United States

Americas

Key facts

Capital: Washington, D.C.
Population: 341.8 million; 341,784,857 people · 2025
Area: 9,831,510 km²; 2024
Official language: English; Source: whitehouse.gov ↗
Currency: US Dollar; USD
GDP per capita: US$90,027; Current US$ · 2025

Sources: World Bank WDI (population, area, GDP per capita; latest year available), Wikidata (capital), Unicode CLDR (languages, currency). Retrieved 15 Oct 2026.

United States (Americas) has data on 12/14 PI indices. Strongest relative position: Healthcare Index — #6/192 (88.8/100). Lowest relative position: Cost of Living Index — #182/200 (33.4/100). The passport ranks #10/198 and reaches 195 destinations without a consular visa in advance. Global Citizenship Score 75.2/100 (#36/199). On the entry side, 47/197 passports can enter United States without a consular visa in advance. The dataset records 3 active citizenship and residence programmes in United States.

Passport Index 92.6Rank #10 / 198 Quality of Life Index 76.9Rank #44 / 211 Cost of Living Index 33.4Rank #182 / 200 Education Index 82.1Rank #24 / 191 Global Safety Index 77.5Rank #74 / 203 Healthcare Index 88.8Rank #6 / 192 Tax Freedom Index 47.4Rank #131 / 145 Wealth Protection Index 77.0Rank #38 / 205 Family Relocation Score 76.6Rank #35 / 197 Global Citizenship Score 75.2Rank #36 / 199 Investment Migration ROI 23.0Rank #45 / 50 Retirement Destination Index 65.9Rank #88 / 198

Entering United States

Visa-free: 5 passports
Visa on arrival: 0 passports
eTA: 42 passports
e-⁠Visa: 0 passports
Consular visa required: 150 passports

Official immigration authority ↗

Regional position and data sources

First in Americas on 2/12 indices
Above the regional median on 9/12 indices
Each index lists its source and data date on the Methodology page

See the data sources

Passport strength components

Visa-free: 161 destinations
Visa on arrival: 25 destinations
eTA: 9 destinations
e-⁠Visa: 32 destinations, not counted toward strength

See the passport in detail

Citizenship and residence programmes in the dataset

E-2 Treaty Investor Visa
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) - Parole

See on the Opportunity Map