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Barbados passport

Rank #23 · Strength 169 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 78.7

Barbados passport

Citizens of Barbados can reach 169 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 139 visa-free, 22 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #23 for passport strength worldwide.

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139Visa-free
22Visa on arrival
8eTA
45e-⁠Visa
33Visa required

Barbados passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 73% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 6 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom and Canada require an eTA; the United States requires a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 169 destinations, 45 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 33 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (139)

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chad Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji 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 Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia North Macedonia Norway Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda 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 Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (22)

Armenia Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Lebanon Macao Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

Canada Ghana Israel Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (45)

Australia Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Russia Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Togo Turkey Ukraine Vietnam

Visa required (33)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Azerbaijan British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Central African Republic Congo Eritrea Gambia Guam Kuwait Mali Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Paraguay Puerto Rico Senegal Sudan Taiwan Tokelau Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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