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Mauritius passport

Rank #29 · Strength 162 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 75.0

Mauritius passport

Citizens of Mauritius can reach 162 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 131 visa-free, 22 visa on arrival and 9 eTA. Ranked #29 for passport strength worldwide.

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131Visa-free
22Visa on arrival
9eTA
37e-⁠Visa
48Visa required

Mauritius passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 70% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 2 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 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 162 destinations, 37 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 48 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (131)

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile China Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guernsey Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Iran Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kenya Kiribati Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Niue North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Rwanda Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (22)

Bahrain Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros DR Congo Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Kazakhstan Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Qatar Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (9)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (37)

Australia Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Myanmar Nigeria Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Turkey Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (48)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Canada Central African Republic Colombia Congo Egypt Eritrea Gambia Guam Guatemala Guyana Honduras Ireland Kuwait Lebanon Mali Mexico Morocco Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Serbia Sudan Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan 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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