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Philippines passport

Rank #80 · Strength 61 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 21.3

Philippines passport

Citizens of Philippines can reach 61 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 40 visa-free, 15 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #80 for passport strength worldwide.

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40Visa-free
15Visa on arrival
6eTA
57e-⁠Visa
129Visa required

Philippines passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 30% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 27 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 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 61 destinations, 57 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 129 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (40)

Barbados Bolivia Brazil Brunei Cambodia Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Fiji Haiti Hong Kong Indonesia Kazakhstan Kiribati Laos Macao Malawi Malaysia Micronesia Mongolia Morocco Myanmar Nicaragua Oman Palestine Paraguay Peru Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Singapore Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Tuvalu Vanuatu Vietnam Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (15)

Bahrain Burundi Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (57)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Bahamas Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Moldova Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (129)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Congo 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 Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Panama Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Wallis and Futuna 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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