Sierra Leone · Passport Index 2026
Sierra Leone · Passport Index 2026Sierra Leonean passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #78 in the world, with 64 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 Sierra Leonean 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 Sierra Leonean passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Sierra Leonean 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.
- Africa29 of 57 countries
- Oceania10 of 24 countries
- Americas14 of 51 countries
- Asia11 of 50 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Sierra Leonean passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America90 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- 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
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America90 days
- 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
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- 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
- 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
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- 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
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern 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 AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- 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 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
- United StatesAdmission restrictedNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Sierra Leonean passport holders visit without a visa?
45 countries need no visa at all, and 19 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Sierra Leone passport rank?
#74 of 199 passports, with 58 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Sierra Leonean passport holders visit visa-free?
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Uganda, Malaysia Ghana, and 40 more.
Where can Sierra Leonean passport holders get a visa at the airport?
18 countries, including Ethiopia, Iran, Mozambique Madagascar, and 14 more.
Which countries let Sierra Leonean passport holders apply online?
38 countries, including India, Pakistan, DR Congo Vietnam, and 34 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Sierra Leonean passport holders?
127, including China, Indonesia, Brazil Russia, and 123 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Sierra Leonean passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: entry is restricted; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Sierra Leonean passport holders?
Africa: 51% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Sierra Leonean passport holders visit easily?
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia Ghana, and 9 more.
Does the Sierra Leone 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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