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Hungary passport

Rank #7 · Strength 198 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 94.2

Hungary passport

Citizens of Hungary can reach 198 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 158 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 16 eTA. Ranked #7 for passport strength worldwide.

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158Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
16eTA
33e-⁠Visa
16Visa required

Hungary passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 87% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Europe it ranks 18 of 44; the strongest in the region is Spain, with 203 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia require an eTA. Beyond those 198 destinations, 33 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 16 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (158)

Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cape Verde Cayman Islands Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Norway Oman Palau Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania 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 Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Namibia Nepal Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saudi Arabia Tanzania Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (16)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (33)

Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea India Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Togo Uganda

Visa required (16)

Afghanistan Algeria British Indian Ocean Territory Central African Republic Congo Eritrea Guyana Lesotho Mali Nauru Niger North Korea Sudan Tokelau Turkmenistan 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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