Coat of arms of North Korea

North Korea passport

Rank #104 · Strength 33 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 6.4

North Korea passport

Citizens of North Korea can reach 33 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 10 visa-free, 18 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #104 for passport strength worldwide.

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10Visa-free
18Visa on arrival
5eTA
65e-⁠Visa
149Visa required

North Korea passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 4% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 43 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 33 destinations, 65 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 149 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (10)

Cook Islands Dominica Guyana Haiti Kyrgyzstan Lesotho Micronesia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (18)

Armenia Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Nepal Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Tanzania 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 (65)

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

Visa required (149)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain 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 Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon 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 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 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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