Central African Republic · Passport Index 2026
Central African Republic · Passport Index 2026Central African passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #90 in the world, with 52 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 Central African 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 Central African passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Central African 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.
- Africa26 of 57 countries
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Asia12 of 50 countries
- Americas7 of 51 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Central African passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- CameroonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- ChadVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- CongoVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GabonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaeTA requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- 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
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia90 days
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Central African passport holders visit without a visa?
24 countries need no visa at all, and 28 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Central African Republic passport rank?
#83 of 199 passports, with 48 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Central African passport holders visit visa-free?
Philippines, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Burkina Faso Chad, and 19 more.
Where can Central African passport holders get a visa at the airport?
26 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Iran Tanzania, and 22 more.
Which countries let Central African passport holders apply online?
49 countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria, DR Congo Vietnam, and 45 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Central African passport holders?
130, including India, China, United States Indonesia, and 126 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Central African 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 Central African passport holders?
Africa: 46% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Central African passport holders visit easily?
Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Does the Central African Republic 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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