport across five key factors: visa-free travel, taxation, global perception, dual citizenship, and personal freedom.
Why some passports are more powerful than others
Saad Hasan (TRT World, 04/02/2025)
Every day, millions of people cross borders with their passports in hand. For many others, their travel documents offer no such freedom. In January, Henley & Partners and Arton Capital each released their annual Passport Indexes, rankings that assess the relative strength of passports based on how far they can take you without the stamp of a visa. The results, as they do every year, reignited a familiar debate: Why do some passports function as keys to the world, while others are more like locked gates?
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