The Italian passport ranks third among the most ‘powerful’ in the world, according to the latest report by Henley & Partners, which, based on official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has been compiling the ranking for 19 years, taking into consideration the number of countries where one can travel without requiring a visa. In first place is Singapore (with that passport you can enter 195 out of 227 countries without needing a visa). The small Asian state is followed by Japan (193 out of 227), in second place, and Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Finland and South Korea in third place (192 visa-free countries out of 227). In fourth place were Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden (191 out of 227), in fifth place Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (190 out of 227). In sixth place were Greece and Australia (189), in seventh Malta, Poland and Canada (188), in ninth Estonia and the United States (186) and in tenth Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia and the United Arab Emirates (185). At the bottom of the ranking, in 106th place, is Afghanistan's passport. Citizens of that country can enter only 26 states in the world without a visa. At 105th is Syria (27) and at 104th is Iraq (31). China's passport becomes more powerful: it jumps from 94th place in 2015 to 60th this year (85 visa-free destinations). In contrast, the United States loses positions: in 2015 it was in second place, now ninth (186 visa-free countries).