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Bhutan passport

Rank #94 · Strength 45 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 12.8

Bhutan passport

Citizens of Bhutan can reach 45 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 17 visa-free, 23 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #94 for passport strength worldwide.

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17Visa-free
23Visa on arrival
5eTA
64e-⁠Visa
138Visa required

Bhutan passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 14% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 35 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 45 destinations, 64 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 138 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (17)

Barbados Colombia Cook Islands Dominica Ecuador Haiti Hong Kong India Micronesia Panama Philippines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Thailand Tuvalu Zambia

Visa on arrival (23)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Jordan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (64)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Bahamas Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (138)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina 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 Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands 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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