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Nigeria passport

Rank #97 · Strength 41 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 10.6

Nigeria passport

Citizens of Nigeria can reach 41 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 30 visa-free, 9 visa on arrival and 2 eTA. Ranked #97 for passport strength worldwide.

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30Visa-free
9Visa on arrival
2eTA
51e-⁠Visa
155Visa required

Nigeria passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 10% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 45 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 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 41 destinations, 51 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 155 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (30)

Barbados Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Fiji Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Kenya Kiribati Liberia Mali Micronesia Niger Palestine Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Tuvalu Vanuatu

Visa on arrival (9)

Burundi Cambodia Comoros Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Namibia Pitcairn Islands Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (2)

Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (51)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bahrain Bhutan Botswana Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (155)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan 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 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 Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka 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 Uzbekistan 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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