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Guatemala passport

Rank #38 · Strength 144 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 65.4

Guatemala passport

Citizens of Guatemala can reach 144 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 112 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #38 for passport strength worldwide.

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112Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
8eTA
58e-⁠Visa
45Visa required

Guatemala passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 63% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 18 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 144 destinations, 58 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 45 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (112)

Albania Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guernsey Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Macedonia Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Gambia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

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

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

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Uganda Ukraine Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (45)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Belarus British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic China Congo Egypt Eritrea Grenada Guam Guyana Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Mali Mexico Morocco Namibia Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa Sudan Syria Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Western Sahara Yemen

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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