In the ranking of Henley & Partners, Japan and Singapore are tied for first place with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 countries, albeit this does not include all of the travel restrictions imposed by the ongoing epidemic. In second place are Germany and South Korea with 190 countries with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access.

The second Southeast Asian country is Malaysia at 12th in the ranking, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 179 countries.

According to the rankings of Passporrtindex.org, Singapore ranks 5th worldwide with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 160 countries and territories. Behind Singapore is Malaysia with 152 countries with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access.

According to seasia.co AND passportindex.org

(https://seasia.co/2022/04/17/asia-s-most-and-least-powerful-passports AND https://www.passportindex.org/)