Bahamas · Passport Index 2026
Bahamas · Passport Index 2026Bahamian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #21 in the world, with 159 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 Bahamian 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 Bahamian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Bahamian 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.
- Europe45 of 48 countries
- Americas44 of 50 countries
- Oceania15 of 24 countries
- Asia27 of 50 countries
- Africa28 of 58 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Bahamian passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- AnguillaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- ArubaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BermudaVisa not requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CuraçaoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- 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
- Faroe IslandsVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- French GuianaVisa not requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa not requiredPolynesia
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GibraltarVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GreenlandVisa not requiredNorth America
- 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 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
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MayotteVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New CaledoniaVisa not requiredMelanesia
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America183 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 Asia90 days
- RéunionVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa not requiredNorth America
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Sint MaartenVisa not requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa not requiredPolynesia
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia120 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa45 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia31 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- CanadaeTA requiredNorth America180 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- PakistaneTA requiredSouthern Asia
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America90 days
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Bahamian passport holders visit without a visa?
126 countries need no visa at all, and 33 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Bahamas passport rank?
#23 of 199 passports, with 134 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Bahamian passport holders visit visa-free?
China, United States, Brazil, Mexico Japan, and 121 more.
Where can Bahamian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
28 countries, including Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia Mozambique, and 24 more.
Which countries let Bahamian passport holders apply online?
37 countries, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan DR Congo, and 33 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Bahamian passport holders?
38, including Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia Thailand, and 34 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Bahamian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: no visa needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: eta needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: no visa needed; France: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Bahamian passport holders?
Europe: 94% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Bahamian passport holders visit easily?
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados British Virgin Islands, and 15 more.
Does the Bahamas 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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