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Colombia passport

Rank #45 · Strength 137 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 61.7

Colombia passport

Citizens of Colombia can reach 137 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 109 visa-free, 21 visa on arrival and 7 eTA. Ranked #45 for passport strength worldwide.

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109Visa-free
21Visa on arrival
7eTA
53e-⁠Visa
57Visa required

Colombia passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 58% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 22 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 137 destinations, 53 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 57 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (109)

Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil Bulgaria Chile Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Italy Jamaica Kazakhstan Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Netherlands New Caledonia North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (21)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (7)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (53)

Angola Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malaysia Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Togo Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam Zimbabwe

Visa required (57)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Congo Costa Rica Eritrea Falkland Islands Gambia Gibraltar Grenada Guam Guernsey Haiti Iran Ireland Isle of Man Japan Jersey Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Mali Montserrat Namibia Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal South Africa Sudan Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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