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Mexico passport

Rank #26 · Strength 165 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 76.6

Mexico passport

Citizens of Mexico can reach 165 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 131 visa-free, 25 visa on arrival and 9 eTA. Ranked #26 for passport strength worldwide.

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131Visa-free
25Visa on arrival
9eTA
46e-⁠Visa
36Visa required

Mexico passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 72% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 9 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 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 165 destinations, 46 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 36 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (131)

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Iran Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Netherlands New Caledonia Niue North Macedonia Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania 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 Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (25)

Armenia Bahrain Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Gambia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (9)

Israel 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 (46)

Australia Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Thailand Togo Turkey Uganda Ukraine Vietnam

Visa required (36)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Bangladesh British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic China Congo Eritrea Guam Guyana Kuwait Lesotho Mali Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia Senegal Sudan Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan 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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