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Egypt passport

Rank #93 · Strength 46 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 13.3

Egypt passport

Citizens of Egypt can reach 46 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 23 visa-free, 19 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #93 for passport strength worldwide.

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23Visa-free
19Visa on arrival
4eTA
58e-⁠Visa
143Visa required

Egypt passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 14% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 41 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 46 destinations, 58 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 143 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (23)

Barbados Benin Cook Islands Dominica Guinea Haiti Hong Kong Iran Jordan Kenya Kiribati Macao Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa South Sudan Sudan Togo Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (19)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Grenada Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Ghana Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (58)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Georgia Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia Suriname Syria Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia

Visa required (143)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina 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 Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China 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 Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain 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 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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