Costa Rica passport

Costa Rica passport

Rank #63 · Strength 157 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 72.4

Citizens of Costa Rica can reach 157 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 127 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #63 for passport strength worldwide.

127Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
6eTA
56e-⁠Visa
34Visa required

Visa-free (127)

Albania Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Macedonia Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Gambia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Lebanon Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nepal Palau Rwanda Sri Lanka Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Israel Kenya Seychelles South Korea Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (56)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Thailand Togo Tokelau Uganda Ukraine Vanuatu Vietnam

Visa required (34)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Belarus British Indian Ocean Territory Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic China Congo Eritrea Guam Kuwait Lesotho Mali Morocco Namibia Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia Senegal Sudan Syria Taiwan Tonga Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Western Sahara Yemen
Government sources by destination (246)

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Entry conditions are drawn from destination-government sources (checked 2026-10-09). This is an independent index by Prosperous Intelligence™, not affiliated with any passport-ranking organisation. See Methodology.