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Bangladesh passport

Rank #107 · Strength 30 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 4.8

Bangladesh passport

Citizens of Bangladesh can reach 30 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 16 visa-free, 10 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #107 for passport strength worldwide.

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16Visa-free
10Visa on arrival
4eTA
62e-⁠Visa
155Visa required

Bangladesh passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 2% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 46 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 30 destinations, 62 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 155 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (16)

Bahamas Barbados Cook Islands Dominica Fiji Grenada Haiti Jamaica Kiribati Micronesia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Vanuatu

Visa on arrival (10)

Bhutan Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Madagascar Maldives Nepal Pitcairn Islands Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (62)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahrain Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Uganda Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (155)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan 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 Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau 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

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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