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Kiribati passport

Rank #43 · Strength 139 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 62.8

Kiribati passport

Citizens of Kiribati can reach 139 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 113 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #43 for passport strength worldwide.

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113Visa-free
20Visa on arrival
6eTA
54e-⁠Visa
54Visa required

Kiribati passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 59% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Oceania it ranks 9 of 14; the strongest in the region is Australia, with 195 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 139 destinations, 54 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 54 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (113)

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guernsey Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Jersey Kenya Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Norway Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda 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 Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (20)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nauru Nepal Palau Palestine Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (54)

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

Visa required (54)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Argentina Azerbaijan Belarus Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Eritrea Gambia Guam Guatemala Guyana Honduras Israel Japan Kuwait Lebanon Mali Mexico Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Paraguay Puerto Rico Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa Sudan Taiwan Tokelau Turkey Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Western Sahara 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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