Austria · Passport Index 2026
Austria · Passport Index 2026Austrian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #5 in the world, with 157 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 Austrian 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 Austrian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Austrian 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.
- Europe44 of 45 countries
- Americas34 of 35 countries
- Oceania12 of 14 countries
- Asia38 of 50 countries
- Africa29 of 54 countries
All 198 destinations for Austrian passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 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 Europe
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- 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 Europe
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa14 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia14 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia90 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
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 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 requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 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 Africa60 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SyriaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- AustraliaeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- SeychelleseTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StateseTA requiredNorth America
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia60 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Austrian passport holders visit without a visa?
122 countries need no visa at all, and 35 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Austria passport rank?
#7 of 199 passports, with 155 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Austrian passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Brazil, Mexico, Japan Philippines, and 117 more.
Where can Austrian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
27 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Egypt, and 23 more.
Which countries let Austrian passport holders apply online?
37 countries, including India, United States, Pakistan Nigeria, and 33 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Austrian passport holders?
12, including Sudan, Algeria, Ghana Yemen, and 8 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Austrian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: eta needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: no visa needed; Australia: eta needed; Japan: no visa needed; France: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Austrian passport holders?
Europe: 98% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Austrian passport holders visit easily?
Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Does the Austria 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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