00:00After two decades of dominance on global rankings, the U.S. passport for the first time has fallen out of the top 10, landing in 12th place, according to the Hindley Passport Index, a global ranking that measures how many destinations travelers can visit without a visa.
00:19Singapore topped the list, granting visa-free access to 193 destinations, followed by South Korea and Japan.
00:30Analysts believe that U.S. isolationist policies in recent years, along with stricter immigration measures, have contributed to the passport's decline,
00:40especially after several countries, including Brazil, revoked visa-free entry for Americans due to the lack of reciprocal treatment.
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