Kenya · Passport Index 2026
Kenya · Passport Index 2026Kenyan passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #71 in the world, with 72 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 Kenyan 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 Kenyan passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Kenyan 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.
- Africa31 of 57 countries
- Oceania10 of 24 countries
- Americas16 of 51 countries
- Asia15 of 50 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Kenyan passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- BurundiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- CubaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- DR CongoVisa not requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa365 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa60 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South SudanVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MaliVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- NigeriaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia60 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe16 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern 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
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa 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
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- 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
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern 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
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast 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
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral 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
- 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
Questions
How many countries can Kenyan passport holders visit without a visa?
46 countries need no visa at all, and 26 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Kenya passport rank?
#68 of 199 passports, with 64 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Kenyan passport holders visit visa-free?
DR Congo, Philippines, Ethiopia, Tanzania South Africa, and 41 more.
Where can Kenyan passport holders get a visa at the airport?
25 countries, including Indonesia, Nigeria, Iran Sudan, and 21 more.
Which countries let Kenyan passport holders apply online?
39 countries, including India, Pakistan, Russia Vietnam, and 35 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Kenyan passport holders?
119, including China, United States, Brazil Bangladesh, and 115 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Kenyan 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 Kenyan passport holders?
Africa: 54% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Kenyan passport holders visit easily?
Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi Mauritius, and 8 more.
Does the Kenya 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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