ES Lifestyle newsletter The latest lifestyle, fashion and travel trends Enter your email address Continue Please enter an email address Email address is invalid Fill out this field Email address is invalid You already have an account. Please log in Register with your social account or click here to log in I would like to receive trends and interviews from fashion, lifestyle to travel every week, by email Update newsletter preferences

The power of the UK passport has dropped to its lowest position in world rankings since The Henley Passport Index began in 2006.

Coming in at a joint eighth place, alongside the US, Belgium, Greece and Norway, the UK passport was previously ranked as the world’s most powerful in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015. But it began to slide post-Brexit, to third in 2016, fourth in 2017, fifth in 2018 and sixth in 2019.

Prior to 2020, the lowest the UK passport had sat on the rankings was at sixth in 2008 and 2009.

Japan was listed as the world’s most powerful passport with visa-free access to 191 countries – comparatively the UK passport can access 184 countries visa-free.

The world’s most powerful passports According to The Henley Passport Index 1. Japan – access to 191 countries visa-free 2. Singapore – 190 3. Germany and South Korea – 189 4. Finland and Italy – 188 5. Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain – 187 6. France and Sweden – 186 7. Austria, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland – 185 8. Belgium, Greece, Norway, UK and US – 184 9. Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Malta and New Zealand – 183 10. Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia – 181 11. Iceland, Latvia and Slovenia – 180 12. Estonia – 179 13. Liechtenstein and Malaysia – 178 14. Poland – 176 15. Monaco – 175 16. Chile and Cyprus – 174 17. Romania – 172 18. Bulgaria and the UAE – 171 19. Argentina and Brazil – 170 20. Croatia and Hong Kong – 169

Singapore, who was last year ranked as the most powerful passport, dropped to second place this year with visa-free access to 190 destinations.

Germany and South Korea shared a joint third placing with access to 189 countries visa-free and Finland and Italy’s passports came in fourth.

Best value destinations for 2020 - in pictures 10 show all Best value destinations for 2020 - in pictures 1/10 1. Bratislava, Slovakia Drop in flight price: 71 per cent Unsplash 2/10 2. Eindhoven, Netherlands Drop in flight price: 62 per cent Shutterstock 3/10 3. Jersey, United Kingdom Drop in flight price: 48 per cent Unsplash 4/10 4. Tenerife, Spain Drop in flight price: 44 per cent Unsplash 5/10 5. Malaga, Spain Drop in flight price: 44 per cent Unsplash 6/10 6. Düsseldorf, Germany Drop in flight price: 43 per cent Unsplash 7/10 7. Wroclaw, Poland Drop in flight price: 42 per cent Unsplash 8/10 8. Split, Croatia Drop in flight price: 42 per cent Unsplash 9/10 9. Shannon, Ireland Drop in flight price: 40 per cent Unsplash 10/10 10. Frankfurt, Germany Drop in flight price: 40 per cent Unsplash 1/10 1. Bratislava, Slovakia Drop in flight price: 71 per cent Unsplash 2/10 2. Eindhoven, Netherlands Drop in flight price: 62 per cent Shutterstock 3/10 3. Jersey, United Kingdom Drop in flight price: 48 per cent Unsplash 4/10 4. Tenerife, Spain Drop in flight price: 44 per cent Unsplash 5/10 5. Malaga, Spain Drop in flight price: 44 per cent Unsplash 6/10 6. Düsseldorf, Germany Drop in flight price: 43 per cent Unsplash 7/10 7. Wroclaw, Poland Drop in flight price: 42 per cent Unsplash 8/10 8. Split, Croatia Drop in flight price: 42 per cent Unsplash 9/10 9. Shannon, Ireland Drop in flight price: 40 per cent Unsplash 10/10 10. Frankfurt, Germany Drop in flight price: 40 per cent Unsplash

At the other end of the spectrum, Afghanistan’s passport was listed as the least powerful, with visa-free access to just 26 countries. Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Pakistan and Yemen were also listed in the bottom five.

You can view the complete passport rankings at henleypassportindex.com