Bhutan · Passport Index 2026
Bhutan · Passport Index 2026Bhutanese passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #91 in the world, with 49 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 1 Freedom of movement
- 18 Visa not required
- 29 Visa on arrival
- 1 eTA required
- 54 eVisa
- 95 Visa required
Cover: Henley & Partners
Visa-free countries for Bhutanese 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 Bhutanese passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Bhutanese 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.
- Asia18 of 49 countries
- Americas11 of 35 countries
- Africa16 of 54 countries
- Oceania4 of 14 countries
- Europe0 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Bhutanese passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- IndiaFreedom of movementSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America
- 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
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia120 days
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe16 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa15 days
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia45 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Bhutanese passport holders visit without a visa?
19 countries need no visa at all, and 30 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Bhutan passport rank?
#84 of 199 passports, with 47 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Bhutanese passport holders visit visa-free?
India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Thailand Colombia, and 14 more.
Where can Bhutanese passport holders get a visa at the airport?
29 countries, including Egypt, Iran, Tanzania Mozambique, and 25 more.
Which countries let Bhutanese passport holders apply online?
55 countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria, Russia DR Congo, and 51 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Bhutanese passport holders?
95, including China, United States, Indonesia Brazil, and 91 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Bhutanese passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Bhutanese passport holders?
Asia: 37% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Bhutanese passport holders visit easily?
Bangladesh, India, Iran, Maldives Nepal, and 1 more.
Does the Bhutan 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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