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Nicaragua passport

Rank #51 · Strength 127 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 56.4

Nicaragua passport

Citizens of Nicaragua can reach 127 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 94 visa-free, 27 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #51 for passport strength worldwide.

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94Visa-free
27Visa on arrival
6eTA
55e-⁠Visa
65Visa required

Nicaragua passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 55% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within the Americas it ranks 25 of 35; the strongest in the region is Canada, with 198 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 127 destinations, 55 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 65 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (94)

Albania Andorra Argentina Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil Bulgaria Chile 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 Germany Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Caledonia North Macedonia Norway Panama Paraguay Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Wallis and Futuna Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (27)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Gambia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (55)

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

Visa required (65)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Anguilla Azerbaijan Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Eritrea Falkland Islands Georgia Gibraltar Guam Guernsey Guyana Ireland Isle of Man Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Mali Mexico Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Peru Puerto Rico Saint Helena Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa Sudan Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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