Namibia · Passport Index 2026
Namibia · Passport Index 2026Namibian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #68 in the world, with 77 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 Namibian 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 Namibian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Namibian 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.
- Africa27 of 57 countries
- Americas23 of 51 countries
- Oceania9 of 24 countries
- Asia15 of 50 countries
- Europe3 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Namibian passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa
- AnguillaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BermudaVisa not requiredNorth America
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- CubaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GibraltarVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia60 days
- ThailandVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia15 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- 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
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- 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
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth 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
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- 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
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- 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
- 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
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Namibian passport holders visit without a visa?
56 countries need no visa at all, and 21 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Namibia passport rank?
#67 of 199 passports, with 66 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Namibian passport holders visit visa-free?
Brazil, Russia, Philippines, Tanzania South Africa, and 51 more.
Where can Namibian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
21 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Thailand Ghana, and 17 more.
Which countries let Namibian passport holders apply online?
38 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 34 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Namibian passport holders?
114, including China, United States, Indonesia Mexico, and 110 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Namibian 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 Namibian passport holders?
Africa: 47% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Namibian passport holders visit easily?
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Does the Namibia 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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