Somalia · Passport Index 2026
Somalia · Passport Index 2026Somali passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #101 in the world, with 33 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 14 Visa not required
- 19 Visa on arrival
- 52 eVisa
- 140 Visa required
- 1 Admission refused
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Visa-free countries for Somali 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 Somali passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Somali 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.
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Africa12 of 57 countries
- Asia10 of 50 countries
- Americas4 of 51 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for Somali passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia14 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa31 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America90 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa14 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- SingaporeeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia30 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- American SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- 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
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- 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
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritiusVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- 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
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- 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 LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- 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
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia30 days
- 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
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- CanadaAdmission restrictedNorth America
- New ZealandAdmission restrictedAustralia and New Zealand
- United StatesAdmission restrictedNorth America
- AustraliaAdmission refusedAustralia and New Zealand
Questions
How many countries can Somali passport holders visit without a visa?
14 countries need no visa at all, and 19 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Somalia passport rank?
#99 of 199 passports, with 29 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Somali passport holders visit visa-free?
Kenya, Malaysia, Rwanda, Benin Haiti, and 9 more.
Where can Somali passport holders get a visa at the airport?
19 countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana Madagascar, and 15 more.
Which countries let Somali passport holders apply online?
52 countries, including Nigeria, DR Congo, Vietnam Thailand, and 48 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Somali passport holders?
140, including India, China, Indonesia Pakistan, and 136 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Somali passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: entry is restricted; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: entry is restricted; Australia: not allowed to enter; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Somali passport holders?
Oceania: 29% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Somali passport holders visit easily?
Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros Ethiopia, and 2 more.
Does the Somalia 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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