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China passport

Rank #68 · Strength 78 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 30.3

China passport

Citizens of China can reach 78 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 47 visa-free, 25 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #68 for passport strength worldwide.

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47Visa-free
25Visa on arrival
6eTA
47e-⁠Visa
122Visa required

China passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 45% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 21 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 and Canada require a consular visa; Australia and Japan issue an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 78 destinations, 47 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 122 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (47)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Cook Islands Cuba Dominica Fiji Georgia Grenada Haiti Iran Jamaica Kazakhstan Kiribati Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Morocco Oman Palestine Philippines Qatar Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa Senegal Serbia Singapore Thailand Tonga Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vanuatu Western Sahara Zambia

Visa on arrival (25)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Madagascar Maldives Myanmar Nauru Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saudi Arabia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (47)

Australia Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iraq Japan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Ukraine Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (122)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jersey Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay 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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