Bahrain · Passport Index 2026
Bahrain · Passport Index 2026Bahraini passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #59 in the world, with 80 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 Bahraini 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 Bahraini passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Bahraini 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.
- Asia36 of 49 countries
- Oceania6 of 14 countries
- Americas13 of 35 countries
- Africa20 of 54 countries
- Europe5 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Bahraini passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia120 days
- AzerbaijanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EgyptVisa not requiredNorthern Africa180 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia15 days
- JordanVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia60 days
- LebanonVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IraqVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia30 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia45 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America90 days
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
Questions
How many countries can Bahraini passport holders visit without a visa?
47 countries need no visa at all, and 33 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Bahrain passport rank?
#57 of 199 passports, with 78 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Bahraini passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Pakistan, Philippines, Egypt Iran, and 42 more.
Where can Bahraini passport holders get a visa at the airport?
27 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Tanzania Iraq, and 23 more.
Which countries let Bahraini passport holders apply online?
45 countries, including India, Nigeria, Russia DR Congo, and 41 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Bahraini passport holders?
79, including United States, Brazil, Mexico Japan, and 75 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Bahraini passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Bahraini passport holders?
Asia: 73% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Bahraini passport holders visit easily?
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Jordan Kuwait, and 9 more.
Does the Bahrain 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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