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New Zealand passport

Rank #10 · Strength 195 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 92.6

New Zealand passport

Citizens of New Zealand can reach 195 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 150 visa-free, 32 visa on arrival and 13 eTA. Ranked #10 for passport strength worldwide.

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150Visa-free
32Visa on arrival
13eTA
34e-⁠Visa
18Visa required

New Zealand passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 83% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. It is the strongest passport in Oceania (14 passports). Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada require an eTA; Australia issues visas on arrival. Beyond those 195 destinations, 34 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 18 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (150)

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

Visa on arrival (32)

Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Guinea-Bissau Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Jordan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Namibia Nepal Norfolk Island Palau Pitcairn Islands Saudi Arabia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (13)

Canada Guam Israel Kenya Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom United States United States Virgin Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (34)

Azerbaijan Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea India Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vietnam

Visa required (18)

Afghanistan Algeria British Indian Ocean Territory Central African Republic Congo Eritrea Mali Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Russia Senegal Sudan Syria Tokelau Turkmenistan 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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