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Macao passport

Rank #31 · Strength 159 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 73.4

Macao passport

Citizens of Macao can reach 159 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 129 visa-free, 22 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #31 for passport strength worldwide.

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129Visa-free
22Visa on arrival
8eTA
43e-⁠Visa
45Visa required

Macao passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 69% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 10 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 159 destinations, 43 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 45 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (129)

Albania Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guernsey Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mali Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Niue North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Tonga Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (22)

Bahrain Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Myanmar Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

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

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

Angola Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mozambique Nigeria Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Taiwan Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Venezuela Vietnam Zambia

Visa required (45)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Bangladesh Belize British Indian Ocean Territory Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Congo Costa Rica El Salvador Eritrea Gambia Guam Guatemala Guyana Honduras India Kuwait Lesotho Marshall Islands Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Senegal Sudan Syria Tokelau Tunisia Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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