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Hong Kong passport

Rank #15 · Strength 188 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 88.8

Hong Kong passport

Citizens of Hong Kong can reach 188 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 156 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival and 12 eTA. Ranked #15 for passport strength worldwide.

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156Visa-free
20Visa on arrival
12eTA
32e-⁠Visa
27Visa required

Hong Kong passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 79% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 6 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia require an eTA; the United States requires a consular visa. Beyond those 188 destinations, 32 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 27 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (156)

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cape Verde Cayman Islands Chile Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hungary Iceland Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (20)

Bahrain Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Madagascar Maldives Myanmar Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (12)

Australia Canada Guam Israel Kenya New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (32)

Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Gabon Ghana Guinea Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mozambique Nigeria Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Taiwan Tajikistan Togo Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (27)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Bangladesh British Indian Ocean Territory China Congo Costa Rica Eritrea Gambia India Marshall Islands Nauru Niger North Korea Pakistan Paraguay Puerto Rico Senegal Sudan Syria Tokelau Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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