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Bahamas passport

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

Bahamas passport

Citizens of Bahamas can reach 169 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 142 visa-free, 19 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #23 for passport strength worldwide.

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142Visa-free
19Visa on arrival
8eTA
44e-⁠Visa
34Visa required

Bahamas 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, the United States and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom and Canada require an eTA; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 169 destinations, 44 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 34 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (142)

Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Austria Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile China 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 Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kenya Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar 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 Tajikistan Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (19)

Armenia Bahrain Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Lebanon Macao Madagascar Maldives 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 (44)

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

Visa required (34)

Afghanistan Algeria Argentina Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Bolivia British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Central African Republic Congo Eritrea Gambia Kuwait Lesotho Mali Marshall Islands Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Russia Senegal Sudan Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tunisia Turkmenistan 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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