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Qatar passport

Rank #55 · Strength 116 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 50.5

Qatar passport

Citizens of Qatar can reach 116 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 82 visa-free, 19 visa on arrival and 15 eTA. Ranked #55 for passport strength worldwide.

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82Visa-free
19Visa on arrival
15eTA
42e-⁠Visa
89Visa required

Qatar passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 53% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 13 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area requires a consular visa; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require an eTA; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 116 destinations, 42 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 89 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (82)

Albania American Samoa Angola Anguilla Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Eswatini Falkland Islands Georgia Gibraltar Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Iran Isle of Man Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Macao Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Moldova Montserrat Morocco Nicaragua Niue Oman Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Western Sahara Zambia

Visa on arrival (19)

Bangladesh Bolivia Brunei Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Madagascar Maldives Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (15)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (42)

Antigua and Barbuda Australia Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Libya Malawi Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vietnam Zimbabwe

Visa required (89)

Afghanistan Algeria Andorra Aruba Austria Belgium Belize Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory Bulgaria Central African Republic Chile Congo Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Norway Paraguay Poland Portugal Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan 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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