South Sudan · Passport Index 2026
South Sudan · Passport Index 2026South Sudanese passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #95 in the world, with 44 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 South Sudanese 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 South Sudanese passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the South Sudanese 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.
- Africa20 of 57 countries
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Asia10 of 50 countries
- Americas7 of 51 countries
- Europe0 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 231 destinations for South Sudanese passport holders
231 of 231 destinations
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BurundiVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 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 Africa180 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MauritaniaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SeychellesVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- PakistaneTA requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- 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
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- 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
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean90 days
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- 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
- 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
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritiusVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern 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
- SingaporeVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- 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
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TokelauVisa requiredPolynesia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- 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 refusedNorth America
Questions
How many countries can South Sudanese passport holders visit without a visa?
21 countries need no visa at all, and 23 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the South Sudan passport rank?
#90 of 199 passports, with 40 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can South Sudanese passport holders visit visa-free?
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Malaysia Ecuador, and 16 more.
Where can South Sudanese passport holders get a visa at the airport?
22 countries, including Ethiopia, Egypt, Mozambique Ghana, and 18 more.
Which countries let South Sudanese passport holders apply online?
33 countries, including Pakistan, DR Congo, Vietnam Iran, and 29 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for South Sudanese passport holders?
152, including India, China, Indonesia Nigeria, and 148 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can South Sudanese passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: not allowed to enter; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for South Sudanese passport holders?
Africa: 35% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Does the South Sudan 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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