Coat of arms of Iraq

Iraq passport

Rank #108 · Strength 28 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 3.7

Iraq passport

Citizens of Iraq can reach 28 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 11 visa-free, 12 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #108 for passport strength worldwide.

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11Visa-free
12Visa on arrival
5eTA
63e-⁠Visa
156Visa required

Iraq passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 2% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 47 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 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 28 destinations, 63 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 156 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (11)

Cook Islands Dominica Haiti Iran Malaysia Micronesia Samoa Syria Tunisia Tuvalu Zambia

Visa on arrival (12)

Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Lebanon Macao Madagascar Maldives Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (63)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe

Visa required (156)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh 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 Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador 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 Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Laos Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland 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 Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara 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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