Countries accessible without a visa

For each passport, the number of countries (out of 198) one can enter without a visa, for a short tourist stay.

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World map: Countries accessible without a visa, 2024 — Map 2024. Source: Passport Index (Arton Capital), via le jeu de données ouvert passport-index-dataset (I. Ilyankou, licence MIT).

In 2024, 170 countries have a value. Highest: Singapore (130 countries), Denmark (127 countries), Finland (127 countries). Lowest: Afghanistan (4 countries), Syria (7 countries), Iraq (8 countries). World (global median): 45 countries. France: 127 countries (4th of 170).

Country ranking in 2024

Rank	Country	Value
1	Singapore	130 countries
2	Denmark	127 countries
3	Finland	127 countries
4	France its history →	127 countries
5	Spain its history →	127 countries
6	Sweden its history →	127 countries
7	United Arab Emirates	127 countries
8	Belgium	126 countries
9	Germany its history →	126 countries
10	Italy	126 countries
11	Luxembourg	125 countries
12	Netherlands its history →	125 countries
13	Portugal its history →	125 countries
14	Austria	124 countries
15	Greece	123 countries
16	Malta	123 countries
17	Norway	123 countries
18	Cyprus	122 countries
19	Switzerland its history →	122 countries
20	Ireland	121 countries
21	Poland	121 countries
22	Czechia	120 countries
23	Hungary its history →	120 countries
24	Croatia	119 countries
25	Estonia	119 countries
26	Slovakia	119 countries
27	Slovenia	119 countries
28	Latvia	118 countries
29	Romania	118 countries
30	United Kingdom	118 countries
31	Bulgaria	117 countries
32	Canada	117 countries
33	Japan	117 countries
34	Lithuania	117 countries
35	Malaysia	117 countries
36	New Zealand	116 countries
37	South Korea	116 countries
38	United States	116 countries
39	Iceland	115 countries
40	Australia its history →	112 countries
41	Brazil	110 countries
42	Argentina its history →	106 countries
43	Chile	106 countries
44	Israel	105 countries
45	Brunei	103 countries
46	Bahamas	102 countries
47	Trinidad & Tobago	99 countries
48	Mexico	98 countries
49	Uruguay	97 countries
50	Ukraine its history →	93 countries
51	Costa Rica	91 countries
52	Peru	90 countries
53	Panama	88 countries
54	Paraguay	87 countries
55	Serbia	87 countries
56	Solomon Islands	86 countries
57	Colombia	85 countries
58	El Salvador	81 countries
59	Honduras	81 countries
60	Georgia	80 countries
61	North Macedonia	80 countries
62	Montenegro	80 countries
63	Guatemala	79 countries
64	Russia	78 countries
65	Moldova	75 countries
66	Taiwan	75 countries
67	Albania	74 countries
68	Bosnia & Herzegovina	74 countries
69	Nicaragua	73 countries
70	Venezuela	71 countries
71	Qatar	70 countries
72	Türkiye	69 countries
73	South Africa	60 countries
74	Belize	59 countries
75	Kuwait	57 countries
76	Jamaica	56 countries
77	Timor-Leste	56 countries
78	Saudi Arabia	52 countries
79	Kosovo	50 countries
80	Fiji	49 countries
81	Ecuador	48 countries
82	Guyana	48 countries
83	Vanuatu	48 countries
84	Botswana	47 countries
85	Indonesia	45 countries
86	Oman	45 countries
87	Belarus	44 countries
88	Lesotho	44 countries
89	Gambia	43 countries
90	Eswatini	43 countries
91	Tanzania	43 countries
92	Ghana	42 countries
93	Kazakhstan	42 countries
94	Namibia	42 countries
95	China	41 countries
96	Malawi	41 countries
97	Thailand	40 countries
98	Kenya	39 countries
99	Sierra Leone	39 countries
100	Morocco	38 countries
101	Zambia	38 countries
102	Papua New Guinea	37 countries
103	Suriname	37 countries
104	Mongolia	36 countries
105	Philippines	36 countries
106	Tunisia	36 countries
107	Zimbabwe	36 countries
108	Bolivia	35 countries
109	Uganda	35 countries
110	Armenia	34 countries
111	Azerbaijan	34 countries
112	Benin	32 countries
113	Senegal	32 countries
114	Dominican Republic	31 countries
115	Burkina Faso	30 countries
116	Cuba	30 countries
117	Mali	30 countries
118	Niger	30 countries
119	Togo	29 countries
120	Uzbekistan	29 countries
121	Côte d’Ivoire	28 countries
122	Rwanda	28 countries
123	Guinea	27 countries
124	India its history →	27 countries
125	Kyrgyzstan	27 countries
126	Madagascar	27 countries
127	Mozambique	27 countries
128	Gabon	26 countries
129	Guinea-Bissau	26 countries
130	Nigeria	26 countries
131	Mauritania	25 countries
132	Liberia	24 countries
133	Tajikistan	23 countries
134	Vietnam	23 countries
135	Angola	22 countries
136	Chad	22 countries
137	Equatorial Guinea	22 countries
138	Algeria	21 countries
139	Cambodia	21 countries
140	Cameroon	20 countries
141	Central African Republic	20 countries
142	Laos	20 countries
143	Congo - Brazzaville	19 countries
144	Egypt	19 countries
145	Jordan	19 countries
146	Sri Lanka	19 countries
147	Burundi	18 countries
148	Bangladesh	17 countries
149	Bhutan	17 countries
150	South Sudan	17 countries
151	Congo - Kinshasa	16 countries
152	Djibouti	15 countries
153	Haiti	15 countries
154	Lebanon	15 countries
155	Turkmenistan	15 countries
156	Iran	13 countries
157	Libya	13 countries
158	Myanmar (Burma)	12 countries
159	Nepal	12 countries
160	Sudan	12 countries
161	Eritrea	11 countries
162	Ethiopia	11 countries
163	Palestine	11 countries
164	Somalia	11 countries
165	Pakistan	10 countries
166	North Korea	9 countries
167	Yemen	9 countries
168	Iraq	8 countries
169	Syria	7 countries
170	Afghanistan	4 countries

8 countries or territories have no value that year.

Continent averages

World (global median)	45 countries
Europe (average)	119 countries
Africa (average)	27 countries
Americas (average)	83 countries
Asia (average)	27 countries
Oceania (average)	68 countries

Understanding this map

What this figure measures

For each passport, Passport Index records the entry rules of 198 countries for a tourist stay: free entry, visa issued on arrival, electronic authorisation or visa applied for online (eTA, US ESTA, e-visa), or a regular visa applied for at a consulate. The map counts the countries in each category; the tooltip gives the detail. A country missing from the map (very small states) still counts as a destination.

A deep inequality

At the end of 2024 a French, German, Spanish or Emirati citizen can enter 127 countries visa-free, a Japanese or American 116-117. An Indian only 27, a Pakistani 10, an Iraqi 8, an Afghan 4. A passport reflects the country's wealth and stability, and the agreements it has signed: countries mainly fear that visitors will stay to work or claim asylum.

What changes

The United Arab Emirates go from 92 visa-free countries in 2017 to 127 in 2024, thanks to active diplomacy (an agreement with the European Union in 2015, then dozens of others). China goes from 19 to 41, and opens its borders widely at the end of 2024 (67 nationalities admitted visa-free, against 15 in 2017). In 2020 the pandemic made everything collapse: border closures, suspended visas (France falls from 120 to 95 countries). The United States remain very closed the other way: almost all visitors need a visa or an electronic authorisation (ESTA) before leaving.

Limits

One snapshot per year (end of year; for 2024, the state in early January 2025). Electronic authorisations (eTA, ESTA) and e-visas are not classified the same way in every year: they are grouped together here, which makes the “visa required” view less regular (in 2020-2021 many countries switch to e-visas or close their borders). Rules change often and only concern tourism: working or settling is another matter. The new European (ETIAS) and British (ETA) authorisations are not yet taken into account.

Sources : Passport Index (Arton Capital), via le jeu de données ouvert passport-index-dataset (I. Ilyankou, licence MIT)

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