Eritrea · Passport Index 2026
Eritrea · Passport Index 2026Eritrean passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #97 in the world, with 39 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 15 Visa not required
- 24 Visa on arrival
- 47 eVisa
- 142 Visa required
- 1 Admission refused
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Visa-free countries for Eritrean 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 Eritrean passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Eritrean 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.
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Africa16 of 57 countries
- Asia12 of 50 countries
- Americas4 of 51 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Eritrean passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- 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 Africa30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- 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
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- 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
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- 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
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- 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
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral 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
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- 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
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- 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 States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- United StatesAdmission refusedNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Eritrean passport holders visit without a visa?
15 countries need no visa at all, and 24 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Eritrea passport rank?
#95 of 199 passports, with 35 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Eritrean passport holders visit visa-free?
Philippines, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda Benin, and 10 more.
Where can Eritrean passport holders get a visa at the airport?
24 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Iran Ghana, and 20 more.
Which countries let Eritrean passport holders apply online?
47 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 43 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Eritrean passport holders?
142, including China, Indonesia, Brazil Russia, and 138 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Eritrean passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: not allowed to enter; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Eritrean passport holders?
Oceania: 29% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Eritrean passport holders visit easily?
Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi Comoros, and 5 more.
Does the Eritrea 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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