Coat of arms of Congo

Congo passport

Rank #93 · Strength 46 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 13.3

Congo passport

Citizens of Congo can reach 46 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 24 visa-free, 16 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #93 for passport strength worldwide.

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24Visa-free
16Visa on arrival
6eTA
51e-⁠Visa
150Visa required

Congo passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 14% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 41 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 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 46 destinations, 51 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 150 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (24)

Barbados Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Dominica Equatorial Guinea Gabon Haiti Kenya Mauritius Micronesia Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Singapore Togo Tuvalu Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (16)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Ghana Morocco Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (51)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Djibouti El Salvador Eswatini Fiji Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe

Visa required (150)

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 Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia 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 Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kiribati Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Myanmar Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia 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 Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna 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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