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Ethiopia passport

Rank #99 · Strength 38 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 9.0

Ethiopia passport

Citizens of Ethiopia can reach 38 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 15 visa-free, 18 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #99 for passport strength worldwide.

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15Visa-free
18Visa on arrival
5eTA
55e-⁠Visa
154Visa required

Ethiopia passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 8% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 49 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 38 destinations, 55 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 154 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (15)

Barbados Benin Cook Islands Djibouti Dominica Haiti Kenya Micronesia Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Togo Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (18)

Bahrain Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Eritrea Guinea-Bissau Laos Macao Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Ghana Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (55)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia

Visa required (154)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda 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 Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal 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 Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan 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 Uzbekistan 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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