North Korea · Passport Index 2026
North Korea · Passport Index 2026North Korean passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #99 in the world, with 34 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 North Korean 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 North Korean passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the North Korean 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.
- Oceania4 of 14 countries
- Africa13 of 54 countries
- Asia11 of 49 countries
- Americas6 of 35 countries
- Europe0 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for North Korean passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia120 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- 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 Africa
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 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
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa 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
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral 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
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MalaysiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritiusVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- 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
- SingaporeVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Sri LankaAdmission restrictedSouthern Asia
- JapanAdmission refusedEastern Asia
Questions
How many countries can North Korean passport holders visit without a visa?
10 countries need no visa at all, and 24 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the North Korea passport rank?
#97 of 199 passports, with 33 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can North Korean passport holders visit visa-free?
Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Guyana Suriname, and 5 more.
Where can North Korean passport holders get a visa at the airport?
23 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Egypt Tanzania, and 19 more.
Which countries let North Korean passport holders apply online?
54 countries, including Pakistan, Nigeria, Russia DR Congo, and 50 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for North Korean passport holders?
109, including India, China, United States Indonesia, and 105 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can North Korean passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: not allowed to enter; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for North Korean passport holders?
Oceania: 29% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can North Korean passport holders visit easily?
Macau.
Does the North Korea 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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