▤ PASSPORT POWER · 199 PASSPORTS RANKED

The Strongest Passports in the World

DATA: cross-verified visa matrixSNAPSHOT 2026-07-20

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The United Arab Emirates passport leads: 171 of 198 destinations with no visa arranged in advance. A median passport reaches 87. "No prior visa" counts visa-free entry, freedom of movement, an eTA and visa on arrival — everything you can do without applying to a consulate first. Unlike other rankings, each row also shows how many of its corridors our two sources disagree on. As of 20 July 2026.

Rank = destinations reachable with no visa arranged in advance: visa-free, freedom of movement, eTA and visa on arrival. An e-visa or a consular visa does not count — both are an application you can be refused. Ties share a rank. Counts come from our openvisa-matrix dataset, which cross-checks two sources and records every disagreement instead of silently picking one — the ⚑ column is how many of that passport's corridors are contested. Across all 199 passports, 3,366 corridors are disputed, so treat any rank as accurate to within a few places, not to the digit.

#	Passport	No prior visa	Visa-free	eTA	On arrival	⚑
1	United Arab Emirates	171	128	8	35	13
2	Singapore	164	135	6	23	5
3	Japan	161	116	10	35	6
4	Czechia	160	125	8	27	13
4	Ireland	160	123	8	29	17
4	Luxembourg	160	122	11	27
4	South Korea	160	119	9	32	14
8	Austria	159	124	8	27	11
8	Malaysia	159	126	6	27	13
8	Norway	159	126	8	25	10
8	Romania	159	126	8	25	9
8	Slovenia	159	119	11	29
13	Belgium	158	127	8	23	9
13	Finland	158	127	9	22	12
13	Germany	158	127	7	24	11
13	Hungary	158	125	7	26	8
13	Italy	158	124	9	25	9
13	Malta	158	127	6	25	9
13	Spain	158	127	6	25	9
20	Bulgaria	157	124	7	26	8
20	Croatia	157	121	10	26	7
20	Denmark	157	125	8	24	7
20	Greece	157	125	7	25	8
20	Portugal	157	125	8	24	9
20	Sweden	157	125	8	24	12
20	United Kingdom	157	121	7	29	13
27	Netherlands	156	126	6	24	8
27	Poland	156	126	6	24	9
27	Switzerland	156	124	8	24	8
27	United States	156	118	8	30	19
31	Iceland	155	112	11	32
31	New Zealand	155	115	8	32	10
31	Slovakia	155	122	9	24	12
34	Australia	154	114	7	33	12
34	Canada	154	114	9	31	11
36	Cyprus	153	122	8	23	10
36	Estonia	153	117	9	27	15
36	France	153	125	7	21	14
36	Hong Kong	153	116	9	28
36	Lithuania	153	120	8	25	10
36	Monaco	153	107	11	35
42	Liechtenstein	151	111	10	30	16
43	Latvia	150	118	9	23	16
44	Argentina	146	111	6	29	11
44	Brazil	146	112	7	27	12
46	Chile	145	110	7	28	13
47	Andorra	144	102	8	34	15
48	San Marino	142	106	8	28	16
49	Barbados	140	106	7	27	12
50	Israel	139	104	9	26	20
51	Uruguay	138	103	6	29	17
52	Brunei	137	106	9	22	15
53	Bahamas	136	104	5	27	22
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	136	106	5	25	13
55	Seychelles	135	103	5	27	29
56	Mexico	134	99	8	27	13
57	Trinidad and Tobago	132	100	6	26	18
57	Vatican	132	95	8	29	18
59	Antigua and Barbuda	131	100	4	27	15
59	Costa Rica	131	94	8	29	17
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	131	101	5	25	15
62	Macao	129	93	8	28
62	Ukraine	129	91	6	32	14
64	Peru	128	92	6	30	15
65	Dominica	126	95	4	27	15
65	Grenada	126	98	6	22	25
65	Paraguay	126	89	5	32	13
68	Panama	125	90	5	30	22
69	Mauritius	124	95	5	24	16
69	Serbia	124	90	4	30	18
71	El Salvador	120	85	3	32	18
71	Guatemala	120	84	3	33	39
71	Saint Lucia	120	89	6	25	23
74	Georgia	118	82	3	33	24
75	Honduras	116	81	3	32	36
76	Solomon Islands	115	82	7	26	20
77	Colombia	114	87	4	23	14
77	Montenegro	114	81	4	29	25
77	Russia	114	84	7	23	23
80	Samoa	111	80	4	27	18
80	Turkey	111	75	5	31	11
82	Macedonia	110	79	3	28	26
82	Taiwan	110	77	8	25	32
84	Albania	109	80	5	24	17
84	Marshall Islands	109	74	5	30	19
84	Tonga	109	80	6	23	16
84	Tuvalu	109	80	4	25	17
88	Moldova	108	77	3	28	26
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	107	75	2	30	23
89	Nicaragua	107	74	3	30	20
91	Kiribati	106	77	3	26	21
91	Venezuela	106	71	3	32	20
93	Qatar	105	72	7	26	15
94	Micronesia	103	68	4	31	24
95	Kuwait	98	62	6	30	19
95	Palau	98	66	4	28	18
97	South Africa	97	68	4	25	18
98	Belize	91	62	4	25	17
99	China	87	55	5	27	33
99	Jamaica	87	57	4	26	15
101	East Timor	86	59	2	25	21
101	Maldives	86	54	5	27
101	Saudi Arabia	86	53	6	27
104	Ecuador	85	45	7	33
105	Fiji	81	49	5	27	14
106	Guyana	80	49	5	26	21
106	Vanuatu	80	47	4	29	17
108	Bahrain	79	48	6	25	23
108	Belarus	79	45	4	30	17
108	Kazakhstan	79	48	3	28	21
108	Oman	79	51	4	24	18
112	Kosovo	77	54	3	20	31
113	Indonesia	76	46	6	24	28
114	Botswana	74	47	7	20	15
114	Thailand	74	43	3	28	19
116	Dominican Republic	72	40	4	28	25
117	Lesotho	71	42	5	24	12
118	Morocco	70	46	2	22	22
118	Suriname	70	35	5	30
120	Nauru	69	41	4	24	19
121	Azerbaijan	68	37	2	29	24
121	Namibia	68	47	1	20	25
121	Papua New Guinea	68	38	6	24	20
124	Armenia	67	38	2	27	19
124	Gambia	67	43	2	22	33
126	Kenya	66	40	2	24	18
127	Bolivia	65	36	3	26	23
127	Ghana	65	45	3	17	17
127	Malawi	65	39	4	22	17
127	Tanzania	65	45	2	18	22
131	Cabo Verde	64	39	1	24
131	Eswatini	64	40	4	20	14
131	Tunisia	64	36	2	26	27
131	Zambia	64	41	3	20	22
135	Uganda	63	37	2	24	20
135	Uzbekistan	63	32	2	29	27
137	Benin	62	38	1	23	18
137	India	62	29	3	30	30
137	Mongolia	62	37	3	22	19
137	Philippines	62	34	3	25
137	Rwanda	62	30	3	29	19
142	Kyrgyzstan	61	26	3	32
143	Gabon	59	30	1	28	28
143	Sao Tome and Principe	59	28	2	29
143	Sierra Leone	59	41	2	16	13
146	Zimbabwe	58	36	2	20	19
147	Jordan	56	28	3	25	23
148	Burkina Faso	55	31	2	22	17
148	Senegal	55	34	1	20	15
148	Tajikistan	55	22	3	30
148	Togo	55	30	1	24	17
152	Cuba	54	27	3	24	19
153	Guinea	53	29	3	21	16
153	Madagascar	53	29	1	23	23
153	Niger	53	32	1	20	16
156	Algeria	52	24	2	26	25
156	Chad	52	27	1	24	18
156	Equatorial Guinea	52	22	2	28	15
156	Ivory Coast	52	31	1	20	16
156	Mauritania	52	27	2	23	28
156	Mozambique	52	32	2	18	22
156	Vietnam	52	26	2	24	31
163	Angola	51	27	3	21	21
163	Cambodia	51	23	3	25	19
163	Comoros	51	19	2	30
166	Egypt	50	22	2	26	28
166	Mali	50	30	3	17	19
168	Bhutan	49	20	2	27	20
168	Cameroon	49	23	1	25	15
168	Central African Republic	49	22	2	25	15
168	Guinea-Bissau	49	29	1	19	17
172	Congo	46	22	3	21	24
172	Liberia	46	26	2	18	15
172	Turkmenistan	46	13	3	30
175	Djibouti	45	17	2	26
176	Haiti	44	14	4	26	18
177	Ethiopia	43	14	1	28	24
178	Burma	42	18	2	22	28
178	Burundi	42	20	0	22	18
178	Laos	42	22	2	18	27
178	Nigeria	42	26	0	16	26
182	DR Congo	41	19	1	21	25
182	Lebanon	41	21	2	18	24
182	South Sudan	41	19	1	21	35
185	Libya	39	15	3	21	30
186	Iran	37	17	3	17	28
186	Sudan	37	15	1	21	25
188	Eritrea	36	12	1	23	25
188	Sri Lanka	36	18	2	16	20
190	Palestine	35	12	2	21	19
191	Bangladesh	34	19	2	13	29
191	North Korea	34	10	1	23	19
193	Nepal	32	11	2	19	24
194	Somalia	30	12	1	17	17
195	Iraq	29	11	2	16	32
196	Pakistan	28	11	2	15	24
196	Yemen	28	8	3	17	19
198	Syria	24	6	1	17	26
199	Afghanistan	21	5	2	14	25

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