The most open countries 2026

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	Grenada	121
13	Kiribati	121
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	Georgia	101
28	Jamaica	101
30	Angola	100
30	Colombia	100
30	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
39	Thailand	95
41	St. Lucia	94
42	Belarus	92
42	Türkiye	92
42	Uzbekistan	92
45	Andorra	91
45	Austria	91
45	Belgium	91
45	Bulgaria	91
45	Chile	91
45	Croatia	91
45	Cyprus	91
45	Czechia	91
45	Denmark	91
45	Estonia	91
45	Finland	91
45	France	91
45	Germany	91
45	Greece	91
45	Hungary	91
45	Iceland	91
45	Italy	91
45	Latvia	91
45	Liechtenstein	91
45	Lithuania	91
45	Luxembourg	91
45	Malta	91
45	Monaco	91
45	Netherlands	91
45	Norway	91
45	Poland	91
45	Portugal	91
45	Romania	91
45	San Marino	91
45	Slovakia	91
45	Slovenia	91
45	South Africa	91
45	Spain	91
45	Sweden	91
45	Switzerland	91
45	United Arab Emirates	91
45	Vatican City	91
82	Albania	90
83	Argentina	88
83	El Salvador	88
85	Nicaragua	87
85	Serbia	87
87	Honduras	86
88	Guatemala	85
89	Tajikistan	84
90	Kazakhstan	83
90	Uruguay	83
92	China	81
93	Lesotho	80
93	Ukraine	80
95	Kyrgyzstan	78
95	North Macedonia	78
97	Kenya	77
98	Ireland	76
99	Venezuela	73
100	Japan	70
101	Paraguay	69
102	Morocco	68
103	Armenia	67
103	Taiwan	67
105	Russia	65
106	Malawi	63
107	Mongolia	62
108	Guyana	61
108	Mexico	61
110	Benin	60
110	Bolivia	60
110	Senegal	60
110	South Korea	60
114	Cape Verde	58
115	Brunei	57
115	São Tomé & Príncipe	57
117	Tanzania	49
118	Iran	41
119	Zimbabwe	40
120	Ghana	39
120	Uganda	39
120	Vietnam	39
123	Mozambique	37
124	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	Chad	16
143	Indonesia	15
143	Laos	15
143	Sierra Leone	15
143	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
160	Algeria	6
160	Burundi	6
160	Cameroon	6
160	Qatar	6
160	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 2026-02-17.

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