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Ghana passport

Rank #78 · Strength 64 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 22.9

Ghana passport

Citizens of Ghana can reach 64 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 46 visa-free, 14 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #78 for passport strength worldwide.

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46Visa-free
14Visa on arrival
4eTA
46e-⁠Visa
137Visa required

Ghana passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 34% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 12 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 64 destinations, 46 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 137 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (46)

Bahamas Barbados Belize Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Eswatini Fiji Gambia Grenada Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mali Mauritius Micronesia Niger Nigeria Palestine Philippines Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Tanzania Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Western Sahara Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (14)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Macao Madagascar Maldives Namibia Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Timor-Leste Zambia

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Morocco Mozambique Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (46)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bhutan Botswana Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Myanmar New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Thailand Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (137)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sri Lanka 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 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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