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Jamaica passport

Rank #68 · Strength 78 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 30.3

Jamaica passport

Citizens of Jamaica can reach 78 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 55 visa-free, 17 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #68 for passport strength worldwide.

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55Visa-free
17Visa on arrival
6eTA
52e-⁠Visa
117Visa required

Jamaica passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 45% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 30 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 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 78 destinations, 52 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 117 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (55)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Botswana Brazil Chile Colombia Cook Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Eswatini Fiji Grenada Guyana Haiti Hong Kong Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Namibia Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Suriname Tajikistan Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (17)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Ghana Israel Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (52)

Albania Armenia Australia Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Georgia Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Thailand Togo Turkey Ukraine Vietnam

Visa required (117)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Paraguay Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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