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Russia passport

Rank #56 · Strength 111 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 47.9

Russia passport

Citizens of Russia can reach 111 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 80 visa-free, 23 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #56 for passport strength worldwide.

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80Visa-free
23Visa on arrival
8eTA
36e-⁠Visa
100Visa required

Russia passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 52% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Europe it ranks 43 of 44; the strongest in the region is Spain, with 203 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 111 destinations, 36 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 100 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (80)

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Eswatini Fiji Gambia Georgia Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Jamaica Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Macao Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nicaragua Oman Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Saudi Arabia Serbia South Africa Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (23)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Lebanon Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Syria Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

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

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (36)

Albania Australia Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Togo Uganda

Visa required (100)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Aruba Austria Belgium Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Congo Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guernsey Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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