South Africa passport

South Africa passport

Rank #103 · Strength 86 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 35.4

Citizens of South Africa can reach 86 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 63 visa-free, 19 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #103 for passport strength worldwide.

63Visa-free
19Visa on arrival
4eTA
48e-⁠Visa
113Visa required

Visa-free (63)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Benin Bolivia Botswana Brazil Cape Verde Chile Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Eswatini Fiji Gabon Georgia Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Macao Malawi Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Mozambique Namibia Nicaragua Oman Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Qatar Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Tanzania Thailand Togo Tunisia Tuvalu Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (19)

Armenia Bahrain Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Tajikistan Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Ghana Israel Seychelles South Korea

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (48)

Albania Australia Azerbaijan Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Syria Tokelau Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine Vietnam

Visa required (113)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Aruba Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Colombia Congo Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guernsey Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tonga Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uzbekistan 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.