Ghana · Passport Index 2026
Ghana · Passport Index 2026Ghanaian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #74 in the world, with 70 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 Ghanaian 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 Ghanaian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Ghanaian 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.
- Africa33 of 57 countries
- Oceania10 of 24 countries
- Americas15 of 51 countries
- Asia12 of 50 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Ghanaian passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- 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
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia15 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MoroccoeTA requiredNorthern Africa
- PakistaneTA requiredSouthern Asia
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America90 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America90 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa14 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- 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
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- 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
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- 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
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern 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
- 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 Ghanaian passport holders visit without a visa?
49 countries need no visa at all, and 21 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Ghana passport rank?
#68 of 199 passports, with 64 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Ghanaian passport holders visit visa-free?
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Philippines, Tanzania South Africa, and 44 more.
Where can Ghanaian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
18 countries, including Ethiopia, Iran, Madagascar Zambia, and 14 more.
Which countries let Ghanaian passport holders apply online?
47 countries, including India, Pakistan, DR Congo Vietnam, and 43 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Ghanaian passport holders?
115, including China, United States, Indonesia Brazil, and 111 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Ghanaian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Ghanaian passport holders?
Africa: 58% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Ghanaian passport holders visit easily?
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia Guinea, and 9 more.
Does the Ghana 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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