Coat of arms of Cameroon

Cameroon passport

Rank #97 · Strength 41 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 10.6

Cameroon passport

Citizens of Cameroon can reach 41 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 21 visa-free, 17 visa on arrival and 3 eTA. Ranked #97 for passport strength worldwide.

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21Visa-free
17Visa on arrival
3eTA
55e-⁠Visa
151Visa required

Cameroon passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 10% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 45 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 41 destinations, 55 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 151 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (21)

Barbados Benin Central African Republic Chad Congo Cook Islands Dominica Equatorial Guinea Gabon Grenada Haiti Kenya Kiribati Micronesia Nigeria Philippines Rwanda Samoa Singapore Togo Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (17)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Macao Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Namibia Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (3)

Ghana Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (55)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Eswatini Fiji Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (151)

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 Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia 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 Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Nauru Nepal 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 Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka 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 Vanuatu 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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