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Costa Rica passport

Rank #32 · Strength 158 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 72.9

Costa Rica passport

Citizens of Costa Rica can reach 158 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 126 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #32 for passport strength worldwide.

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126Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
8eTA
54e-⁠Visa
35Visa required

Costa Rica passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 68% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 14 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 158 destinations, 54 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 35 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (126)

Albania Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Macedonia Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

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

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (54)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Thailand Togo Uganda Ukraine Vanuatu Vietnam

Visa required (35)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Belarus British Indian Ocean Territory Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic China Congo Eritrea Guam Kuwait Lesotho Mali Morocco Namibia Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia Senegal Sudan Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Western Sahara 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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