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The Henley Passport Index has released its latest list of the most powerful passports among the world's countries. Six countries including two Asian countries have reached the first position. Six countries topped the list with visa-free entry to 194 countries.

Apart from Japan and Singapore from Asia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain share the top spot. Finland, the Netherlands, South Korea and Sweden are in second place with visa-free access to 193 countries.

The Henley index has evaluated 199 passports in the world. India is at 85th position with visa-free entry to 62 countries. Indian passports are granted visa-free entry to global travel destinations such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

At the same time, India, which was ranked 84th in the last list, has moved down one place. In the list of Asian countries, India is behind Maldives (58), Saudi Arabia (63), China (64), Thailand (66), Indonesia (69) and Uzbekistan (84).

Pakistan is ranked 106th on the list while neighboring countries Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal are ranked 101st, 102nd and 103rd respectively. The UK, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark and Austria came third with access to 192 countries. Belgium, Norway and Portugal came in fourth place.

With free access to 190 countries, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Malta and Switzerland came in fifth on the list, while the United States and Canada shared the sixth position.