Australia · Passport Index 2026
Australia · Passport Index 2026Australian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #7 in the world, with 179 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for Australian passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Australian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Australian passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe48 of 50 countries
- Americas46 of 50 countries
- Oceania19 of 22 countries
- Asia37 of 50 countries
- Africa29 of 58 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Australian passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- Åland IslandsVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- AnguillaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- ArubaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CuraçaoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- Falkland IslandsVisa not requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- French GuianaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- French PolynesiaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GibraltarVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GreenlandVisa not requiredNorth America
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuamVisa not requiredMicronesia45 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia60 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa14 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MayotteVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New CaledoniaVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia45 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia14 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RéunionVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- Sint MaartenVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Wallis and FutunaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BruneiVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia31 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- CanadaeTA requiredNorth America180 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StateseTA requiredNorth America
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BrazileVisaSouth America90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean90 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia4 days
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- Svalbard and Jan MayenEntry permit requiredNorthern Europe
- United States Minor Outlying IslandsEntry permit requiredNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Australian passport holders visit without a visa?
139 countries need no visa at all, and 40 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Australia passport rank?
#12 of 199 passports, with 150 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Australian passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Mexico, Japan, Philippines Türkiye, and 134 more.
Where can Australian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
34 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Egypt, and 30 more.
Which countries let Australian passport holders apply online?
41 countries, including India, United States, Pakistan Nigeria, and 37 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Australian passport holders?
13, including Russia, Sudan, Algeria Yemen, and 9 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Australian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: eta needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: eta needed; Japan: no visa needed; France: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Australian passport holders?
Europe: 96% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Australian passport holders visit easily?
New Zealand.
Does the Australia passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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