The most open countries 2026

Name: The most open countries 2026
Creator: VisaChecker
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The ranking nobody publishes: not which passport is strongest, but which country is most welcoming. Ranked by how many of the world's 197 passports get in with no visa at all — not a visa on arrival, not an authorisation, nothing.

#	Passport	Passports admitted
1	Micronesia	196
2	Seychelles	195
3	Dominica	194
4	Haiti	191
5	St. Vincent & Grenadines	184
6	Barbados	177
7	Malaysia	165
8	Singapore	162
9	Philippines	159
10	Palestinian Territories	154
11	Ecuador	150
12	Gambia	131
13	Bahamas	121
13	Kiribati	121
15	Grenada	120
16	Vanuatu	118
17	Panama	115
17	Zambia	115
19	Antigua & Barbuda	111
19	Mauritius	111
21	Fiji	110
22	Rwanda	108
23	Kosovo	107
24	Dominican Republic	106
25	Belize	105
26	Botswana	102
26	Peru	102
28	Colombia	101
28	Georgia	101
28	Jamaica	101
31	Angola	100
31	Moldova	100
33	Brazil	99
33	Montenegro	99
33	Trinidad & Tobago	99
36	Tunisia	98
37	Bosnia & Herzegovina	97
37	Eswatini	97
39	Costa Rica	95
40	St. Lucia	94
41	Türkiye	93
42	Belarus	92
42	Uzbekistan	92
44	Andorra	91
44	Austria	91
44	Belgium	91
44	Bulgaria	91
44	Chile	91
44	Croatia	91
44	Cyprus	91
44	Czechia	91
44	Denmark	91
44	Estonia	91
44	Finland	91
44	France	91
44	Germany	91
44	Greece	91
44	Hungary	91
44	Iceland	91
44	Italy	91
44	Latvia	91
44	Liechtenstein	91
44	Lithuania	91
44	Luxembourg	91
44	Malta	91
44	Monaco	91
44	Netherlands	91
44	Norway	91
44	Poland	91
44	Portugal	91
44	Romania	91
44	San Marino	91
44	Slovakia	91
44	Slovenia	91
44	South Africa	91
44	Spain	91
44	Sweden	91
44	Switzerland	91
44	Vatican City	91
80	Albania	90
80	United Arab Emirates	90
82	Argentina	88
82	El Salvador	88
84	Nicaragua	87
84	Serbia	87
86	Honduras	86
87	Guatemala	85
88	Tajikistan	84
89	Kazakhstan	83
89	Uruguay	83
91	China	81
92	Lesotho	80
92	Ukraine	80
94	Kyrgyzstan	78
94	North Macedonia	78
96	Kenya	77
97	Ireland	76
97	Thailand	76
99	Venezuela	73
100	Japan	71
101	Morocco	69
101	Paraguay	69
103	Armenia	67
103	Taiwan	67
105	Russia	65
106	Mongolia	62
107	Guyana	61
107	Mexico	61
109	Benin	60
109	Bolivia	60
109	Senegal	60
112	Cape Verde	58
113	Brunei	57
113	São Tomé & Príncipe	57
113	South Korea	57
116	Tanzania	49
117	Iran	41
118	Zimbabwe	40
119	Ghana	39
119	Uganda	39
119	Vietnam	39
122	Mozambique	37
123	Malawi	35
123	Timor-Leste	35
125	Palau	33
126	Marshall Islands	32
126	Tonga	32
128	Solomon Islands	31
128	Tuvalu	31
130	Samoa	28
131	Bangladesh	23
131	Côte d’Ivoire	23
133	Mali	22
134	Azerbaijan	21
134	Cuba	21
134	Guinea	21
137	Namibia	20
137	Suriname	20
139	Burkina Faso	19
140	Niger	18
140	Nigeria	18
142	Indonesia	17
143	Chad	16
144	Laos	15
144	Sierra Leone	15
144	Togo	15
147	Central African Republic	14
147	Guinea-Bissau	14
147	Liberia	14
147	Oman	14
151	Jordan	11
152	Myanmar (Burma)	10
153	Gabon	9
153	Mauritania	9
153	Pakistan	9
153	Syria	9
157	Cambodia	8
158	Egypt	7
158	Lebanon	7
158	Qatar	7
161	Algeria	6
161	Burundi	6
161	Cameroon	6
161	Saudi Arabia	6
165	Bahrain	5
165	Congo - Brazzaville	5
165	Equatorial Guinea	5
165	Kuwait	5
165	Maldives	5
165	St. Kitts & Nevis	5
171	Congo - Kinshasa	4
171	Sudan	4
171	United States	4
174	Bhutan	3
174	India	3
174	Iraq	3
174	Nauru	3
174	South Sudan	3
179	Eritrea	2
179	Ethiopia	2
179	Libya	2
179	Somalia	2
183	Australia	1
183	Canada	1
183	Djibouti	1
183	Nepal	1
183	New Zealand	1
183	United Kingdom	1
189	Afghanistan	0
189	Comoros	0
189	Israel	0
189	Madagascar	0
189	North Korea	0
189	Papua New Guinea	0
189	Sri Lanka	0
189	Turkmenistan	0
189	Yemen	0

How this is counted

We count a destination as reachable without a visa in advance if the passport gets in visa-free, on arrival, or with an electronic travel authorisation (ETA/eTA/ESTA). eVisas are NOT counted — an eVisa is a visa you apply for before you fly. Data is a Passport Index snapshot plus a hand-maintained correction layer; every correction cites a government source. Checked 2026-09-14.

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