North Korea passport

North Korea passport

Rank #189 · Strength 30 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 6.3

Citizens of North Korea can reach 30 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 9 visa-free, 18 visa on arrival and 3 eTA. Ranked #189 for passport strength worldwide.

9Visa-free
18Visa on arrival
3eTA
67e-⁠Visa
150Visa required

Visa-free (9)

Dominica Guyana Haiti Kyrgyzstan Lesotho Micronesia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (18)

Armenia Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Nepal Rwanda Sri Lanka Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (3)

Kenya Seychelles Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (67)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Togo Tokelau Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (150)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands
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.