Coat of arms of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka passport

Rank #102 · Strength 35 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 7.5

Sri Lanka passport

Citizens of Sri Lanka can reach 35 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 19 visa-free, 13 visa on arrival and 3 eTA. Ranked #102 for passport strength worldwide.

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19Visa-free
13Visa on arrival
3eTA
64e-⁠Visa
148Visa required

Sri Lanka passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 6% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 41 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 35 destinations, 64 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 148 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (19)

Bahamas Barbados Cook Islands Dominica Grenada Haiti Kiribati Lesotho Micronesia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sierra Leone Singapore Tajikistan Tuvalu Vanuatu Venezuela

Visa on arrival (13)

Bahrain Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Laos Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Nepal Pitcairn Islands Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (3)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (64)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Syria Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (148)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Bangladesh 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 Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea 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 Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia 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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