[regnull]

For the full context, it looks like Henley & Partners is providing services like obtaining second citizenship, so it's in their best interest to highlight the US passport "decline". Further down they say "Americans Lead Global Rush for Second Citizenships", which just happens to be the thing they are selling.

[JumpCrisscross]

Henley's index ranks America 12th, with 180 visa-free destinations [1]. The Global Passport Power Rank 2025 ranks America 9th, with 168...MS [2].

Maybe they count destinations differently?

[1] https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index

[2] https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php

[riffraff]

they do, you can see "American Samoa", "Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba", "French West Indies" etc in Henley's rank, for example.

[yencabulator]

Not 9th. Of rank 9. There's 40 countries ranking higher than USA there.

[lawlessone]

Interesting. Not the exact same but most of countries i've checked in both come out near the same spot.