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Kenya passport

Rank #77 · Strength 65 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 23.4

Kenya passport

Citizens of Kenya can reach 65 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 42 visa-free, 19 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #77 for passport strength worldwide.

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42Visa-free
19Visa on arrival
4eTA
45e-⁠Visa
137Visa required

Kenya passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 36% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 9 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 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 65 destinations, 45 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 137 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (42)

Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Benin Botswana Cook Islands DR Congo Dominica Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Grenada Haiti Hong Kong Jamaica Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Mozambique Namibia Philippines Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival (19)

Bahrain Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Sudan Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Ghana Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (45)

Albania Angola Australia Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Russia Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia Suriname Syria Tajikistan Thailand Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (137)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Japan Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia 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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