Sri Lanka · Passport Index 2026
Sri Lanka · Passport Index 2026Sri Lankan passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #97 in the world, with 36 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 Sri Lankan 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 Sri Lankan passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Sri Lankan 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.
- Oceania6 of 14 countries
- Africa13 of 54 countries
- Americas8 of 35 countries
- Asia9 of 49 countries
- Europe0 of 46 countries
All 198 destinations for Sri Lankan passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- 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
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- IsraeleVisaWestern Asia90 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean90 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- United KingdomeVisaNorthern Europe
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- 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
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Costa RicaAdmission restrictedCentral America
Questions
How many countries can Sri Lankan passport holders visit without a visa?
18 countries need no visa at all, and 18 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Sri Lanka passport rank?
#94 of 199 passports, with 36 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Sri Lankan passport holders visit visa-free?
Thailand, Venezuela, Rwanda, Haiti Tajikistan, and 13 more.
Where can Sri Lankan passport holders get a visa at the airport?
16 countries, including Tanzania, Madagascar, Nepal Malawi, and 12 more.
Which countries let Sri Lankan passport holders apply online?
57 countries, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 53 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Sri Lankan passport holders?
106, including China, United States, Brazil Bangladesh, and 102 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Sri Lankan passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: evisa; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Sri Lankan passport holders?
Oceania: 43% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Sri Lankan passport holders visit easily?
Maldives and Nepal.
Does the Sri Lanka 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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