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Passport Index 2026: visa-free ranking of every passport

Every passport ranked by how many destinations its holders can enter visa-free or with a visa on arrival / ETA — that is, without arranging a visa before they travel. Counts come from the open passport-index open dataset across 198 destinations and territories. eVisas are listed separately because they must be obtained in advance.

199 passports ranked · compiled June 2026 · free to cite — download the data (JSON)

Methodology

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Sources
Official embassy, consulate and government visa pages where linked; Local VisaGlance verification log; Passport-validity and transit-rule notes maintained in the dataset
Last reviewed
Author
William W.
Reviewer
William W. Same person as the author; this is not an independent review.

Access leaders

United Arab Emirates 168
South Korea 167
Sweden 166
Spain 166
Singapore 165
France 165

Top score

168

Ranked

199

Source

Open

Strongest passport

United Arab Emirates

168 destinations visa-free or on arrival

Destinations counted

198

countries & territories per passport

Passports ranked

199

every passport in the dataset

# Passport Visa-free + on arrival Visa-free On arrival / ETA eVisa Visa required
1 United Arab Emirates
168
127 41 16 14
2 South Korea
167
117 50 16 15
3 Sweden
166
127 39 18 14
3 Spain
166
126 40 18 14
5 Singapore
165
130 35 16 17
5 France
165
127 38 18 15
5 Denmark
165
126 39 19 14
5 Finland
165
126 39 18 15
5 Germany
165
126 39 18 15
5 Italy
165
126 39 18 15
5 Netherlands
165
126 39 18 15
5 Switzerland
165
123 42 18 15
5 Norway
165
122 43 18 15
5 Japan
165
117 48 17 16
15 Belgium
164
127 37 19 15
15 Luxembourg
164
125 39 19 15
15 Austria
164
123 41 19 15
15 Ireland
164
121 43 19 15
19 Portugal
163
125 38 20 15
19 Czechia
163
122 41 19 16
19 Poland
163
122 41 19 16
19 United Kingdom
163
119 44 17 18
23 Greece
162
122 40 21 15
23 Hungary
162
121 41 20 16
23 New Zealand
162
115 47 20 16
26 Malta
161
123 38 18 19
26 Canada
161
118 43 19 18
26 Australia
161
113 48 21 16
29 Malaysia
160
121 39 20 18
29 Romania
160
120 40 20 18
29 Croatia
160
119 41 22 16
29 Estonia
160
119 41 21 17
29 Slovakia
160
119 41 22 16
34 Slovenia
159
119 40 21 18
34 Latvia
159
118 41 21 18
34 Lithuania
159
117 42 21 18
34 Iceland
159
115 44 21 18
34 Liechtenstein
159
115 44 21 18
39 Cyprus
158
122 36 21 19
39 Bulgaria
158
117 41 22 18
39 United States
158
115 43 20 20
42 Monaco
155
109 46 23 20
43 Hong Kong SAR China
153
116 37 19 26
43 Brazil
153
113 40 23 22
45 Argentina
151
106 45 24 23
46 Chile
149
106 43 26 23
47 San Marino
146
102 44 26 26
47 Andorra
146
101 45 27 25
49 Barbados
144
106 38 30 24
50 Israel
143
105 38 24 19
51 Brunei
142
103 39 24 32
52 Bahamas
141
102 39 28 29
53 St. Vincent & Grenadines
137
102 35 29 32
53 Uruguay
137
97 40 32 29
55 St. Kitts & Nevis
136
101 35 32 30
55 Mexico
136
97 39 32 30
57 Seychelles
135
100 35 27 36
57 Vatican City
135
95 40 28 35
57 Ukraine
135
94 41 29 34
60 Antigua & Barbuda
134
99 35 30 34
61 Peru
132
90 42 33 33
62 Trinidad & Tobago
131
99 32 33 34
63 Costa Rica
130
91 39 35 33
63 Paraguay
130
87 43 31 37
65 Mauritius
128
95 33 30 40
65 Macao
128
93 35 31 39
65 St. Lucia
128
93 35 33 37
68 Grenada
127
94 33 35 36
69 Panama
125
88 37 36 37
70 Serbia
124
87 37 33 41
71 Dominica
122
91 31 36 40
72 Solomon Islands
121
86 35 36 41
72 Georgia
121
80 41 30 47
74 Colombia
119
85 34 37 42
75 El Salvador
118
81 37 37 43
75 Russia
118
81 37 19 61
75 Taiwan
118
76 42 37 42
78 Montenegro
117
80 37 37 44
78 North Macedonia
117
80 37 35 46
80 Guatemala
116
79 37 41 41
81 Tuvalu
115
82 33 38 45
81 Honduras
115
81 34 39 44
81 Samoa
115
81 34 39 44
84 Tonga
114
82 32 38 46
84 Türkiye
114
71 43 24 60
86 Kiribati
112
79 33 39 47
86 Venezuela
112
71 41 36 50
88 Marshall Islands
111
75 36 40 47
88 Bosnia & Herzegovina
111
74 37 37 50
90 Moldova
110
75 35 34 54
90 Nicaragua
110
73 37 41 47
92 Albania
108
74 34 38 52
92 Palau
108
69 39 43 47
94 Qatar
106
70 36 24 68
94 Micronesia
106
69 37 44 48
96 South Africa
98
62 36 29 71
96 Kuwait
98
57 41 24 76
98 Belize
89
59 30 35 74
99 Timor-Leste
88
56 32 44 66
100 Saudi Arabia
87
53 34 31 80
100 Bahrain
87
49 38 25 86
100 Ecuador
87
48 39 33 78
103 Jamaica
86
56 30 37 75
103 Maldives
86
53 33 34 78
103 China
86
44 42 27 85
106 Vanuatu
83
48 35 37 78
106 Oman
83
45 38 29 86
106 Belarus
83
44 39 30 85
106 Thailand
83
42 41 32 83
110 Fiji
82
49 33 39 77
110 Guyana
82
48 34 37 79
112 Kazakhstan
81
42 39 29 88
113 Indonesia
80
46 34 33 85
114 Kosovo
79
50 29 39 75
115 Botswana
77
47 30 30 91
116 Nauru
76
43 33 38 84
117 Azerbaijan
74
34 40 33 91
118 Lesotho
73
44 29 33 92
118 Papua New Guinea
73
37 36 39 86
118 Suriname
73
37 36 40 85
121 Namibia
72
42 30 34 92
121 Bolivia
72
35 37 41 85
123 Eswatini
71
43 28 36 91
123 Morocco
71
38 33 38 89
123 Dominican Republic
71
31 40 39 88
126 Kenya
70
39 31 33 95
126 Tunisia
70
36 34 35 93
126 Armenia
70
34 36 34 93
129 Malawi
69
41 28 35 94
130 Tanzania
68
43 25 31 99
131 Philippines
67
37 30 41 89
132 Ghana
66
42 24 38 94
132 Zambia
66
38 28 33 99
132 Mongolia
66
36 30 42 90
135 Gambia
65
43 22 37 96
135 Cape Verde
65
37 28 36 97
137 Uganda
64
35 29 35 99
137 Rwanda
64
28 36 35 99
137 Kyrgyzstan
64
27 37 41 93
140 Uzbekistan
63
29 34 38 97
141 Cuba
62
30 32 43 93
142 Zimbabwe
61
36 25 36 101
142 São Tomé & Príncipe
61
25 36 37 100
144 Sierra Leone
60
39 21 37 101
144 Benin
60
32 28 38 100
144 India
60
29 31 47 91
147 Madagascar
58
27 31 38 102
147 Tajikistan
58
23 35 42 97
149 Gabon
57
26 31 42 99
150 Burkina Faso
56
30 26 41 101
150 Togo
56
29 27 41 101
150 Mozambique
56
27 29 37 105
150 Equatorial Guinea
56
22 34 39 103
154 Senegal
55
32 23 45 98
155 Guinea
54
27 27 43 101
155 Algeria
54
21 33 45 99
157 Niger
53
30 23 43 102
157 Côte d’Ivoire
53
28 25 46 99
157 Mauritania
53
25 28 43 102
157 Cambodia
53
21 32 49 96
161 Vietnam
52
23 29 46 100
161 Egypt
52
20 32 44 102
161 Bhutan
52
17 35 45 101
161 Comoros
52
16 36 41 105
165 Mali
51
30 21 43 104
166 Guinea-Bissau
50
26 24 42 106
166 Angola
50
22 28 44 104
166 Chad
50
22 28 42 106
166 Jordan
50
19 31 44 104
166 Turkmenistan
50
15 35 47 101
171 Central African Republic
49
20 29 43 106
171 Haiti
49
15 34 45 103
173 Cameroon
48
20 28 45 105
173 Laos
48
20 28 46 104
175 Republic of the Congo
47
19 28 44 107
175 Burundi
47
18 29 42 109
175 Djibouti
47
15 32 46 105
178 Liberia
46
24 22 44 108
179 Lebanon
45
15 30 43 110
180 Ethiopia
44
11 33 45 109
181 South Sudan
43
17 26 41 114
181 DR Congo
43
16 27 42 113
181 Iran
43
13 30 41 113
184 Nigeria
42
27 15 40 116
184 Sri Lanka
42
20 22 46 110
184 Myanmar (Burma)
42
12 30 49 107
187 Libya
40
13 27 45 113
187 Sudan
40
12 28 44 113
187 Eritrea
40
11 29 49 109
187 North Korea
40
9 31 47 109
191 Nepal
39
12 27 52 107
192 Palestine
36
11 25 46 114
193 Bangladesh
35
17 18 44 117
193 Yemen
35
9 26 45 117
195 Somalia
33
11 22 45 118
196 Pakistan
31
11 20 48 118
196 Iraq
31
8 23 48 119
198 Syria
28
7 21 45 124
199 Afghanistan
26
4 22 50 122

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Passports

199

Destinations

198

Compiled

June 2026

Suggested citation

VisaGlance Passport Index 2026. June 2026. https://visaglance.com/passport-index. Source: https://github.com/ilyankou/passport-index-dataset.

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How this ranking is built

  • For each passport we count destinations coded visa-free or visa on arrival / ETA in the source dataset. That sum is the “visa-free + on arrival” score we rank by; the home country is excluded.
  • eVisas are not counted as open access — they must be applied for before travel — but are shown in their own column. “Visa required” means a visa arranged in advance at an embassy or consulate.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank. Figures describe ordinary tourist entry and can change without notice — for a specific trip, always confirm the exact rule on the visa checker and the official source it links.
  • Source: the open passport-index open dataset (github.com/ilyankou/passport-index-dataset), compiled June 2026. This is a dataset-derived index and is not affiliated with the Henley Passport Index or any official government ranking.
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