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Albania passport

Rank #53 · Strength 124 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 54.8

Albania passport

Citizens of Albania can reach 124 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 95 visa-free, 22 visa on arrival and 7 eTA. Ranked #53 for passport strength worldwide.

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95Visa-free
22Visa on arrival
7eTA
54e-⁠Visa
69Visa required

Albania passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 54% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Europe it ranks 42 of 44; the strongest in the region is Spain, with 203 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 124 destinations, 54 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 69 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (95)

Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Barbados Belarus Belgium Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica El Salvador Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guyana Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Macedonia Norway Oman Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (22)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jamaica Jordan Laos Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saudi Arabia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (7)

Israel Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (54)

Angola Australia Bahamas Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (69)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Anguilla Argentina Belize Bermuda Bolivia British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Congo Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Eritrea Falkland Islands Gambia Gibraltar Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Honduras Ireland Isle of Man Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Mali Marshall Islands Mexico Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Russia Saint Helena Saint Lucia Senegal South Africa Sudan Syria Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Western Sahara Yemen

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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