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North Macedonia passport

Rank #49 · Strength 129 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 57.5

North Macedonia passport

Citizens of North Macedonia can reach 129 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 98 visa-free, 25 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #49 for passport strength worldwide.

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98Visa-free
25Visa on arrival
6eTA
56e-⁠Visa
62Visa required

North Macedonia passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 56% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Europe it ranks 39 of 44; the strongest in the region is Spain, with 203 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 129 destinations, 56 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 62 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (98)

Albania Andorra Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Italy Japan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Caledonia Norway Oman Panama Peru Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (25)

Armenia Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Grenada Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Israel Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (56)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (62)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Anguilla Belize Bermuda Bolivia British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Congo Costa Rica Eritrea Falkland Islands Gambia Gibraltar Guam Guernsey Guyana Ireland Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Lesotho Mali Mexico Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Paraguay Puerto Rico Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal South Africa South Korea Syria Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom 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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