Coat of arms of Gabon

Gabon passport

Rank #88 · Strength 52 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 16.5

Gabon passport

Citizens of Gabon can reach 52 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 28 visa-free, 19 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #88 for passport strength worldwide.

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28Visa-free
19Visa on arrival
5eTA
56e-⁠Visa
139Visa required

Gabon passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 21% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 31 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 52 destinations, 56 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 139 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (28)

Barbados Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Cook Islands Dominica Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Haiti Hong Kong Kenya Kiribati Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Morocco Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore South Africa Togo Tunisia Tuvalu Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (19)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (56)

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

Visa required (139)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia 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 Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Eritrea 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 Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Myanmar Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway 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 Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga 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 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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