Nicaragua · Passport Index 2026
Nicaragua · Passport Index 2026Nicaraguan passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #43 in the world, with 107 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 Nicaraguan 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 Nicaraguan passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Nicaraguan 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.
- Europe42 of 46 countries
- Americas22 of 34 countries
- Asia21 of 50 countries
- Africa18 of 54 countries
- Oceania4 of 14 countries
All 198 destinations for Nicaraguan passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia120 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa45 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 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
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia150 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia60 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Nicaraguan passport holders visit without a visa?
74 countries need no visa at all, and 33 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Nicaragua passport rank?
#45 of 199 passports, with 106 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Nicaraguan passport holders visit visa-free?
Brazil, Russia, Philippines, Türkiye Germany, and 69 more.
Where can Nicaraguan passport holders get a visa at the airport?
30 countries, including Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran Tanzania, and 26 more.
Which countries let Nicaraguan passport holders apply online?
50 countries, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 46 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Nicaraguan passport holders?
44, including China, United States, Mexico Japan, and 40 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Nicaraguan 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: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Nicaraguan passport holders?
Europe: 91% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Nicaraguan passport holders visit easily?
Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama.
Does the Nicaragua 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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