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Kuwait passport

Rank #59 · Strength 99 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 41.5

Kuwait passport

Citizens of Kuwait can reach 99 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 68 visa-free, 23 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #59 for passport strength worldwide.

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68Visa-free
23Visa on arrival
8eTA
43e-⁠Visa
105Visa required

Kuwait passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 51% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 16 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 99 destinations, 43 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 105 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (68)

Albania Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands China Cook Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Eswatini Falkland Islands Georgia Gibraltar Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Iran Isle of Man Jersey Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Macao Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Montserrat Morocco Nicaragua Niue Oman Panama Philippines Qatar Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Saudi Arabia Singapore Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vanuatu Western Sahara Zambia

Visa on arrival (23)

Bangladesh Brunei Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Syria Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (43)

Angola Australia Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (105)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Argentina Aruba Austria Belgium Belize Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Bulgaria Canada Central African Republic Chile Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kiribati Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Wallis and Futuna 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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