Laos · Passport Index 2026
Laos · Passport Index 2026Laotian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #92 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 Laotian 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 Laotian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Laotian 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.
- Asia20 of 49 countries
- Oceania4 of 14 countries
- Africa12 of 54 countries
- Americas5 of 35 countries
- Europe2 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Laotian passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- CambodiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MyanmarVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia60 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- TaiwaneTA requiredEastern Asia
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia120 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 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
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa30 days
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- 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
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- 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
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern 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
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- 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
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- 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
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United StatesAdmission restrictedNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Laotian passport holders visit without a visa?
23 countries need no visa at all, and 20 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Laos passport rank?
#88 of 199 passports, with 42 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Laotian passport holders visit visa-free?
Indonesia, Russia, Philippines, Vietnam Thailand, and 18 more.
Where can Laotian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
18 countries, including Bangladesh, Tanzania, Mozambique Madagascar, and 14 more.
Which countries let Laotian passport holders apply online?
49 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 45 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Laotian passport holders?
107, including China, Brazil, Mexico Japan, and 103 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Laotian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: entry is restricted; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Laotian passport holders?
Asia: 41% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Laotian passport holders visit easily?
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia Myanmar, and 5 more.
Does the Laos 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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