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Iceland passport

Rank #12 · Strength 193 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 91.5

Iceland passport

Citizens of Iceland can reach 193 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 154 visa-free, 23 visa on arrival and 16 eTA. Ranked #12 for passport strength worldwide.

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154Visa-free
23Visa on arrival
16eTA
37e-⁠Visa
17Visa required

Iceland passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 81% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Europe it ranks 29 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 193 destinations, 37 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 17 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (154)

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 Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Netherlands New Caledonia 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 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 Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (23)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands 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 (37)

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

Visa required (17)

Afghanistan Algeria British Indian Ocean Territory Central African Republic Congo Eritrea Guyana Mali Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Senegal 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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