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Ecuador passport

Rank #67 · Strength 82 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 32.5

Ecuador passport

Citizens of Ecuador can reach 82 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 51 visa-free, 23 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #67 for passport strength worldwide.

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51Visa-free
23Visa on arrival
8eTA
52e-⁠Visa
113Visa required

Ecuador passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 47% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 29 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 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 82 destinations, 52 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 113 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (51)

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Bahamas Barbados Belarus Bolivia Brazil Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Georgia Grenada Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Jamaica Kazakhstan Macao Malawi Malaysia Micronesia Mongolia Nicaragua Oman Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Qatar Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore South Africa Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Venezuela Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (23)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (52)

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

Visa required (113)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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