
Irish passports world's strongest in 2025: Nomad data

Ireland’s passports are the world’s strongest this year, according to Nomad Capitalist’s Nomad Passport Index. This is largely due to their visa-free travel options. Irish citizens can enter 176 nations without a visa, by securing a visa on arrival, or with an electronic travel authorisation. The Nomad Passport Index ranks passports based on visa-free travel opportunities, taxation, passport perceptions, dual citizenship allowance, and personal freedoms. “Ireland claims the top spot, overtaking Switzerland in an ongoing rivalry between these two neutral nations that have dominated the NPI [Nomad Passport Index] rankings in recent years. A slight boost in Ireland’s mobility score, combined with a fractional dip in Switzerland’s, was enough to tip the balance and reverse the nations’ 2024 positions to one and two,” according to Nomad Capitalist. Switzerland, 2024’s top-ranked passport, tied for second place with Greece. Greece’s “rising prominence in E.U. migration, investment and tax discussions, along with the expansion and streamlining of its tax incentive programs, has significantly enhanced its appeal among global citizens over the last 12 months,” Nomad Capitalist said. In 2025, the nine highest-ranked passports we