Kuwait · Passport Index 2026
Kuwait · Passport Index 2026Kuwaiti passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #54 in the world, with 104 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 Kuwaiti 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 Kuwaiti passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Kuwaiti 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.
- Asia38 of 49 countries
- Africa26 of 58 countries
- Oceania10 of 24 countries
- Americas20 of 52 countries
- Europe10 of 49 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 233 destinations for Kuwaiti passport holders
233 of 233 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- AzerbaijanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BermudaVisa not requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EgyptVisa not requiredNorthern Africa180 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia15 days
- JordanVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia60 days
- LebanonVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SudanVisa not requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BruneiVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MongoliaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SyriaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- SomaliaeTA requiredEastern Africa
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia30 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- AnguillaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ChileeVisaSouth America
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- IrelandeVisaNorthern Europe
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia
- ParaguayeVisaSouth America
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- 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
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NiueVisa requiredPolynesia
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- Svalbard and Jan MayenEntry permit requiredNorthern Europe
- United States Minor Outlying IslandsEntry permit requiredNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Kuwaiti passport holders visit without a visa?
66 countries need no visa at all, and 38 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Kuwait passport rank?
#49 of 199 passports, with 98 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Kuwaiti passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Pakistan, Philippines, Egypt Iran, and 61 more.
Where can Kuwaiti passport holders get a visa at the airport?
31 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Tanzania, and 27 more.
Which countries let Kuwaiti passport holders apply online?
50 countries, including India, Nigeria, Russia DR Congo, and 46 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Kuwaiti passport holders?
82, including United States, Brazil, Mexico Japan, and 78 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Kuwaiti passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Kuwaiti passport holders?
Asia: 78% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Kuwaiti passport holders visit easily?
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia Jordan, and 9 more.
Does the Kuwait 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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