China · Passport Index 2026
China · Passport Index 2026Chinese passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #62 in the world, with 89 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 Chinese 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 Chinese passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Chinese 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.
- Asia31 of 49 countries
- Oceania13 of 22 countries
- Africa24 of 57 countries
- Americas14 of 52 countries
- Europe7 of 49 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 230 destinations for Chinese passport holders
230 of 230 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- AzerbaijanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- CubaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia21 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia21 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia14 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia14 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- 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
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MyanmarVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NauruVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa15 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa60 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MozambiqueeTA requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- JapaneVisaEastern Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa 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
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GuadeloupeVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- Hong KongVisa requiredEastern Asia
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MartiniqueVisa requiredCaribbean
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- 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
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint BarthélemyVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint MartinVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- American SamoaEntry permit requiredPolynesia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- Svalbard and Jan MayenEntry permit requiredNorthern Europe
- TokelauEntry permit requiredPolynesia
Questions
How many countries can Chinese passport holders visit without a visa?
57 countries need no visa at all, and 32 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the China passport rank?
#53 of 199 passports, with 84 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Chinese passport holders visit visa-free?
Brazil, Russia, Philippines, Iran Türkiye, and 52 more.
Where can Chinese passport holders get a visa at the airport?
28 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Egypt, and 24 more.
Which countries let Chinese passport holders apply online?
48 countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria, Japan DR Congo, and 44 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Chinese passport holders?
92, including India, United States, Mexico Germany, and 88 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Chinese 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: evisa; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Chinese passport holders?
Asia: 63% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Does the China 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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