Ethiopia · Passport Index 2026
Ethiopia · Passport Index 2026Ethiopian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #95 in the world, with 43 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 Ethiopian 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 Ethiopian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Ethiopian 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.
- Africa19 of 57 countries
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Asia10 of 50 countries
- Americas7 of 51 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Ethiopian passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- 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
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 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 Africa30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- EritreaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 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
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa15 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- 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 Africa15 days
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ZambiaeVisaEastern 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
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- 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
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern 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 America30 days
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- 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
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- 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 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 KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- 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 Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- 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 Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Ethiopian passport holders visit without a visa?
15 countries need no visa at all, and 28 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Ethiopia passport rank?
#91 of 199 passports, with 39 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Ethiopian passport holders visit visa-free?
Philippines, Kenya, Benin, Haiti Singapore, and 10 more.
Where can Ethiopian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
28 countries, including Bangladesh, Tanzania, Ghana Madagascar, and 24 more.
Which countries let Ethiopian passport holders apply online?
51 countries, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 47 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Ethiopian passport holders?
135, including India, China, United States Brazil, and 131 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Ethiopian 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 Ethiopian passport holders?
Africa: 33% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Ethiopian passport holders visit easily?
Kenya, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti Eritrea, and 6 more.
Does the Ethiopia 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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