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Brunei passport

Rank #22 · Strength 177 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 83.0

Brunei passport

Citizens of Brunei can reach 177 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 146 visa-free, 17 visa on arrival and 14 eTA. Ranked #22 for passport strength worldwide.

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146Visa-free
17Visa on arrival
14eTA
38e-⁠Visa
32Visa required

Brunei passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 75% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 9 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia require an eTA. Beyond those 177 destinations, 38 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 32 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (146)

Albania American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cambodia Cayman Islands China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia 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 Guinea-Bissau Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Myanmar Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia 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 Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Minor Outlying Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (17)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Comoros Egypt Jordan Kuwait Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (14)

Australia Canada Guam New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom United States United States Virgin Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (38)

Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea India Iraq Kazakhstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria Togo Uganda Venezuela

Visa required (32)

Afghanistan Algeria Argentina Belarus Bolivia Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Cape Verde Central African Republic Chile Congo Eritrea Gambia Guyana Israel Lebanon Mali Mexico Morocco Namibia Nauru Niger North Korea Paraguay Senegal Serbia South Africa Tokelau Turkmenistan 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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