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Passport ranking 2026 from official rules

Name: Passport ranking from official entry rules
Creator: Visa Almanac

By the Visa Almanac editorial teamChange logUpdated 6 Nov 2026

In brief

Eight passports share first place: those of Luxembourg, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Portugal and Greece open 180 of 198 destinations without a visa from an embassy. The Somali and Afghan passports share last place with 67. We count only rules confirmed by each destination's government and show separately what we have not verified.

Passports ranked: 199
Destinations each: 198
Official sources: 461government pages
Not verified: 8–17per passport, never counted

Checked 31 Oct – 6 Nov 2026Recounted whenever a rule changesReport a change

Independent reference, not a government website. We don't issue visas or sell visa services.

ContentsIn brief

In brief
How we rank
Selected passports
All 199 passports
Other indexes
FAQ
Sources
About this page

How we rank passports

What we count: For each passport, the 198 other countries and territories in our rules: 193 UN members, Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.
Where the rules come from: Each destination's own government: its foreign or interior ministry, immigration service or official eVisa portal, and EU Regulation 2018/1806 for the Schengen states. 461 official pages, each quoted, with the date we checked it.
The score: Destinations you can enter without applying at an embassy or consulate: visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an eVisa or ETA you get online. Each type has its own column; a visa on arrival is never counted as visa-free.
Visa required: Also covers routes that work only with another visa or residence permit (for example, visa-free only with a valid US visa) and suspended entry. Without that document, you need a visa.
Not verified: No official source confirms the rule yet. 6 destinations have no official page we could read (Central African Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Palestine, Sudan, Syria and Vatican City); a few others are verified for some nationalities only. Unverified destinations never count, so a passport with more of them can rank lower than it would with complete data.
Ties: Passports with the same score share a place, and the next place is skipped (1, 1, 3). Within a tie, more visa-free destinations come first, then A–Z.

Selected passports

India Pakistan Philippines United States United Kingdom Canada UAE Germany

Indian passport · joint 123rd of 19999 destinations without an embassy visa: 21 visa-free, 19 on arrival, 59 eVisa or ETA · 10 not verified · Indian passport ranking · Visa-free countries for Indians
Pakistani passport · joint 194th of 19972 destinations without an embassy visa: 7 visa-free, 13 on arrival, 52 eVisa or ETA · 10 not verified · Where Pakistani passport holders can go
Philippine passport · joint 118th of 199104 destinations without an embassy visa: 37 visa-free, 17 on arrival, 50 eVisa or ETA · 10 not verified · Where Philippine passport holders can go
US passport · joint 39th of 199173 destinations without an embassy visa: 106 visa-free, 26 on arrival, 41 eVisa or ETA · 11 not verified · Where US passport holders can go
British passport · joint 26th of 199177 destinations without an embassy visa: 112 visa-free, 23 on arrival, 42 eVisa or ETA · 10 not verified · Where British passport holders can go
Canadian passport · joint 9th of 199179 destinations without an embassy visa: 109 visa-free, 27 on arrival, 43 eVisa or ETA · 8 not verified · Where Canadian passport holders can go
UAE passport · joint 43rd of 199170 destinations without an embassy visa: 110 visa-free, 21 on arrival, 39 eVisa or ETA · 11 not verified · Where UAE passport holders can go
German passport · joint 9th of 199179 destinations without an embassy visa: 110 visa-free, 25 on arrival, 44 eVisa or ETA · 8 not verified · Where German passport holders can go

All 199 passports

Find a passport

Showing 31 of 199 passports: places 1 to 20 and the selected passports above

Sorted by place. Select a column heading to sort by it. “Without an embassy visa” = visa-free + on arrival + eVisa or ETA.


1=	Austria	180	109	26	45	10	8
1=	Finland	180	111	25	44	10	8
1=	Greece	180	108	26	46	10	8
1=	Luxembourg	180	112	25	43	10	8
1=	Netherlands	180	111	25	44	10	8
1=	Portugal	180	109	26	45	10	8
1=	Spain	180	110	26	44	10	8
1=	Sweden	180	112	24	44	10	8
9=	Belgium	179	111	24	44	11	8
9=	Canada	179	109	27	43	11	8
9=	Denmark	179	111	24	44	11	8
9=	France	179	110	25	44	11	8
9=	Germany	179	110	25	44	11	8
9=	Hungary	179	108	26	45	11	8
9=	Ireland	179	111	25	43	11	8
9=	Italy	179	111	24	44	11	8
9=	Malta	179	109	24	46	11	8
9=	Poland	179	109	25	45	11	8
9=	Switzerland	179	110	25	44	10	9
20=	Australia	178	105	29	44	11	9
20=	Czechia	178	109	25	44	12	8
20=	Japan	178	110	28	40	11	9
20=	Norway	178	108	26	44	11	9
20=	Singapore	178	125	20	33	11	9
20=	South Korea	178	111	27	40	10	10
26=	Iceland	177	105	24	48	12	9
26=	New Zealand	177	105	29	43	12	9
26=	United Kingdom	177	112	23	42	11	10
29=	Croatia	176	106	25	45	14	8
29=	Cyprus	176	109	23	44	14	8
29=	Estonia	176	105	25	46	14	8
29=	Latvia	176	105	25	46	14	8
29=	Malaysia	176	117	24	35	13	9
29=	Romania	176	107	25	44	14	8
29=	Slovakia	176	106	25	45	13	9
29=	Slovenia	176	106	24	46	13	9
37	Bulgaria	175	105	26	44	15	8
38	Lithuania	174	103	25	46	15	9
39=	Liechtenstein	173	101	26	46	15	10
39=	Monaco	173	99	25	49	15	10
39=	United States	173	106	26	41	14	11
42	Brazil	172	106	23	43	17	9
43=	Andorra	170	93	27	50	19	9
43=	Argentina	170	101	25	44	18	10
43=	San Marino	170	99	22	49	19	9
43=	United Arab Emirates	170	110	21	39	17	11
47	Chile	169	101	22	46	19	10
48	Barbados	167	99	21	47	22	9
49	Uruguay	166	91	24	51	22	10
50=	Brunei	165	98	22	45	24	9
50=	Mexico	165	89	26	50	23	10
52	Costa Rica	164	88	20	56	25	9
53=	Israel	162	96	23	43	24	12
53=	Vatican City	162	90	24	48	27	9
55=	Hong Kong	161	102	16	43	27	10
55=	Peru	161	87	25	49	27	10
57=	Bahamas	160	94	19	47	29	9
57=	Paraguay	160	85	22	53	28	10
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	159	98	18	43	30	9
60=	Panama	158	86	18	54	30	10
60=	Saint Kitts and Nevis	158	97	16	45	31	9
60=	Seychelles	158	98	22	38	32	8
63	Antigua and Barbuda	156	95	16	45	33	9
64=	Guatemala	155	75	21	59	34	9
64=	Mauritius	155	93	20	42	34	9
64=	Ukraine	155	84	29	42	33	10
67=	El Salvador	154	77	21	56	35	9
67=	Grenada	154	94	13	47	35	9
67=	Trinidad and Tobago	154	91	13	50	35	9
70	Saint Lucia	153	89	14	50	36	9
71=	Colombia	152	81	19	52	35	11
71=	Dominica	152	91	15	46	37	9
71=	Honduras	152	75	20	57	37	9
74	Solomon Islands	151	82	19	50	37	10
75=	Montenegro	149	72	22	55	37	12
75=	Samoa	149	78	16	55	39	10
77=	Georgia	148	78	26	44	40	10
77=	North Macedonia	148	73	24	51	40	10
77=	Serbia	148	77	26	45	38	12
80=	Macao	146	79	19	48	39	13
80=	Micronesia	146	70	21	55	42	10
80=	Tuvalu	146	79	16	51	42	10
83=	Bosnia and Herzegovina	145	72	23	50	43	10
83=	Kiribati	145	76	16	53	44	9
83=	Marshall Islands	145	70	21	54	43	10
86=	Nicaragua	144	70	21	53	45	9
86=	Palau	144	66	21	57	45	9
88	Venezuela	143	68	23	52	46	9
89=	Albania	141	70	20	51	46	11
89=	Tonga	141	77	14	50	47	10
91=	Moldova	139	71	20	48	48	11
91=	Taiwan	139	61	20	58	44	15
93	Russia	131	68	25	38	57	10
94	Türkiye	128	63	25	40	58	12
95	Qatar	125	62	16	47	64	9
96	Timor-Leste	123	56	15	52	63	12
97	Belize	119	57	15	47	70	9
98	South Africa	118	58	18	42	70	10
99=	Fiji	117	47	19	51	71	10
99=	Kuwait	117	49	21	47	72	9
101	Ecuador	116	43	19	54	72	10
102=	Jamaica	115	51	12	52	74	9
102=	Maldives	115	51	18	46	73	10
104	Kosovo	114	50	20	44	67	17
105	Saudi Arabia	113	47	18	48	75	10
106=	Bolivia	112	34	19	59	76	10
106=	China	112	39	25	48	77	9
106=	Guyana	112	42	18	52	77	9
106=	Thailand	112	40	25	47	76	10
110	Bahrain	110	45	19	46	78	10
111=	Oman	109	45	17	47	80	9
111=	Vanuatu	109	45	16	48	80	9
113	Suriname	108	39	16	53	80	10
114	Nauru	106	39	16	51	81	11
115=	Belarus	105	40	25	40	83	10
115=	Indonesia	105	40	19	46	81	12
115=	Kazakhstan	105	40	21	44	82	11
118=	Mongolia	104	34	18	52	84	10
118=	Philippines	104	37	17	50	84	10
120	Papua New Guinea	103	32	20	51	85	10
121	Dominican Republic	102	33	18	51	86	10
122	Morocco	101	34	19	48	86	11
123=	Armenia	99	31	22	46	89	10
123=	Azerbaijan	99	29	26	44	88	11
123=	Botswana	99	45	13	41	90	9
123=	IndiaRanking page	99	21	19	59	89	10
123=	Namibia	99	43	13	43	90	9
128	Vietnam	97	23	18	56	92	9
129=	Kyrgyzstan	96	26	22	48	92	10
129=	Malawi	96	40	14	42	93	9
131=	Lesotho	95	41	14	40	93	10
131=	Tunisia	95	30	19	46	93	10
133=	Cabo Verde	94	35	18	41	92	12
133=	Cambodia	94	19	19	56	94	10
133=	Eswatini	94	39	14	41	93	11
133=	Ghana	94	39	15	40	93	11
133=	Uzbekistan	94	25	21	48	94	10
138=	Bhutan	93	16	20	57	95	10
138=	Gambia	93	42	13	38	95	10
138=	Kenya	93	37	16	40	93	12
141=	Benin	92	32	15	45	95	11
141=	Tanzania	92	39	14	39	95	11
143=	Algeria	90	21	19	50	97	11
143=	Cuba	90	20	20	50	99	9
143=	Jordan	90	19	17	54	97	11
143=	São Tomé and Príncipe	90	25	19	46	98	10
143=	Sierra Leone	90	35	15	40	96	12
143=	Uganda	90	33	16	41	95	13
143=	Zambia	90	36	14	40	97	11
150=	Laos	89	20	15	54	99	10
150=	Tajikistan	89	20	20	49	99	10
152=	Haiti	88	13	18	57	100	10
152=	Madagascar	88	24	17	47	100	10
152=	Zimbabwe	88	32	15	41	99	11
155=	Côte d'Ivoire	87	25	17	45	99	12
155=	Gabon	87	23	17	47	99	12
155=	Guinea	87	26	15	46	99	12
155=	Senegal	87	27	16	44	100	11
155=	Togo	87	28	15	44	100	11
155=	Turkmenistan	87	12	20	55	100	11
161=	Burkina Faso	86	28	15	43	100	12
161=	Comoros	86	18	19	49	102	10
161=	Mauritania	86	21	16	49	101	11
164=	Djibouti	85	16	17	52	103	10
164=	Egypt	85	16	18	51	103	10
164=	Mozambique	85	30	14	41	101	12
167	Guinea-Bissau	84	27	15	42	104	10
168=	Angola	83	24	13	46	105	10
168=	Equatorial Guinea	83	19	20	44	103	12
168=	Mali	83	28	11	44	103	12
168=	Myanmar	83	16	15	52	104	11
168=	Niger	83	27	13	43	102	13
168=	Rwanda	83	28	18	37	102	13
168=	Sri Lanka	83	14	13	56	105	10
175=	Cameroon	81	15	17	49	105	12
175=	Lebanon	81	13	16	52	106	11
175=	Nepal	81	10	12	59	107	10
178	Central African Republic	80	19	15	46	108	10
179=	Bangladesh	79	12	13	54	109	10
179=	Iran	79	13	14	52	108	11
179=	Liberia	79	24	13	42	106	13
179=	North Korea	79	10	15	54	110	9
179=	Palestine	79	12	16	51	106	13
184=	Burundi	78	17	16	45	107	13
184=	Chad	78	22	13	43	107	13
186=	Congo	77	17	16	44	107	14
186=	Eritrea	77	11	14	52	111	10
186=	Nigeria	77	23	12	42	110	11
189=	Ethiopia	76	13	14	49	112	10
189=	Sudan	76	11	15	50	112	10
191	DR Congo	75	16	12	47	111	12
192=	Libya	73	11	14	48	113	12
192=	South Sudan	73	15	13	45	113	12
194=	Iraq	72	8	11	53	115	11
194=	Pakistan	72	7	13	52	116	10
196	Yemen	71	6	12	53	117	10
197	Syria	68	5	11	52	119	11
198=	Afghanistan	67	4	10	53	120	11
198=	Somalia	67	8	12	47	120	11

How this differs from other passport indexes

Other indexes may count visas on arrival and online travel authorisations as visa-free, include territories that are not countries, or keep rules that have since changed. We publish each type of access separately, from the destination's own rule, and we show what we have not verified.

The way you count changes the order. By visa-free entry alone, Singapore's passport leads with 125 destinations. Counting visa-free entry, visas on arrival and ETAs together, Singapore still leads, with 158. Our score also counts eVisas, which puts eight European passports level at 180.

FAQ

Which passport is the strongest in 2026?

On our count, eight passports share the top place with 180 of 198 destinations open without an embassy visa: Luxembourg, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Portugal and Greece. By visa-free entry alone, Singapore leads with 125.

What is the rank of the Pakistani passport?

194th of 199, shared with Iraq: 72 destinations without an embassy visa (7 visa-free, 13 with a visa on arrival, 52 with an eVisa or ETA). 10 destinations are not verified yet.

What is the rank of the Canadian passport?

Joint 9th, with 179: 109 visa-free, 27 on arrival and 43 eVisa or ETA destinations. 8 are not verified yet.

Why is my passport's rank different on other lists?

Other lists count differently: see “How this differs from other passport indexes” above. Our numbers come from each destination's official rule, and the not-verified destinations are shown in their own column.

How often is the ranking updated?

Whenever a destination's official rule changes: we recount every passport and log the change. The rules behind this edition were checked between 31 Oct 2026 and 6 Nov 2026.

Sources

Every count comes from the entry rules on each destination's page, quoted from 461 official pages and dated. The same rules make up the passport pages, such as India or the United States.

All 461 official pages, by destination

About this page

By the Visa Almanac editorial team. The ranking is counted from the entry rules we publish for every destination, each quoted from the destination's own government and dated; nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Where a rule is not verified, the passport's row says so and the destination is left out of its score. Editorial policy · Change log

Updated: 6 Nov 2026
Last checked: 6 Nov 2026
Official sources: 461

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