Samoa · Passport Index 2026
Samoa · Passport Index 2026Samoan passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #40 in the world, with 130 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
Cover: Henley & Partners
Visa-free countries for Samoan 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 Samoan passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Samoan 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.
- Europe43 of 48 countries
- Oceania17 of 23 countries
- Americas27 of 51 countries
- Asia20 of 50 countries
- Africa23 of 58 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Samoan passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- AnguillaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa not requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- Cayman IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America30 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
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- Faroe IslandsVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- French GuianaVisa not requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa not requiredPolynesia
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GibraltarVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GreenlandVisa not requiredNorth America
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MayotteVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New CaledoniaVisa not requiredMelanesia
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PakistanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- RéunionVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe60 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa not requiredNorth America
- 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
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 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 Asia90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NauruVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa on arrivalMelanesia60 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia120 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChileeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia30 days
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
Questions
How many countries can Samoan passport holders visit without a visa?
99 countries need no visa at all, and 31 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Samoa passport rank?
#41 of 199 passports, with 110 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Samoan passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Russia Philippines, and 94 more.
Where can Samoan passport holders get a visa at the airport?
29 countries, including Egypt, Iran, Tanzania Mozambique, and 25 more.
Which countries let Samoan passport holders apply online?
50 countries, including India, Nigeria, DR Congo Ethiopia, and 46 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Samoan passport holders?
51, including United States, Indonesia, Brazil Mexico, and 47 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Samoan passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: no visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Samoan passport holders?
Europe: 90% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Samoan passport holders visit easily?
Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands Wallis and Futuna, and 2 more.
Does the Samoa 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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