Americans can travel visa-free to 182 destinations, four fewer than last year and 11 fewer than holders of the top-ranked passport, Singapore, according to the latest quarterly update of the index created by the London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners.

The U.S. held the number one ranking in 2014 but has experienced steady decline in passport strength since then.

The decline in U.S. passport power seems to be attributable to a lack of reciprocation in visa-free travel, according to how Henley & Partners’ calculates its rankings, which also looks at imbalances, Newsweek reported.

The U.S. allows 46 nationalities to enter without a visa, the index showed.

Insiders have panned the U.S.’s new visa fee as discouraging to visitors, CNN reported.

Foreign visitors to the U.S. will soon have to pay a visa integrity fee of at least US$250 under the Trump administration’s newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill.

The Henley Passport Index tracks global travel freedoms in 227 countries and territories using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association.

It ranks 199 passports based on the number of destinations their holders can enter without a prior visa. Continuously updated throughout the year to reflect changes in visa policies, the index is widely recognized as a key measure of global mobility.

Japan and South Korea shared the second position, with visa-free access to 190 destinations.

Seven European Union countries – Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain – shared third place with access to 189 destinations.