Iraq · Passport Index 2026
Iraq · Passport Index 2026Iraqi passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #104 in the world, with 29 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 Iraqi 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 Iraqi passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Iraqi 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.
- Oceania4 of 14 countries
- Asia11 of 49 countries
- Africa11 of 54 countries
- Americas3 of 35 countries
- Europe0 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Iraqi passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa15 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- PakistaneTA requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- 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
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritiusVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- SingaporeVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- 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
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- IsraelAdmission refusedWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Iraqi passport holders visit without a visa?
10 countries need no visa at all, and 19 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Iraq passport rank?
#100 of 199 passports, with 28 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Iraqi passport holders visit visa-free?
Iran, Malaysia, Zambia, Tunisia Haiti, and 5 more.
Where can Iraqi passport holders get a visa at the airport?
17 countries, including Mozambique, Madagascar, Sri Lanka Cambodia, and 13 more.
Which countries let Iraqi passport holders apply online?
45 countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria, DR Congo Egypt, and 41 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Iraqi passport holders?
125, including India, China, United States Indonesia, and 121 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Iraqi 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 Iraqi passport holders?
Oceania: 29% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Iraqi passport holders visit easily?
Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon.
Does the Iraq 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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