Nigeria · Passport Index 2026
Nigeria · Passport Index 2026Nigerian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #92 in the world, with 46 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 Nigerian 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 Nigerian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Nigerian 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.
- Africa25 of 57 countries
- Oceania10 of 24 countries
- Asia6 of 50 countries
- Americas5 of 51 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Nigerian passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- CameroonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- ChadVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa60 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia59 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa15 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- 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
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- 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
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- SeychellesVisa requiredEastern Africa
- SingaporeVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- 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 Nigerian passport holders visit without a visa?
30 countries need no visa at all, and 16 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Nigeria passport rank?
#88 of 199 passports, with 42 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Nigerian passport holders visit visa-free?
Kenya, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon Niger, and 25 more.
Where can Nigerian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
16 countries, including Ethiopia, Iran, Uganda Mozambique, and 12 more.
Which countries let Nigerian passport holders apply online?
39 countries, including Pakistan, DR Congo, Philippines Vietnam, and 35 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Nigerian passport holders?
144, including India, China, United States Indonesia, and 140 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Nigerian 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 Nigerian passport holders?
Africa: 44% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Nigerian passport holders visit easily?
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia Ghana, and 9 more.
Does the Nigeria 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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